The Alchemist’s Kitchen: Extraordinary Potions & Curious Notions

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By (author): "Guy Ogilvy"
Publish Date: September 22nd 2006
The Alchemist’s Kitchen: Extraordinary Potions & Curious Notions
ISBN0802715400
ISBN139780802715401
AsinThe Alchemist’s Kitchen: Extraordinary Potions & Curious Notions
Original titleThe Alchemist’s Kitchen: Extraordinary Potions & Curious Notions (Wooden Books)
SeriesWooden Books
From the revelation of fire to mediaeval quests for the legendary Philosopher’s Stone, the alchemical path has attracted many great minds.Packed with recipes for herbal elixirs, soothing balms, heady scents, rich pigments, and potent solvents, The Alchemist’s Kitchen will appeal to anyone fascinated by the past and the occult world.From the legendary Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus and Paracelsus’s spagyric medicine, to the ancient science of the four elements and the symbolic associations of mediaeval pigment recipes, this book—illustrated with old engravings and original art—takes you inside mediaeval laboratories and kitchens to explore the sacred secrets of matter.