The French diplomat and scholar Blaise de Vigenère, remembered today for the cipher that bears his name, writes on fire and salt as keys to the secrets of creation. Mixing alchemy, Kabbalah, Scripture and natural philosophy, he treats light, flame, salt and the elements as signs of divine mysteries, in an English translation of 1649.
A fascinating text of Renaissance hermetic thought for students of alchemy and esoteric history. Download the free EPUB.