Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Time Span 2
The Forming of the Earth 5
Primordial Moving and Shaking 8
Chapter 2 Imago Mundi 13
The Chalklands 14
Limestone 17
Face of Granite 18
Sandstone 21
Basalt 23
Eternal Quartz 26
Nature's Jewel Case 28
Chapter 3 Transcendental Variations 32
Fake-Lore and Fraud 34
The Science and Art of Geology 35
Talismans & Amulets - Part One 36
Chapter Four: Music for the Alchemist 39
Native Elements 40
Sulphides and Sulphosalts 44
Fool's Gold 49
Oxides 51
Halides 59
Carbonates 62
Sulphates 66
Phosphates & Arsenates 69
Silicates 75
Pyroxene Group 84
Amphibole Group 87
Mica Group 88
Serpentine Group 89
Silica Group 90
Feldspar Group 97
Zeolite Group 103
Chapter 5 Apocalptica 108
The Cult of Birthstones 114
Art and tongs… 120
Chapter 6 Black Sounds 125
The Power of Elixirs 128
The Essence of the Stones 130
Chapter 7 Slow Fires of Autumn 134
Earth Energies 134
Ley Lines and The Old Straight Track 140
The Unsung Pioneer 142
The Silent Killers 144
The Decline of the Roman Empire 144
Radioactive Time Bomb 145
Chapter 8 To the Dark Wood 149
Chapter 9 Variations on an Original Theme 159
Names or Words of Power 161
Sympathetic Magic 162
Divination by Stones and Crystals 163
Chapter 10 Sacred Song of Reconciliation 171
The Magical Correspondences of Liber 777 173
Alchemy & the Philosopher's Stone 175
Talismans and Amulets - Part Two 177
Phenomenal Gems 179
Sources and Bibliography 184
Chapter titles are taken from music composed by George Rochberg
