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The common noun thespian meaning "actor" comes from the legendary first actor named Thespis, and not the city. Both Thespis and Thespiae , however, are derived from the noun θέσπις ( théspis , meaning 'divine inspiration').
The Periodic Law: the number affixed to an element is the number of "Anu" (the ultimate physical particles of which matter is constituted). Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and Some Compounds (originally subtitled A Series of Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements) is a book written by Annie Besant ...
The Secretum Secretorum claims to be a treatise written by Aristotle to Alexander during his conquest of Achaemenid Persia.Its topics range from ethical questions that face a ruler to astrology to the medical and magical properties of plants, gems, and numbers to an account of a unified science that is accessible only to a scholar with the proper moral and intellectual background.
Thespian may refer to: A citizen of the Ancient Greek city of Thespiae; An actor or actress Thespis, the first credited actor; A member of the International Thespian Society, an honor society that promotes excellence in high school theater "The Thespian", the sixth song of The Emptiness, the third studio album by American band Alesana
Agathodaemon created his 'fiery poison' by fusing a mineral (probably realgar (seen here) or orpiment) with natron.. Agathodaemon (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαθοδαίμων, Agathodaímōn; c. 300) was an alchemist in late Roman Egypt, known only from fragments quoted in medieval alchemical treatises, chiefly the Anepigraphos, which refer to works of his believed to be from the 3rd century. [1]
Her works include The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy, or the Hunting of the Greene Lyon, [3] Alchemical Death and Resurrection (based upon her February 1988 lecture at the Smithsonian Institution), [4] and The Janus Faces of Genius: The Role of Alchemy in Newton's Thought. [5]
Thomas Hager is the author of twelve books on health and science, as well as more than 100 feature and news articles in a variety of popular and professional periodicals. [1]
From the emic perspective of the alchemist, the act of takwin was an emulation of the divine creative and life-giving powers of Genesis and Resurrection and tapped the physical and spiritual forces in nature. At the same time it was an act through which the alchemist was inwardly transformed and purified, a spiritual regeneration.