Stories of alchemical transmutations



  1. The Golden Calf of Helvetius
  2. The Story of Wenceslaus Seilerus
  3. Allegorical letter about an alchemical adept
  4. A strange 19th century story about transmutation
  5. Salomon Trismosin's alchemical wanderings
  6. Bernard of Trevisan's quest for the Stone
  7. van Helmont's experiences with transmutation
  8. Pico della Mirandola's mention of transmutation
  9. Ashmole's account of Tincture found at Bath Abbey
  10. Pope John XXII's decree against alchemy
  11. Robert Boyle's Account of a Degredation of Gold
  12. Ashmole's account of Edward Kelly's transmutations
  13. Other accounts of Edward Kelley's transmutations
  14. Denis Zacaire's account of his alchemical work
  15. Archibald Cockren's alchemical discoveries
  16. Edmund Dickinson's experience of transmutation
  17. Albertus Bayr discovers transmutation through evoking a spirit
  18. Cagliostro's transmutation in Warsaw
  19. The Transmutations of Dr. Price
  20. The golden nail trick from Tachemius
  21. Transmutation stories from Mercury's Caducean Rod.
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