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Alchemists
There seem to be two distinct sets of alchemists.
The origins are that it is claimed to be the old Moorish mysticism going way back, which was munged into the rest in Spain/Portugal 13th century by Moses de Leon and his Zohar, (and others of the time)
which prompted a new wave of alchemists around the renaissance, and led into Rosicrucians.
The claims for origins of Moorish Alchemy are Egypt (of course)
and other eastern influences including Chinese.
Although the modern Alchemists were later than Tarot,
their roots were earlier,
and I still cling desperately to the notions that both embody the same concepts, from a common source.
This common source probably also includes a lot of Plato concepts.
Actually, I recommend a look at the Wikipedia article on Alchemy, from wich I have extracted the following:-
Egyptian alchemy [5000 BCE – 400 BC], beginning of alchemy
Indian alchemy [1200 BC – Present][17], related to Indian metallurgy; Nagarjuna was an important alchemist
Greek alchemy [332 BCE – 642 AD], studied at the Library of Alexandria Stockholm papyrus
Chinese alchemy [142 AD], Wei Boyang writes The Kinship of the Three
Islamic alchemy [700 – 1400], Muslims were at the forefront of Alchemy and Chemistry in the period of the Islamic Golden Age or Islamic Renaissance.
Islamic chemistry [800 – Present], Alkindus and Avicenna refute transmutation, Rhazes refutes four classical elements, and Tusi discovers conservation of mass
European alchemy [1300 – Present], Saint Albertus Magnus builds on Arabic alchemy
European chemistry [1661 – Present], Boyle writes The Sceptical Chymist, Lavoisier writes Elements of Chemistry, and Dalton publishes his Atomic Theory
B
There seem to be two distinct sets of alchemists.
The origins are that it is claimed to be the old Moorish mysticism going way back, which was munged into the rest in Spain/Portugal 13th century by Moses de Leon and his Zohar, (and others of the time)
which prompted a new wave of alchemists around the renaissance, and led into Rosicrucians.
The claims for origins of Moorish Alchemy are Egypt (of course)
and other eastern influences including Chinese.
Although the modern Alchemists were later than Tarot,
their roots were earlier,
and I still cling desperately to the notions that both embody the same concepts, from a common source.
This common source probably also includes a lot of Plato concepts.
Actually, I recommend a look at the Wikipedia article on Alchemy, from wich I have extracted the following:-
Egyptian alchemy [5000 BCE – 400 BC], beginning of alchemy
Indian alchemy [1200 BC – Present][17], related to Indian metallurgy; Nagarjuna was an important alchemist
Greek alchemy [332 BCE – 642 AD], studied at the Library of Alexandria Stockholm papyrus
Chinese alchemy [142 AD], Wei Boyang writes The Kinship of the Three
Islamic alchemy [700 – 1400], Muslims were at the forefront of Alchemy and Chemistry in the period of the Islamic Golden Age or Islamic Renaissance.
Islamic chemistry [800 – Present], Alkindus and Avicenna refute transmutation, Rhazes refutes four classical elements, and Tusi discovers conservation of mass
European alchemy [1300 – Present], Saint Albertus Magnus builds on Arabic alchemy
European chemistry [1661 – Present], Boyle writes The Sceptical Chymist, Lavoisier writes Elements of Chemistry, and Dalton publishes his Atomic Theory
B
