The Mirror Of Alchemy

Name: The Mirror Of Alchemy
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Roger Bacon
ISBN: 9798368942421

Author: Roger Bacon

Narrator: Matthew Schmitz

Unabridged: 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Altrusian Grace Media

Published: 03/16/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit

Synopsis

Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media. The Mirror of Alchemy is a short alchemical manual, known in Latin as Speculum Alchemiae. Translated in 1597, it was only the second alchemical text printed in the English language. Long ascribed to Roger Bacon, the work is more likely the product of an anonymous author who wrote between the 13th and the 15th centuries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on February 17, 2015

A concise and accessible introduction to alchemy written by an authority in this field, Roger Bacon. Although it is impossible to take anything in this little booklet seriously, one has to admire the resolve and clarity with which the author goes about his business. And let us not make any bones abo......more

Goodreads review by Holly on December 27, 2012

I don't know how much I got out of this but I sure like the words spilling untrammelled from Roger Bacon's lips and fingers.......more

Goodreads review by curtis on May 28, 2012

A fascinating short tractatus on alchemical theory. Definitely well worth your time if you're at all interested in the period.......more