Alchemy, ancient and modern . onii. A Latin translation with a tine and11 commentary by Theodore KerckringiusTheTrium- was published in 1685, and an Englishphal Chariot^ translation of this version by imony. ^ g Waite appeared in 1893. Theauthor describes himself as Basil Valentine, aBenedictine monk. In his Practica another alche-mistic work, he says : When I had emptied to thedregs the cup of human suffering, I was led to con-sider the wretchedness of this world, and the fearfulconsequences of our first parents disobedience . .I made haste to withdraw myself from the evil world,to bid f
Alchemy, ancient and modern . onii. A Latin translation with a tine and11 commentary by Theodore KerckringiusTheTrium- was published in 1685, and an Englishphal Chariot^ translation of this version by imony. ^ g Waite appeared in 1893. Theauthor describes himself as Basil Valentine, aBenedictine monk. In his Practica another alche-mistic work, he says : When I had emptied to thedregs the cup of human suffering, I was led to con-sider the wretchedness of this world, and the fearfulconsequences of our first parents disobedience . .I made haste to withdraw myself from the evil world,to bid farewell to it, and to devote myself to theService of God/15 He proceeds to relate that heentered a monastery, but finding that he had some timeon his hands after performing his daily work anddevotions, and not wishing to pass this time in idle-ness, he took up the study of Alchemy, the investiga-tion of those natural secrets by which God has 15 Basil Valentine: The Practica (see The HermeticMuseum, vol. i. p. 313). PLATE a< < jou <o
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