Real Alchemy: A Primer of Practical Alchemy — Robert Allen Bartlett | Paperback

Most books on alchemy speak in symbols. This one speaks in instructions.

Robert Allen Bartlett is a laboratory scientist, chemist, and practicing alchemist — and Real Alchemy is the book that bridges the gap between the Hermetic tradition and the actual bench work of the Great Work. Drawing on both modern scientific method and ancient alchemical procedure, Bartlett walks the reader through the production of plant products (spagyrics) and into the fundamentals of mineral work — what many consider the true domain of alchemy, and the domain most shrouded in deliberate obscurity.

What did the ancients actually mean by the Philosopher's Stone? Bartlett answers that question directly, and offers several practical methods for its pursuit. Clear, grounded, and genuinely useful for the student who is ready to move from theory into practice.

Author: Robert Allen Bartlett
Format: Paperback, 171 pages, illustrated
Published: 2009

The laboratory is waiting. The work begins here.