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pirit/ # . it appears to us to be essential to realisethe fact that Alchemy was an attempted applicationof the principles of Mysticism to the things of thephysical world. The supposed analogy betweenman and the metals sheds light on what otherwisewould be very difficult to understand. It helps… … SYMBOLICAL ILLUSTRATION Representing theTrinity of Body, Soul and Spirit. § 13] THE MEANING OF ALCHEMY 15 notions regarding the nature of the metals. Thealchemists believed that the metals were constructedafter the manner of man, into whose constitutionthree factors were regarded as entering :…
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