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Filum Ariadnes Das ist, newer chymischer Discurs
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A complete English translation of Christoph Reibehand's 'Filum Ariadnes' (originally published in 1636 under the pseudonym Heinrich von Batsdorff) was published by Adam McLean in 1982. This translation appeared as Volume 10 of the 'Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks' series.
The Filum Ariadnes, trans. Adam McLean (Editor/Translator) (1982) [complete]
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Tired of the cryptic riddles of traditional alchemy? Christoph Reibehand’s 'Ariadne's Thread' serves as a literal lifeline, leading seekers out of a labyrinth of fraudulent 'sophistry' and into the light of true Hermetic philosophy. Discover a path where divine grace meets the physical furnace, promising the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone to those who seek with a pure heart.