A New Light of Alchemy (Arcanum Edition) by Michael Sendivogius – Hermetic Alchemy & Chymistry

alchemical philosophy, Michael Sendivogius, Philosophers Stone

A New Light of Alchemy by Michael Sendivogius stands as one of the most celebrated and influential masterpieces in the history of Hermeticism. Originally published anonymously under the title Novum Lumen Chymicum, this monumental work defined an entirely new era of alchemical philosophy centred around the revolutionary Salt-Nitre theory. Through four profound treatises, Sendivogius elucidates the fundamental secrets of nature and the pursuit of the Philosophers Stone, captivating generations of European chymists and esoteric scholars.

This definitive Arcanum Edition offers an unprecedented exploration of the Polish adept's legacy, featuring a magisterial forty-page introduction by scholar Dr Rafał T. Prinke. In addition to the foundational texts—including Twelve Treatises on the Philosopher’s Stone and The Dialogue with Mercury—this volume includes two rare appended tracts translated into English for the first time. Readers are granted access to Operatie Elixiris Philosophici, the earliest known Polish laboratory report on the Philosophical Elixir, as well as Johann Joachim Becher's 1682 redaction of the Processus Universalis, detailing the precise operations surrounding the Central Salt.

Masterfully bound in luxury materials, this limited release represents the pinnacle of occult book arts and serves as a vital cornerstone for serious collectors and practitioners of Western esoteric traditions.

Production Details

Author: Michael Sendivogius (Michał Sędziwój)

Publisher: Aula Lucis

Edition: Arcanum Edition (Mysterium Hermeticum series, Vol. V)

Binding: Handbound in orange goatskin leather by Ludlow Bookbinders, raised bands, black leather title inlay, hand-tooling on spine, stamped in black and gold foil

Pages: 274 pages

Size: 180 x 120 mm

Paper: Munken Pure Rough 100 gsm paper

Ribbon marker: Orange silk ribbon

Dust jacket/slipcase: None

Limitation: Limited to 77 hand-numbered copies

Condition: New

Extras: Endpapers marbled by Jemma Lewis; 14 duotone illustrations; orange letterpress bookmark; letterpress broadside portrait of Sendivogius```