The Alchemist's Handbook: A Practical Manual (Weiser Classics Series) by Frater Albertus

The Alchemist’s Handbook: A Practical Manual is Frater Albertus’s introduction to alchemical practice and Hermetic philosophy. It brings together foundational principles, the equipment of an alchemical laboratory and the Lesser Circulation, the branch of the work concerned with the plant kingdom.

This Weiser Classics edition includes forewords by Israel Regardie and Robert Allen Bartlett. The book is a study of a historical esoteric tradition, not a modern chemistry safety manual or a guide to self-medication. Laboratory work, distillation and plant preparations require appropriate expertise and safety precautions; no treatment claims are made here.