A Light from Out of the Darkness: On the Composition of the Stone of the Philosophers

"At the first sound of the Almighty Word, the dark Chaos emerged from the bottom of the Void..." An original translation by Patrick J. Smith of La Lumire sortant par soi-mme des Tnbres ou Veritable Theorie de la Pierre des Philosophes. French/English text with corresponding verses presented together. With an introduction and interpretive notes. Alchemical Studies series 1.