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Twelve Keys by Basil Valentine is a sequence of alchemical operations encoded allegorically, in words to which images have been added. The keys are written in such a fashion as to conceal as well as to illuminate: only a knowledgeable reader or alchemical adept was expected to correctly interpret the veiled language of the allegorical text and its related images. With each step, the symbolic names (Deckname, or code name) used to indicate the critical ingredients are changed, just as the ingredients themselves are transformed. Each chapter, or "key", is an allegorical description of one step in the process by which the philosopher's stone may be created. The second half contains twelve short chapters. The first part of the book is a discussion of general alchemical principles and advice about the philosopher's stone. The Basil Valentine writings provide twelve "keys", a widely reproduced sequence of alchemical operations encoded allegorically, in words to which images have been added. We only index and link to content provided by other sites.įully illustrated. Disclaimer: This site does not store any files on its server.
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