Alchemical texts Axiom of Maria Alchemical Studies (Carl Jung) Aurora consurgens Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit Cantong qi Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz Hermetica Corpus Hermeticum Emerald Tablet The Hermetical Triumph Fasciculus Chemicus Kimiya-yi sa'ādat Musaeum Hermeticum Mutus Liber Rosary of the Philosophers Splendor Solis Theatrum Chemicum Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum The Mirror of Alchimy Turba Philosophorum Journals Ambix Aries Hermetic Journal The most influential names in the history of alchemy include: Hermes Trismegistus – by tradition, the founder of Western alchemy  . Wei Boyang – authored the earliest known book on theoretical alchemy in China.  Zosimos of Panopolis – a Gnostic mystic who wrote the oldest known books on Western alchemy. Khālid ibn Yazīd – credited with bringing alchemy to Arabia. Jābir ibn Hayyān – notable for takwin, sulfur-mercury theory , and emphasis on experimental science. Pseudo-Geber  Roger Bacon – influenced the reintegration of alchemyand Christianity . Paracelsus – developer of iatrochemistry. Robert Boyle – alchemist critical of Paracelsus, credited as the father of modern chemistry. Mary Anne Atwood – key figure in the occult revival of alchemy. Carl Jung – merged alchemy and psychoanalytic thought.
Alchemical texts Axiom of Maria Alchemical Studies (Carl Jung) Aurora consurgens Buch der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit Cantong qi Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz Hermetica Emerald Tablet Sirr al-khalīqa ("The Secret of Creation") The Hermetical Triumph Fasciculus Chemicus Musaeum Hermeticum Mutus Liber Rosary of the Philosophers Splendor Solis Theatrum Chemicum Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum The Mirror of Alchimy Turba Philosophorum Journals Ambix Aries Early Science and Medicine Isis The most influential names in the history of alchemy include: Hermes Trismegistus – by tradition, the founder of Western alchemy ; many alchemical works were attributed to him . Wei Boyang – authored the earliest known book on theoretical alchemy in China. Pseudo-Democritus – anonymous author of the oldest extant works of Greco-Egyptian alchemy. Zosimos of Panopolis – influential Greco-Egyptian alchemist. Khālid ibn Yazīd – credited with introducing alchemy to the Islamic world. Pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana – earliest known source of the sulfur-mercury theory of metals and the Emerald Tablet. Jābir ibn Hayyān – notable for the theory of the balance (ʿilm al-mīzān), the theory of artificial generation (ʿilm al-takwīn), and a general emphasis on experimental science. Pseudo-Geber – later Latin alchemist who wrote the influential Summa perfectionis. Roger Bacon – staunch proponent of the use of alchemy . Paracelsus – developer of iatrochemistry. Robert Boyle – alchemist critical of Paracelsus, credited as the father of modern chemistry. Mary Anne Atwood – key figure in the occult revival of alchemy. Carl Jung – merged alchemy and psychoanalytic thought.
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Pseudo-Democritus – anonymous author of the oldest extant works of Greco-Egyptian alchemy.
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a Gnostic mystic who wrote the oldest known books on Western alchemy.
influential Greco-Egyptian alchemist.
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bringing alchemy to Arabia.
introducing alchemy to the Islamic world. Pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana – earliest known source of the sulfur-mercury theory of metals and the Emerald Tablet.
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– later Latin alchemist who wrote the influential Summa perfectionis.
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influenced the reintegration of alchemyand Christianity
staunch proponent of the use of alchemy