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L’ALCHIMIA NELLA LETTERATURA INGLESE

PARTE I: FONDAMENTI DI ALCHIMIA

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LE 12 OPERAZIONI DELL’OPUS ALCHEMICUM

George Ripley, The Compound of Alchymy; or, the Twelve Gates Leading to the

Discovery of the Philosopher's Stone (1471):

The First Gate Calcination

The Second Gate Solution

The Third Gate Separation

The Fourth Gate Conjunction

The Fifth Gate Putrefaction

The Sixth Gate Congelation

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The Seventh Gate Cibation

The Eighth Gate Sublimation

The Ninth Gate Fermentation

The Tenth Gate Exaltation

The Eleventh Gate Multiplication

The Twelfth Gate Projection