02Knights Templar

160 Pages·2007·1.14 MB·English

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Other titles by the same author:
The Knights Templar
The Cathars
The Gnostics
Andrei Tarkovsky
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Alchemy and Alchemists
SEAN MARTIN
POCKET ESSENTIALS
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This edition published in 2006 by Pocket Essentials
P.O.Box 394,Harpenden,Herts,AL5 1XJ
www.pocketessentials.com
© Sean Martin 2001,2006
The right of Sean Martin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accor-
dance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced,stored
in or introduced into a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form
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Printed and bound in Spain
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For My Parents
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Acknowledgements
Nick Rennison for his encouragement and support;Mike Paine,
for going the distance at the same time; the venerable Nick
Harding (who has not got in at Hendon,despite claims to the
contrary),for lending me certain ancient and dusty tomes when
I had need of them; the Wardens of the Church at Otter-
hampton,Somerset,who provided fascinating insights into the
life and work of Thomas Charnock,and showed me the lane that
he lived on;Tim Hather,for driving me out to Charnock’s neck
of the woods;and my sister Lois,for her love.Thanks also due to
Ion Mills, David Mathew and John Shire, for lending me
Kenneth Rayner Johnson’s rare classic The Fulcanelli Phenomenon,
a book I held onto for far too long.
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Contents
Introduction 13
1: Basic Ideas and Themes 19
2: Alchemy in the West 39
3: Alchemy in the East 80
4: Modern Alchemy 92
5: The Golden Chain 108
Suggestions for Further Reading 148
Index 156
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