Splendor of Light

Summary

of this book,

which is divided into 14 chapters, specifically according to the number of those Adepts original: "Adepten"; practitioners who have reached the highest level of alchemical knowledge whose traces original Latin: "vestigia" are found in Holy Scripture, and which I call the Golden Chain original: "goldne Kette"; the Aurea Catena, a traditional Hermetic concept of a lineage of wisdom passing from God to humanity, of which the first link, or

The I. Chap.

is Hermes. Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Hellenistic figure considered the founder of alchemy

The II. link or Chap. calls itself

Abraham,

The III. link, or Chap. calls itself

Isaac.

The IV. link, or Chap.

is dedicated to Jacob.

In the V. link or Chap.

Judas, the son of Jacob, will present himself.

The VI. link, or Chapter represents

Moses. original: "Mosen"

In the VII. link, or Chap. appears

Bezalel. original: "Bezelel"; the artisan tasked by God in the Book of Exodus to build the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant

In the VIII. link or Chap.

David announces himself.