Manfred M. JuniusSpagyrics
The Alchemical Preparation of Medicinal Essences, Tinctures, and Elixirs
Professor Manfred M. Junius (1929-2004) served as the production manager for spagyrics for Australerba Laboratories and was head of the Australian School of Ayurveda in Adelaide, Australia. His Western alchemical knowledge was obtained through many years of personal instruction from Augusto Pincaldi in Switzerland.
FOREWORD BY BRIAN COTNOIR
PREFACE
1 SPAGYRIA AND SPAGYRICS
2 ADVICE OF BASILIUS VALENTINUS
3 THE THREE PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES AND THE ELEMENTS
4 MERCURY, SULFUR, AND SALT IN THE PLANT WORLD
5 THE EXTRACTION OF THE THREE PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES FROM PLANTS
The Extraction of the Essential Oils, That Is,
of the Volatile Sulfur
Mercury
Fixed Sulfur and Its Salt
Salt
6 THE STARS
The Foundations
Stars and Medicinal Plants
Days, Hours, and Rhythms of the Planets
The Exact Horoscope as the Basis for the Works
7 PREPARATION OF SPAGYRIC TINCTURES AND ESSENCES
8 CIRCULATION
9 THE PLANT MAGISTERY OF PARACELSUS
10 THE CIRCULATUM MINUS OF URBIGERUS
11 ELIXIR--CLYSSUS--VEGETABLE STONE
The Opus Vegetabile of M. Johannes Issac Hollandus
Tractatus de Quinta Essentia Vini
12 ALCHEMICAL SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
13 OLD WEIGHTS
EPILOGUE: HOW CAN WE HEAL?
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SPAGYRIC RESOURCES
INDEX
