"The Hermetic Tradition: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art" by Julius Evola

Drawing from sources throughout the Western esoteric tradition, Evola shows that alchemy is a universal science of transformation. First published in 1931 in Italian. This is the first English translation. Draws from a host of sources in the Western esoteric tradition–works on theurgy, magic, and gnosticism from neoplatonic, Arab, and medieval sources.

This important survey of alchemical symbols and doctrines sets forth the mysterious worldview and teachings of the practitioners of the "royal art.
Author demonstrates the singularity of subject matter that lies behind the words of all adepts in all ages, showing how alchemy–often misunderstood as primitive chemistry or a mere template for the Jungian process of "individuation"–is nothing less than a universal secret science of human and natural transformation.

Contents
Foreword by H. T Hansen
Translator's Note
Preface
PART 1: The Symbols and Teachings Symbols
Introduction to Part One: The Tree, the Serpent, and the Titans
One: The Plurality and Duality of Civilizations
Two: Living Nature
Three: The Hermetic Knowledge
Four: "One the All" and the Dragon Ouroboros
Five: The Hermetic Presence
Six: Creation and Myth
Seven: "Woman," "Water," "Mercury," and "Foison"
Eight: The Separation: Sun and Moon
Nine: Frozen and Flowing Waters
Ten: Salt and the Cross
Eleven: Tlne Four Elements and Sulfur
Twelve: Soul, Spirit, and Body
Thirteen: The "Four" in Man
Fourteen: The Planers
Fifteen: The Centers of Life
Sixteen: The Seven, the Operations, and the Mirror
Seventeen: Gold in the Art
Eighteen: Shadow, Ashes, and Remains
Nineteen: Philosophical Incest
Twenty: Tlne Tomb and Thirst
Twenty-One: Saturn: Inverted Gold
Twenty-Two: The Field and the Seed
Twenty-Three: The Sword and the Rose
Twenty-Four: Stem, Virus, and Iron
PART 2: The Hermitic Royal Art
Introduction to Part Two: The Reality of Palingenesis
Twenty-Five: The Separation
Twenty-Six: Death and the Black Work
Twenty-Seven: The Trial of the Void
Twenty-Eight: The Night of the Dragon
Twenty-Nine: The Dry Path and the Wet Path
Thirty: Hermetic Asceticism
Thirty-One: The Path of the Breath and the Path of the Blood
Thirty-Two: The Heart and the Light
Thirty-Three: Denudations and Eclipses
Thirty-Four: Tlne Tlnirst for God and the Corrosive Waters
Thirty-Five: Tire Path of Venus and the Radical Path
Thirty-Six: The Hermetic Nres
Thirty-Seven: The White Work: Rebirth
Thirty-Eight: The Coniunctio in White
Tlnfrty-Nine: The Eternal Vigil
Forty: The Body of Light and Production of Silver
Forty-One: Birth into Life and Immortality
Forty-Two: Tlne Reel Work: Return to Earth
Forty-Three: Tlne Alchemical Colors md Multiplication
Forty-Four: The Planetary Hierarchy
Forty-Five: Knowledge of the Reel and the Triunity
Forty-Six: Prophetic Knowledge
Forty-Seven: Tlne Four stages of Power
Forty-Eight: Metallic Transmutation
Forty-Nine: Correspondences, Times, and Rites
Fifty: Silence and the Tradition
Fifty-One: The Invisible Masters
Index