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Theatrum Chemicum
(''"Chemical Theatre"'') is a compendium of early alchemical writings published in six volumes over the course of six decades. The first three volumes were published in 1602, while the final sixth volume was published in its entirety in 1661. remains the most comprehensive collective work on the subject of alchemy ever published in the Western world. The full title of the work is ,Roughly translated as "Chemical Theatre, for a particularly selected person responsible for handling about Chemicals and the Philosopher's Stone. Ancient, truthful, pure, excellent, and working, containing: An account of True Chemicals, and the study of Medical Chemicals (how to most fruitfully accomplish the best remedy) brought together as parts in arrangement. though later volumes express slightly modified titles. For the sake of brevity, the work is most often referred to simply as . All volumes of the work, with exception of the last two volumes, were published by in Oberursel and Strasbourg, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Guglielmo Gratarolo
Guglielmo Gratarolo or Grataroli or Guilelmus Gratarolus (16 May 1516, Bergamo – 16 April 1568, Basel) was an Italian doctor and alchemist. Biography Gratorolo studied in Padua and Venice. A Calvinist, Gratarolo sought refuge in Graubünden, Strasbourg, and finally settled in Basel in 1552. There, he taught medicine and edited a number works, particularly alchemical ones, notable among them the 1561 collection published by the printer Henricus Petrus, and reprinted in 1572. relied heavily on the earlier printed alchemical collection '' De Alchemia'' and was in turn heavily relied upon for the ''Theatrum Chemicum''. Gratorolo omitted only the '' Tabula Smaragdina'' and Ortulanus' commentary on it from volume 1; these had been published separately a year earlier in 1560, although falsely attributed to Johannes de Garlandia. Above all, Gratorolo wanted to publish the works of Pseudo-Lull and Pseudo-Geber. The contents of the 1561 edition are as follows:. Volume 1: * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabula Smaragdina
The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table or the ''Tabula Smaragdina'', is a compact and cryptic text traditionally attributed to the legendary Hellenistic period, Hellenistic figure Hermes Trismegistus. The earliest known versions are four Arabic recensions preserved in mystical and alchemical treatises between the 8th and 10th centuries CE—chiefly the ''Sirr al-khaliqa, Secret of Creation'' () and the ''Secretum Secretorum, Secret of Secrets'' (). It was often accompanied by a frame story about the discovery of an emerald tablet in Hermes' tomb. From the 12th century onward, Latin translations—most notably the widespread so-called ''vulgate''—introduced the text to Europe, where it attracted great scholarly interest. Medieval commentators such as Ortolanus, Hortulanus interpreted it as a "foundational text" of alchemical instructions for producing the philosopher's stone and Chrysopoeia, making gold. During the Renaissance, interpreters increasingly read ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elixir Of Life
The elixir of life (Medieval Latin: ' ), also known as elixir of immortality, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker Immortality, eternal life and/or eternal youth. This elixir was also said to Panacea (medicine), cure all diseases. Alchemy, Alchemists in various ages and cultures sought the means of formulating the elixir. History Ancient Mesopotamia An early mention of an elixir of life is found in the Epic of Gilgamesh (from the 2nd millennium BC) in which Gilgamesh comes to fear his own declining years following the death of his beloved companion Enkidu. He seeks out Utnapishtim, a figure in Mesopotamian mythology known for surviving a great flood sent by the gods and being granted immortality. Gilgamesh is directed by Utnapishtim to find a plant at the bottom of the sea, but he loses it to a serpent before he can use it himself. This legend is an archaic explanation for snakes shedding their skin, seen as mystical rejuvenation. China Many rulers of ancient C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philosopher's Stone
The philosopher's stone is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; it was also known as "the tincture" and "the powder". Alchemists additionally believed that it could be used to make an elixir of life which made possible rejuvenation and immortality. For many centuries, it was the most sought-after goal in alchemy. The philosopher's stone was the central symbol of the mystical terminology of alchemy, symbolizing perfection at its finest, divine illumination, and heavenly bliss. Efforts to discover the philosopher's stone were known as the Magnum Opus ("Great Work"). Antiquity The earliest known written mention of the philosopher's stone is in the ''Cheirokmeta'' by Zosimos of Panopolis (). Alchemical writers assign a longer history. Elias Ashmole and the anonymous author of ''Gloria Mundi'' (1620) claim that its history goes back to Adam, who acquired the knowledge of the stone directly from God. This knowledge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretum Secretorum
The or (Latin, 'Secret of secrets'), also known as the (), is a treatise which purports to be a letter from Aristotle to his student Alexander the Great on an encyclopedic range of topics, including statecraft, ethics, physiognomy, Muslim views on astrology, astrology, Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam, alchemy, magic (paranormal), magic, and medicine. The earliest extant editions claim to be based on a 9th-century Arabic translation of a Syriac language, Syriac translation of the lost Ancient Greek language, Greek original. It is a Pseudo-Aristotle, pseudo-Aristotelian work. Modern scholarship finds it likely to have been written in the 10th century in Arabic. Latin translations of the 12th century, Translated into Latin in the mid-12th century, it was influential among European intellectuals during the High Middle Ages. Origin The origin of the treatise remains uncertain. The Arabic edition claims to be a translation from Greek by 9th-century scholar Yahya Ibn al-Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabala Chemica
Cabala (alternately Kabbala(h) or Qabala(h)) may refer to: Religion * Kabbalah (קַבָּלָה), an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism ** Lurianic Kabbalah, a school of Kabbalah named after Isaac Luria ** Meditative Kabbalah, a meditative tradition within Jewish Kabbalah ** Practical Kabbalah, a branch of the Jewish mystical tradition that concerns the use of magic ** Prophetic Kabbalah, or Ecstatic Kabbalah, Abraham Abulafia's school of Meditative Kabbalah * Christian Kabbalah, a Christian interpretation of Jewish Kabbalah * Hermetic Qabalah, a Western esoteric tradition involving mysticism and the occult ** English Qabalah, various systems of English numerology related to Hermetic Qabalah that interpret the letters of the Latin script or English alphabet via an assigned set of numerological significances ** English Qaballa, a system of Hermetic Qabalah, supported by a system of numerology that interprets the letters of the English alphabet via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcanum Philosophorum
Arcanum may refer to: Music * ''Arcanum'' (album), a 1996 album by Acoustic Alchemy * ''The Arcanum'' (album), a 2000 album by Suidakra * ''Arcanum'', a piece of music by Ezequiel Viñao * ''Arcanum'', song off the album Dog Whistle by Show Me the Body * Arckanum, a black metal band Other uses * Arcanum, Ohio, a village in the United States * ''Arcanum'' (encyclical), a 1880 Catholic encyclical letter * ''Arcanum'' (comics), an American comic book published by Image Comics * '' Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura'', a 2001 computer role-playing game * ''The Arcanum'' (role-playing game), a 1981 pen-and-paper role-playing game * ''The Arcanum'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Thomas Wheeler * ''The Arcanum'' (non fiction), a 1998 non-fiction book on the history of porcelain * ''Arcanum'', a Conex Research-proposed space probe in the exploration of Neptune * The Grand Arcanum, the secret of the philosopher's stone The philosopher's stone is a mythic alchemical substa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turba Philosophorum
The ''Turba Philosophorum'', also known as ''Assembly of the Philosophers'', is one of the oldest European alchemy texts, translated from the Arabic, like the Picatrix. It is considered to have been written c. 900 A.D. The text To quote Plessner, "the ''Turba Philosophorum'', written c. 900 A. D., is a well planned and, from a literary point of view, a most remarkable attempt to put Greek alchemy into the Arabic language and to adapt it to Islamic science".Martin Plessner, ''The Place of the Turba Philosophorum in the Development of Alchemy'' ISIS, Vol. 45, No. 4, Dec. 1954, pp. 331-338, here p. 337. Nine philosophers take part in a discussion, being, once the text has been transcribed back to the original Arabic, Anaximander, Anaximenes of Miletus, Anaximenes, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Archelaus (philosopher), Archelaus, Leucippus, Ecphantus the Pythagorean, Ecphantus, Pythagoras and Xenophanes. The statements of the philosophers, whilst usually different from the known beliefs of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton () was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment that followed. His book (''Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy''), first published in 1687, achieved the Unification of theories in physics#Unification of gravity and astronomy, first great unification in physics and established classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics, and Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy, shares credit with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for formulating calculus, infinitesimal calculus, though he developed calculus years before Leibniz. Newton contributed to and refined the scientific method, and his work is considered the most influential in bringing forth modern science. In the , Newton formulated the Newton's laws of motion, laws of motion and Newton's law of universal g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Thomas Browne
Sir Thomas Browne ( "brown"; 19 October 160519 October 1682) was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep curiosity towards the natural world, influenced by the Scientific Revolution of Baconian enquiry and are permeated by references to Classical and Biblical sources as well as the idiosyncrasies of his own personality. Although often described as suffused with melancholia, Browne's writings are also characterised by wit and subtle humour, while his literary style is varied, according to genre, resulting in a rich, unique prose which ranges from rough notebook observations to polished Baroque eloquence. Biography Early life Thomas Browne was born in the parish of St Michael, Cheapside, in London on 19 October 1605. He was the youngest child of Thomas Browne, a silk merchant from Upton, Cheshire, and Anne Browne, the daughter of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
