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Filum Ariadnes Das ist: Neuer chymischer Discurs
This text has not previously been translated into English.
A complete English translation of Christoph Reibehand's 'Filum Ariadnes' (1690) was published in 1982 by Paul Ferguson. It was released as Volume 2 of the Hermetic Research Series, edited by Adam McLean.
Ariadne's Thread: A New Chemical Discourse, trans. Paul Ferguson (1982) [complete]
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Trapped in the smoky labyrinth of failed experiments and financial ruin, Christoph Reibehand offers the 'Ariadne’s Thread'—a roadmap out of alchemical deception. This discourse reveals why common mercury leads seekers to the 'ice' of failure and identifies the true Saturnine mineral required to manifest the Philosophers' Stone.
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