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  2. Salomon Trismosin - Wikipedia

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    Little is known about Trismosin's life beyond the legendary tales of his journeys found in works attributed to him. These tales, according to historian of religion J. Peter Södergård, had little value other than providing an "aura of historicity" to the texts attributed to him. [1] The name Salomon Trismosin is also likely a pseudonym.

  3. Andreas Libavius - Wikipedia

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    Libavius is best known for his work as an alchemist above all else. Alchemy was an early science whose goals were to transform matter like turning base metals to gold. [2] Alchemists also tried to find an elixir of life that would allow them to cure all disease. [2] Alchemy is the study that turned into what we know today as chemistry.

  4. Elixir of life - Wikipedia

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    The mythological White Hare from Chinese mythology, brewing the elixir of life on the Moon. The elixir of life (Medieval Latin: elixir vitae), also known as elixir of immortality, is a potion that supposedly grants the drinker eternal life and/or eternal youth. This elixir was also said to cure all diseases.

  5. Michael Sendivogius - Wikipedia

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    Alchemist Sendivogius, demonstrating alchemy to King Sigismund III of Poland, oil on board by Jan Matejko (1867). Little is known of his early life: he was born into a noble family that was part of the Clan of Ostoja. [3]

  6. Alchemy - Wikipedia

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    Zosimos of Panopolis asserted that alchemy dated back to Pharaonic Egypt where it was the domain of the priestly class, though there is little to no evidence for his assertion. [27] Alchemical writers used Classical figures from Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology to illuminate their works and allegorize alchemical transmutation. [ 28 ]

  7. Philosopher's stone - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] 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"). [3]

  8. Diana's Tree - Wikipedia

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    Let the vial rest for two or three minutes. Immediately after this, several small filaments will visibly arise perpendicularly from the little bulb of the amalgam, which will grow and thrust out small branches in the form of a tree. The ball of amalgam will grow hard, like a pellet of white earth, and the little tree will be bright silver in color.

  9. Homunculus - Wikipedia

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    In Islamic alchemy, takwin (Arabic: تكوين) was a goal of certain Muslim alchemists, and is frequently found in writings of the Jabirian corpus. In the alchemical context, takwin refers to the artificial creation of life, spanning the full range of the chain of being, from minerals to prophets, imitating the function of the demiurge.

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