The Book of Aquarius

The Book of Aquarius is an anonymously authored, public domain book claiming to reveal the secrets of alchemy and how to make the legendary substance known as the Philosopher's Stone, fabled to turn base metals into gold or silver, and render the creator immortal.
Overview
The Book of Aquarius consists of the theory, practical, history and philosophy of alchemy in 56 chapters. The book is slightly over 150 pages as some chapters are no longer than 1 page. Almost half of the book is taken up with quotes from 57 different alchemy books, mostly published between the 13th to 17th centuries, and all available to read for free online. The author uses the quotes to support his or her claims throughout the book.
The central theme of the book is that alchemy is natural, following the natural laws and cycles of Nature. Examples are given to support this claim, such as chemical distillation said to be a microcosmic version of Earth's water cycle.
The author also touches on other fringe topics such as: UFOs and New World Order, in relation to alchemy.
Release and updates
The Book of Aquarius was first announced by the publisher Forgotten Books on March 20, 2011. According to the announcement made by Forgotten Books, the manuscript of the book was emailed to them with no information regarding the author. Shortly afterward the book appeared on the Forgotten Books web site in both PDF and ebook format.
After one week, Forgotten Books offered to host a site for the book. The web site of The Book of Aquarius is hosted under a subdomain of Forgotten Books. The anonymous author opened a forum on the web site to answer questions about the book.
The Book of Aquarius is frequently updated by the anonymous author in order to answer questions asked by readers of the book on his or her forum.
Author
So far there have been no guesses as to the real identity of the anonymous author. In the foreword to The Book of Aquarius, the author makes a plea to all readers not to reveal his or her identity if it is known, or make any public guesses.
Method
According to The Book of Aquarius, it takes 3 years to make the Philosopher's Stone. The method consists of the following:
# Collect 500ml of urine from the first time you urinate in the morning
# Distill the urine on low-heat in a retort
# Calcine (burn) what is left on high-heat
# Repeat the above two steps 10 times
# Extract a white salt from the top of the calcined urine
# Further distill the distilled urine 3 times
# Slowly add the distilled urine onto the white salt until it is saturated
# Heat the white salt in a boiling flask at body temperature, using a water bath
# Wait until the salt turns black, then increase the heat
# Wait until the salt turns white again, then increase the heat
# Wait until the salt turns red
# Repeat steps 7-11 with the red salt and 10x its weight in gold dust
# The Philosopher's Stone is complete, further instructions show how to increase the quality and quantity
Copyright
In the introduction to the book, the anonymous author renounces all claim to copyright, establishing The Book of Aquarius as part of the public domain from the beginning of its release. As a public domain work, the book may be freely copied, edited or distributed by any person without permission or royalties paid.

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