A New Light of Alchemy
michael sendivogius
A New Light of Alchemy quantity
 
 
Fifth volume in the Mysterium Hermeticum series.
180 x 120 mm, 272 pp.
 
Among the numerous early modern books on alchemy none was more popular and influential than Novum Lumen Chymicum, or A New Light of Alchemy by Michael Sendivogius. Consisting of four tracts, published anonymously between 1604 and 1616, it presents one of the most coherent systems of alchemical philosophy ever written, enchanting with its explanatory power and vivid description of the workings of Nature. Its impact was such that it gave rise to an entirely new ‘school’ of alchemy, centred around the Salt-Nitre theory, inspiring generations of Chymists to embark on their own quest for the “Water that wets not the hands.”