Galip, 55 Geber, 44 Generation of Metals, 38, 48, 133 Goëtic magic, 65 Gold, 10, 28, 140 Grand Magisterium, 57, 123 Grand Secret and Grand Act, 170, 189 Great Art, 130 Grimoire, 60 Gustenhover, 181 Helmont, J. B. Van, 166 Helvetius, John Frederick, 201 Hermetic--Aim of Hermetic science, 29; true method of Hermetic interpretation, 30; supreme secret of Hermetic philosophy, 66; the Hermetic art a gift of God, 68 Heydon, John, 210 Hitchcock--His Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists, 10, 14, 23, 30 Interpretation of Hermetic theories, &c.--Hermetic typology, 10; the moral method, 13; the Psychic method, 122 Invocation as a preparation for the practice of alchemy, 17 Isaac of Holland, 123 Jean de Meung, 90 Johannes de Rupecissa, 119 John XXII., Pope, 93 Kalid, an initiated monarch, 54 Khunrath, Henry, 159; treats of spiritual alchemy, 33, 36 Lascaris, 211 Lavures, alchemical operations, 112 Light--Veritable light of alchemy, 15; vision in the Divine Light, 16; light the First Matter of the Magnum Opus, 38 Magic Chain, 22 Magnum Opus--The first Matter of the Magnum Opus in its psychic aspect to be revealed in a forthcoming work, AZOTH, OR THE STAR IN THE EAST, 37; processes for the accomplishment of the Magnum Opus, 42; these described by Arnold, 90; the composition of the Stone is the accomplishment of the Magnum Opus, 152; manner of the accomplishment of the Magnum Opus described in “The Adventures of an Unknown Philosopher,” 186 Maier, Michael, 58, 87, 160 Man--The concealed subject of every adept, 11; the mystic vase of election, 14 Manuel, Domenico, 215 Mary of Alexandria, 36 Matter, the first matter of the Magnum Opus, said to be gold, 28; defined as a fifth element, 39; one only and self-same thing, 40; its true nature not disclosed by the adepts, 41; its informing spirit variously adaptable, 43; a duplex nature, 53; contained in silver and gold, 87; the seed of every metal can be reduced into the first matter, 93; figured in the book of Rabbi Abraham, 103; found by Nicholas Flamel, 106; mercury the true first matter, 118; the matter of the philosophical stone a viscous water, 119; said to be Saturn, or lead, 124; is found everywhere, 136; may be discovered by studying the best books of the philosophers, 145 Medicine--Properties of a universal medicine attributed to the Stone, 13; the Stone a medicine for metals and man, 32; life is prolonged by the stone, 123; application of the tincture as a medicine for the human body, 148 Mercury--Identified with the supernatural, 11; obstacles to its discovery, 39; sophic mercury described by Avicenna, 52; mercury the water of metals, 129; a matchless treasure, 197 Morien, 53 Morning Star, 36 New Birth, 11, 12