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This treatise deals with the practice of alchemy in medicine, and the use of antimony and lead in particular. Roger Bacon provides the recipe for processing antimony to make the famous red oil of the philosophers. In Bacon’s opinion, this elixir was efficacious against a wide array of afflictions like fever, plague, gout, and leprosy.

The great mystic Theophrastus Paracelsus (1493-1541) highlighted the medicinal aspects of the alchemical art. Considered one of his most prominent works, The Aurora of the Philosophers (a.k.a. ‘Monarchia’) deals with the ancient history of magic as practiced in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia. It also contains instructions for practical experiments on subjects like the philosopher’s stone, tinctures and transmutation.

Eduard (Édouard) Schuré (1841 in Strasbourg - 1929) was a French philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. This book is an esoteric examination of the life of Jesus, who is considered to be the ultimate in a long line of initiates.

Belinda was given the chance to represent her people on Earth after Jessica had crossed over to Belinda's world. Her mission was to collect as much information about Jessica's world as possible, and so her adventure begins. This story is graphic in nature and is intended for adults only. All characters depicted are 18 or older.

Not everything in life is what it seems. When battles are your only options, walking through fire may be your only way back home. The conclusion of Reece and Atlas' story.

Katelyn Bates' life was boring, until the night Justine convinced her to go to a special kind of get-together. What harm is there in meeting new people who have a unique perspective on the world? Jacob White is a world-class hypnotherapist and psychologist with a twist. In his personal life, he loves to put women under erotic trances. When he sees Katelyn from across the room, he's hooked. She is responsive to the words he weaves, and he can't get enough of her. Does she dare risk her own mind to find the height of satisfaction?

When cyborg Treeka wakes from an interrupted cryogenic sleep in a genetics lab, she does so in a brave new world, one where immortality is no longer a concept but a construction. Now, the consciousness of a person can live on in a body that can outperform the limits of human ability. This “miracle” soon becomes personal to Treeka: she was once a living woman, and someone has brought her mind back from the dead. As memories of her past life resurface, Treeka realizes she has a sister, put into stasis just like she was.

It’s been over a year since my world changed forever. After waking up thousands of miles from home, I was forced to start over, guided by scars I didn’t recognize. It hasn’t been easy, especially when life keeps pulling me toward a past I can’t fully grasp. Now, a twist of fate has brought me back, thrusting me into a world I don’t remember. At college, I run into Ryder—someone who swears he knew me before, someone whose eyes spark a connection I can’t explain. Then there’s Jayson, whose pain and anger cut through me like shards of a forgotten past.

Death comes for us all, but Kasey saw him coming. Born a witch, Kasey has always been plagued by visions of the future. One haunting vision has troubled her since her twelfth birthday. New York City on fire, terrified people swarming the streets as the towering skyscrapers collapsed. Kasey has spent her entire life fighting to stop her vision becoming reality, but she is out of time. With only hours left until the deadly plot unfolds, Kasey is caught in a deadly race.

Death comes for us all, but right now it’s biting at my heels. The Arcane Council have accused me of unspeakable crimes, and now I’m being hunted by my own kind. New York has gone straight to hell. Wizards are roaming the streets, and I’m so busy trying to save my own skin, that I can’t do anything about it. With every minute that passes, the Shinigami attack draws nearer.

Corey Durand doesn’t trust easily, and the rumors surrounding the devastating end of her last relationship have only just died down. All she wants is peace and quiet to run her ranch. But in moves her feisty next-door neighbor, Brin, and everything gets thrown into chaos. Brin’s younger, vibrant, and full of sass. Her five-year-old autistic niece loves Corey and the ranch, and Corey hasn’t figured out how to befriend the little girl while avoiding her aunt.

Her husband's death shattered her world. But it's what he left behind that just might destroy her. Taryn Metcalf is a 33-year-old journalist whose life is turned upside down when her husband is tragically killed. But just when she thinks things couldn't get any worse, she stumbles upon a shocking letter from her late husband, confessing to a heinous act he committed over a decade ago. Grief-stricken and determined to uncover the truth,

In the bustling heart of New York, twelve-year-old Aiko Takahashi’s world is shattered when she returns home one evening to find her parents brutally murdered. Her uncle Hiroto steps in to care for her, being the only family she has left. However, just as Aiko begins to settle into life with her uncle, a fierce custody battle erupts with her mother’s best friend. The court deems Hiroto’s troubled past unfit for raising a child, forcing Aiko to live with a strict family friend.