Thaumaturgical Knowledge is a mod coded with the goal of giving Thaumcraft-oriented players more tools for obtaining the needed resources and automation. Those tools focus on making most resources renewable instead of gathering them for the player.
However, for the rarest materials, some heavy duty infrastructure will be needed...
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If you can, please post your questions in the mod's thread. It's much easier for me the notice them there.