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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