Norton, Thomas, 130 Obereit, John Hermann, 219 One Thing Needful--The exaltation of the cognising faculty, 15 Orizon Æternitatis, mystical term of Paracelsus, 36 Palingenesis, 92 Philalethes, Eirenæus, 187; on the Aqua Philosophorum, 22 Picus de Mirandola, 136 Psychic Chemistry--A Scheme of Absolute Reconstruction, 36; accomplished by the Divine Power in the Soul, 22; general observations on spiritual alchemistry, 32-37 Regnauld, Brother, 63 Rhasis, 46 Richthausen, his transmutations with stolen powder, 183 Ripley, George, 134; his description of the Stone, 41; supposed to have initiated Thomas Norton, 130 Romance of the Rose, 90 Rose Nobles, 82, 84, 86 Rosicrucians--Had other alchemical objects than metallic transmutations, 36; the associates defended by Michael Maier, 160; initiation offered by the Rosicrucians to Sendivogius, 179 Sendivogius, Michael, 175; “The New Light of Alchemy” falsely ascribed to this neophyte, 21, 31 Separation an alchemical process, 12, 17 Sethon, Alexander, 171 Son of the Sun, 37 Sophistication of metals, 62 Starkey, George, 165, 195, 197, &c. Stone of the Philosophers--Said to be a symbol of immortality, 13; analogous in its nature to the state of primeval man, 31; Transmutation accomplished by its means, 38; in appearance a subtle, brown, and opaque earth, 132; dark, disesteemed, and grey in colour, 165; the seed out of which gold and silver are generated, 201 Subject of Alchemy--According to Hitchcock, 13; according to George Starkey, 24 Suggestive inquiry concerning the Hermetic Mystery, 9, 14, 17, 24, 30, 34 Sulphur (Sophic)--Said to symbolise Nature, 11; sophic sulphur and the conscience, 12; difficulties in its discovery, 39; described by Avicenna, 52 Transmutation--Doubts as to the significance of the term, 9; identified with spiritual conversion, 13; the physical theory of Transmutation, 38, &c.; possibility of the fact, 33 Transmutations performed by adepts and their emissaries, 84, 94, 106, 118, 133, 136, 148, 156, 167, 168, 177, 178, 181, 183, 184, 185, 196, 201-208, 212-216, 217, 218 Trévisan, Bernard, 124; honoured by Philalethes, 194 Tschoudy, Baron, 39 Typology--Possibility of an infinite variety of interpretations of any sequence of typology, 29 Urbigerus--His alchemical aphorisms, 40 Vase of the Philosophers--Identified with man, 14; its true nature unexplained by adepts, 41; described by Geber, 46 Vaughan, Thomas, 187 Wisdom Faculty, 15 Wood of Life, 152 Zachaire, Denis, 140 _Turnbull & Spears, Printers, Edinburgh._ PUBLISHED BY MR GEORGE REDWAY. _With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Historico-Symbolical Binding. 454 pp, price 7s. 6d._