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![[Hebrew: Or nagah] Splendor lucis, oder Glanz des Lichts. Eine kurze physico-cabalistische Auslegung des grössten Naturgeheimnisses, insgemein Lapis Philosophorum genannt](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.sourcelibrary.org%2Fcropped%2F699ef9f4b0a976d32fd37469%2F699efa7d3359474130b0c4c2.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
[Hebrew: Or nagah] Splendor lucis, oder Glanz des Lichts. Eine kurze physico-cabalistische Auslegung des grössten Naturgeheimnisses, insgemein Lapis Philosophorum genannt
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across major scholarly catalogs (including local catalogs, Google Books, Internet Archive, and OpenAlex) yielded no evidence of an English translation of Aloys Wienner von Sonnenfels' 'Splendor Lucis' (1785). The work appears in historical bibliographies of alchemical texts (such as 'Bibliotheca Chemica'), but only in its original German/Latin context. No complete, partial, or excerpted English translations were identified.
Verified Mar 31, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Unlock the secret laboratory of King Solomon and discover the kabbalistic keys to the Philosopher's Stone. Aloys von Sonnenfels reveals how biblical history is a coded manual for alchemy, identifying the mysterious 'Puch' as the primary matter of the Great Work.
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