Hermetic Herbalism: The Art of Extracting Spagyric Essences Paperback – 1 June 2020

• Includes a large selection of recipes for spagyric medicines and quintessences, with detailed step by step instructions, adapted from celebrated spagyrists such as Paracelsus, Pseudo-Lull, Philipp Ulstad, and Nicaise Le Fèvre

• Provides botanical and medicinal classifications of over 600 plant species in conjunction with their astral natures, elemental qualities, and planetary and zodiacal signatures

• Explores advanced methods and techniques and shares the Writer’s secret formula for a universal circulatum

First published in French in 1911, this practical guide to the art of spagyrics begins by outlining the ancient yet regularly forgotten Hermetic foundations of herbalism. Writer Jean Mavéric provides botanical and medicinal classifications of over 600 plant species in conjunction with an in-depth study of their astral natures, elemental qualities, and planetary and zodiacal signatures in addition to practical advice on the appropriate times to harvest plants and administer herbal remedies and quintessences.

Reviewing the general principles and procedures of premodern chemistry, Mavéric then explores the name of the game doctrines and operations of the spagyric art. He offers a large selection of recipes for spagyric herbal preparations adapted from celebrated spagyrists such as Paracelsus, Pseudo-Lull, Philipp Ulstad, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Oswald Croll, and Nicaise Le Fèvre, providing detailed step by step instructions for a veritable pharmacopeia of spagyric extracts, tinctures, elixirs, liquors, oils, unguents, salts, aquae vitae, and quintessences. Mavéric also shares his intricate theory of astral medicine and advocates a seasonal “Hermetic diet” designed to keep the humors of the body in equilibrium and prevent the onset of illness. In the final section of the book, Mavéric specializes in the more advanced methods and techniques of Paracelsus, Helmont, and George Starkey, unraveling the mysteries of manufacturing alkalis, alkahests, and menstrua and divulging his own secret formula for a universal circulatum.

Available now for the first time in English, this occult classic unveils the art of extracting spagyric essences to a up to date audience whilst also bringing the science of herbal medicine back to its Hermetic roots.