Twelve Gates

Philalethes, Eirenaeus. A breviary of alchemy or a commentary upon Sir George Ripley s recapitulation being a paraphrastical epitome of his twelve gates. Written by Aeyrenaeus Philalethes Anglus, Cosmopolita. London Printed for William Cooper at the Pellican in Little Britain, 1678. [2], 28 p. 

Ripley, George. "The compound of alchymie. A most excellent, learned and worthy worke, written by Sir George Ripley, Chanon of Bridlington in Yorke-shire, conteining twelve gates." In Theatrum chemicum Britannicum, ed. Elias Ashmole, 107-193., 1652. 

Ripley, George. Ripley s twelve gates. rhttp //www.levi tv.com/alchemy/ripgates.html1. 

Ripley, George. "Twelve gates of alchemy (abridged)." In Lives of the alchemysticalphilosophers, ed. Francis Barrett, 217-228., 1814. 

Lapidus.In pursuit of gold alchemy in theory and practice additions and extractions by Stephen Skinner. Edited by Stephen Skinner. New York Weiser, 1976. Contains an Abridged Version of G. Ripley s Long Poem, The Twelve Gates of Alchemy and an Abridged Version of Paracelsus s The Theory of Alchemy... 

Exaltation, Multiplication, and Projection. These are likened to the twelve gates of a castle which the philosopher must enter. At the conclusion of the twelfth gate, Ripley says —... 

Recite the twelve gates to alchemy, according to the learned Ripley. ... 

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