Hermetic Museum

Hardback

Main Details

Title Hermetic Museum
Authors and Contributors      By (author) A E Waite
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:704
Dimensions(mm): Height 152,Width 229
Category/GenreHistory of science
Chemistry
ISBN/Barcode 9780877289289
ClassificationsDewey:540.112
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Red Wheel/Weiser
Imprint Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication Date 30 April 1999
Publication Country United States

Description

This work represents a distinctive school of alchemy it belonged to a period that had inherited a bitter experience of the failures, impostures, and misery surrounding the "Magnum Opus" and its mystical quest. The treatises contained in this volume are by the authors of historical legend: John de Mehung, Nicholas Flamel, Basil Valentine, Eirenaeus Philalethes, Helvetius, Michael Maier, Michael Sendivogius, Nicholas Barnaud Delphinas, and Basilius Valentinus.

Author Biography

A.E. Waite (1857-1942) is one of the bestknown authors and translators of magic and the occult. He is the creator of the Rider-Waite tarot and is the author of several books including Book of Black Magic and Pictorial Keys to the Tarot.