In the medieval cellar she unearths a hidden manuscript and begins to read of secret fire and mysterious prime matter, a green lion and a raven’s head, a fatal conjunction of king and queen, a descent into Blackness and putrefaction. Thirty years later, Eileen comes to live in Smith’s vicarage.
Gradually the shadow of alchemy falls over those around him a young girl whose sudden pregnancy is a local scandal Janet, trapped in a barren marriage and Robert who pursues his own quest for the legendary blue glass of Chartres. As he pits himself against the bizarre perils of the GreatWork, it becomes clear that his arcane transformations are as much spiritual as chemical. In 1952 a country clergyman called Smith begins his tortuous quest for the Holy Grail of alchemy the Philosophers’ Stone which transmutes base metal to gold and confers immortality.
But I give you fair warning that unless you seek the true philosophical gold and not the gold of the vulgar unless your heart is fixed with unbending intent on the true Stone of the Philosophers, unless you are steadfast in your quest, abiding by God’s laws in all faith and humility and eschewing all vanity, conceit, falsehood, intemperance, pride, lust and faintheartedness, read no further lest I prove fatal to you. Know this: I, Mercurius, have set down a full, true and infallible account of the Great Work. This new edition features a beautiful new cover and has been revised and updated by the author. It has been out of print for many years and until the release of this brand new edition was as rare as hen’s teeth, with some old copies fetching prices of up to USD $600. This highly sought after novel was first published in 1990.
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