The origins of alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Jack Lindsay, "The origins of alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt"
English | 1970 | ISBN: 0389010065, 0584100051 | 450 pages | PDF | 240.6 MB
English | 1970 | ISBN: 0389010065, 0584100051 | 450 pages | PDF | 240.6 MB
In this, the first thorough enquiry into the origins of alchemy in Roman Egypt, Jack Lindsay covers the craft techniques and mystery lore of metallurgical industries of the ancient world, allied industries such as dyeing and mining etc., myth and speculation surrounding creation and the nature of the universe, the growth of interest in magnetism, the development in systems of physics among the Stoics, which has reappeared in modern times, and the growth of gnostic an hermetic cults of contact with the spirit-world.