Quote of the day
Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you how to stop suffering. That is its purpose.
Basil Valentine

Born: 1394
Died: 1450 (aged 56)
Bio: Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-century German authors.
Known for:
- The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine
- The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony
- Les Douze clefs de la philosophie