Ars Alchemica: Foundations of Practical Alchemy by Gary St. M. Nottingham (Avalonia Press, 2016) Hardcovrr

Gary St. M. Nottingham. Ars Alchemica: Foundations of Practical Alchemy. London: Avalonia Books, 2016. 131 pages. Hardcover edition.  Condition: Very Good Description from the publisher:    ARS ALCHEMICA - FOUNDATIONS OF PRACTICAL ALCHEMYBeing a Prima in the Paracelsian Arte of Solve et CoagulaBy Gary St. M. NottinghamTo be an alchemist, traditionally one must gain access to the Philosophers' Garden - but to advance into the garden one must be an alchemist.  ARS ALCHEMICA: Foundations of Practical Alchemy provides essential instruction to assist the student to gain ingress into this sacred realm.This work teaches the practical laboratory alchemy of the past masters and for the first time reveals many of their secrets, including the volatilization of the salts and the mysteries of the sal ammoniac salts. These are a major key to many operations of the arte without which the student fails in their operations.The author, Gary St. M. Nottingham, additionally explores various alchemical for