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THE FIRST ALCHEMISTS: By Tobias Churton (2023 Trade paperback){M4}
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Inner Traditions International, The Limited
ISBN-10
1644116839
ISBN-13
9781644116838
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28058637633
Product Key Features
Book Title
First Alchemists : the Spiritual and Practical Origins of the Noble and Holy Art
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Hermetism & Rosicrucianism, Occultism
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-020713
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In this remarkable and necessary work on early alchemy, Churton outlines a program of research and experimentation into this rich but mostly unexplored area of Greco-Egyptian alchemical philosophies and practices. The depth and range of the material are breathtaking, and it is very satisfying to see the topic of glass addressed so thoroughly. I strongly recommend studying and working with The First Alchemists and going deeper, letting Tobias Churton light the way.
Dewey Decimal
540.112
Table Of Content
FOREWORD by Frank van Lamoen Introduction ONE Ancient Recipes for Gold-- and Other Things Discoveries at Thebes A Theban Magical Library? The Leiden Papyrus Papyrus V Papyrus W Papyrus X The Stockholm Papyrus Pseudo-Democritus TWO The Origins of Alchemy in Roman Egypt Akkadian Origin of Chemeu? Heat and Glass THREE The Pioneers of Graeco-Egyptian- Jewish Alchemy Cleopatra Jewish Chemistry Mary the "Prophetess" FOUR Zosimos I Clearing the Decks Was Zosimos an Egyptian Priest? FIVE Zosimos II Alchemical Yoga Practical Dreaming SIX Zosimos III From Omega to the Final Quittance On Destiny, Fate, Worldly Thought, and Noetic Understanding The First Book of Zosimos the Theban's Final Account SEVEN What Did the First Alchemists Do? Making Talismans? EIGHT How Did They Do It? Sulfur Water; Divine Water Apparatus Putting the First Alchemists to the Test NINE Where Did They Do It? A Hermetic "Lodge"? A Guild for Theosebeia? Laboratories? TEN The Myth of Transmutation Philosophical Background The Stone The Tome of Images Myth and Reality ELEVEN Forbidden Knowledge TWELVE A Strange Relation Alchemy and Gnosis Mercury and Christ THIRTEEN Legacy Arabic Alchemy The Inheritance "Good Health!" Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Explores the origins and practices of early alchemy - Examines the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the "Royal Art," and the first alchemists, showing how women dominated early alchemy - Looks at the historical setting for the first alchemists, with detailed accounts of their apparatus, recipes, chemical processes, and the ingredients they used - Reveals how changing the color of materials was more important in early alchemy than transmuting base metals into gold Investigating the origins of alchemy and the legend of the Philosopher's Stone, Tobias Churton explores the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the "Royal Art," and the first alchemists themselves. Showing how women dominated early alchemy, Churton looks at the first known alchemist, the Jewess Maria the Prophetess, the early alchemist Cleopatra (not the well-known Egyptian queen), and 3rd-4th century Egyptian female artisan Theosebeia, who had a guild of adepts working under her. He examines in depth the work of Zosimos of Panopolis, whose work inspired the medieval view of alchemy as an initiatory path for the transmutation of base metals into gold. The author also discusses the political and industrial realities facing the first alchemists. He examines the late antique "Stockholm" and "Leiden" papyri, which offer detailed knowledge of the first known Graeco-Egyptian chemical recipes for gold and silver dyes for metal and stone and purple dyes for wool. He reveals how the alchemical secrets for working with the "living statues" of the Egyptian temples was jealously guarded by the priesthood and how secrecy helped to reinforce beliefs that alchemical knowledge came from forbidden, celestial sources. He also investigates the mysterious relation between alchemy, spiritual gnosis, Hermeticism, and the Book of Enoch., Explores the origins and practices of early alchemy * Examines the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the "Royal Art," and the first alchemists, showing how women dominated early alchemy * Looks at the historical setting for the first alchemists, with detailed accounts of their apparatus, recipes, chemical processes, and the ingredients they used * Reveals how changing the color of materials was more important in early alchemy than transmuting base metals into gold Investigating the origins of alchemy and the legend of the Philosopher's Stone, Tobias Churton explores the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the "Royal Art," and the first alchemists themselves. Showing how women dominated early alchemy, Churton looks at the first known alchemist, the Jewess Maria the Prophetess, the early alchemist Cleopatra (not the well-known Egyptian queen), and 3rd-4th century Egyptian female artisan Theosebeia, who had a guild of adepts working under her. He examines in depth the work of Zosimos of Panopolis, whose work inspired the medieval view of alchemy as an initiatory path for the transmutation of base metals into gold. The author also discusses the political and industrial realities facing the first alchemists. He examines the late antique "Stockholm" and "Leiden" papyri, which offer detailed knowledge of the first known Graeco-Egyptian chemical recipes for gold and silver dyes for metal and stone and purple dyes for wool. He reveals how the alchemical secrets for working with the "living statues" of the Egyptian temples was jealously guarded by the priesthood and how secrecy helped to reinforce beliefs that alchemical knowledge came from forbidden, celestial sources. He also investigates the mysterious relation between alchemy, spiritual gnosis, Hermeticism, and the Book of Enoch.
LC Classification Number
QD13.C54 2023
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