The Jewish Alchemists By Raphael Patai
Chapter Six Zosimus on Maria the Jewess
''Agathodemon says: "The magnesia, the antimony, and the litharge become volatilized, after having lost their purity."6
Maria [said]: "Blow away the vapors until the sulphurous products become volatilized with the shadow (which obscures the metal), and until the copper gains all its glitter." Thus our copper receives from them the sublimated vapor. Now the vapor is the spirit of the body. The soul differs from the spirit (3:153)''
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In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy. Here, drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources, Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanity's most compelling intellectual obsessions. Originally published in 1994.
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In this monumental work, Raphael Patai opens up an entirely new field of cultural history by tracing Jewish alchemy from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Until now there has been little attention given to the significant role that Jews played in the field of alchemy. Here, drawing on an enormous range of previously unexplored sources, Patai reveals that Jews were major players in what was for centuries one of humanity's most compelling intellectual obsessions. Originally published in 1994.
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