March 2009
3 posts
“They stood there knowing each other well and each on the whole willing to accept...”
– Henry James, on observing the meeting of two lovers.
3 parts of the wisdom of the whole universe
Alchemy — The Operation of the Sun
Al-kimya is not simply the changing of physical lead into physical gold. It is an investigation into the spiritual constitution, or life of matter and material existence through an application of the mysteries of birth, death and resurrection. The various stages of chemical distillation and fermentation, among them, are aspects of these mysteries, that, when...
“The elemental system used in medieval alchemy was developed by Jabir ibn Hayyan...”
– Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam