The Parachemistry Collection: of Dr. D.A. Schein

Preface
PART 1: ESSAYS
1. What is Parachemistry?
2. Parachemistry and Alchemy
3. Alchemy and Medicine
4. Tinctures, Essences, Elixirs
5. The Spagyric Process
6. Allopathy and Parachemistry
7. Tolerance
8. The Last Chapter
	The Philosopher’s Stone
	The Guru
	The Goal
PART 2: LABORATORY SERIES
1. Basic Laboratory Procedures
	Glass Instruments with Standard Ground Joints
	Heat Sources
	Decanting
	Filtering
	Filtration
	Extraction
	Drying
	Drying Agents
	Determining the Concentration of Acetic Acid
2. Weights and Measures
3. Mercury in the Plant Kingdom
	Fermentation
	Distillation
	Boiling
	Vacuum Distillation
	The Contact Thermometer
	Determining the Alcohol Content
	The Purification of Mercury from the Plant Kingdom
	Storing
	Further Literature
4. The Production of Volatile Oils
	Preparation
	Soxhlet Extraction
	Basic Steam Distillation
	Advanced Steam Distillation
	Storing
	Further Literature
5. The Salts of Plants
	Incineration
	Calcination
	The Salt of Sulphur
	Washing
	Storing
6. The Herbal Stone
PART 3: HISTORICAL MATERIAL
1. PRS (Paracelsus Research Society) and Paralab
2. Antimony
	Historical Use of Antimony
	Vitrum Antimony
	KermesAntimonii and Sulphur Auratum Antimonii
3. Kerckring’s Menstruum
4. Acetone, Alkahest and Alchemists
5. Mineral Salt Solutions
	Introduction to Mineral Salts and Their Parachemical Preparation
	Parachemistry
	Tables
6. Literature List
Notes