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part i. cornerstonesAncient Alchemies, East West

Introduction to Part One: 18Circumambulating the Alchemical MysteriumA Chk

1. Te Perect Black: 44Egypt and AlchemyA Chk

2. elestic ransormation and Philosophical Rebirth: 92From Ancient Egypt to NeoplatonismAg Uv

3. Metallurgy and Demiurgy: 150Te Roots o Greek Alchemy in theMythology o Hephaestos (Discussions)R Bkh

4. aking rom Water to Fill in Fire: 167Te History and Dynamics o aoist AlchemyA Chk

5. Mercury and Immortality: 207Te Hindu Alchemical raditionDv G Wh


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6. Iatrochemistry, Metaphysiology, Gnsis: 229ibetan Alchemy in the Klacakra antraK L

part ii. transormationsAlchemies o the Spirit, Body Word

Introduction to Part wo: 292Interzone: On the Origins and Nature o European AlchemyA Chk

7. Te Alchemical Khiasmos: 310Counter-Stretched Harmony and Divine Sel-PerceptionA Chk S D V

8. Altus Ominous Aphorism: 320Reading as Alchemical ProcessM M

9. urris Philosophorum: 325On the Alchemical Iconography o the owerChh A. P

10. O Ether, Entheogens and Colloidal Gold: 355Heinrich Khunrath and the Making o a Philosophers StoneHw

11. Becoming an Angel: 421Te Mundus Imaginalis o Henry Corbinand the Platonic Path o Sel-KnowledgeAg V

12. Te Kiss o Death: 434Amor, Corpus Resurrectionis and theAlchemical ransguration o ErosP S


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13. Agent o All Mutations: 458Metallurgical, Biological and SpiritualEvolution in the Alchemy o Ren Schwaller de LubiczA Chk

14. ake wo Emerald ablets in the Morning: 518Surrealism and the Alchemical ransubstantiation o the World

L Mv

15. Incredible Lunatic o the Future: 536Te Alchemical Horticulture o Alan ChadwickR Bkh

16. Alchemical Endgame: 548Checkmate in Beckett and Eliot

D Mh

end matter

Abbreviations 639Bibliography 641Author Biographies 677


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list o illustrations

1. S -C Chrysopoeia (A-, G-kg). M S-M, M. 2325,Bhq , . 188, v, hh .

2. J g wh . Shg-Zh D-, . 1150-950 bce. V A M, L(Ph, Chk, 2005).

3. S-M h Rv4. E S- O.5. kg W F F.6. Wh (h k).7. T P gh h R h-

. F P A Cosmographia, siue Descripto universi

Orbis (1584).8. F hMusum Hermeticum (1678): Wh h

, h : h whh hv, q h h h.

9. Ah Lk De lapide philosophico hMusum Hermeticum (1678).

10. T h w G Liber ornacum.11. Ah wh v v hMutus liber S Bk

(1677, 10).12-14. T torre philosophica (hh w) hw h -

. I h () (w). T h g wh h kg h g h Aqua Vit(w ). F D DE DellElixir Vit (O hEx L, 1624).

15. P,Anatomia corporum adhuc viventium (T A

S Lvg B, 1577), g h h - h h h .

16. w homo sanus ( hh h); h-g h k ( ).R F,Medicina catholica, 1629.

17. T w , k, h


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. R F, Integrvm morborvm mysterivm,1631.

18-19. C w h h h v

(f); w h h h g h Z(gh). R F, Utriusque cosmi, 1617.

20. Ew K v h w. Jh D Ew K, A rue Faithul Relation(1659).

21-22 w h g h h - h v. A B ourneau cosmique () whh h h Z h

(1653); T N z h g h -h, g, h (1678).

23. Cj L Ah h Ah Kg h w-/, g h j hh h h hh . C. P. L. 1066 (-h ).

24. J L, Pretiosa Margarita novella (xh ),wh h kg q gv h hh

h h hh .25. R S (fh ).26. A ghh h h Kh-

h Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae (1609 ). ULBD, M. 3263 (wh h Uv-Lhk D).

27. T h j , Splendor Solis oder Sonnenglantz (B Shk

Cx G. . 42, 16h , h 1972 - Ig V).28. Rg K, Bh h

Wh v Rg (1535-1592), wh Khh h h 1591.

29. T h G L, Mh MAtalanta u-giens (1618). Wh h Bh Shk,Mh.

30. T coniunctio oppositorum, hAurora consurgens. Zh,Zhk, M. Rh. 172: A g. Wh - h Zhk, Zh.

31. T aqua regia, Lz EkAula subter-ranea (1580). Wh h Bh Shk,Mh.


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32. T g wh , C MhMAtalanta ugiens (1618). Wh h B-h Shk, Mh.

33. T , h Consilium philosophicumpracticum (H UB, M. 14 A 12 (1)), . 16 v (Khhgh).

34. Vg h h h, hAurora consurgens.Zh, Zhk. M. Rh. 172: A g. Wh h Zhk, Zh.

35. T Hh Khh, ghh - hAmphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae

(1609). ULB D, M. 3263 (wh h Uv-- Lhk D).

36. T g () h () h (), Lk, De lapide philosophico (1625): B h h h , wh h h. Wh - h Bh Shk, Mh.

37. T h Farbenlehre R Shw Lz.38. B R h B G T III hwg

Nh (D, w w, Kk).39. I g h M

P B.40. A I (z--), C Az, F. (Ph, Chk,

2005).


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East West


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Hw h . Sw, w h, k , g h .

N z h , M o r g e n r t e , 5 4 1


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C I R C U M A M B U L A I N G H E A L C H E M I C A L M y S E R I U M

A C h k

O h wh .

C.1

Alcem ma be described, h w B, g h h .2 A h par excellence, h h hv w w: chrysopoeia apotheosis(g-kg g-kg)h -. I kg w, h, k , engages xf - vh . Lk hg, k h h h g h ( -) h hgh h -g. I hgh , h, h wh Lk w tikkun, h h w.

A v, h h x - g x xg v

h g

1 Ch C, M Bertelot, Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs

(P: Gg Sh, 1887), v. 1., 132, g. 11.2 Ch Baudelaire, LA q, v Ch B (P:

C Lv, 1885), v. 3, 68: .


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introduction 19

v. Tgh h, h h vh h , x , h h v h. Hwv, g h h contexts h w -, ritualistic. Whh- k h qg (G C) h--xh Ch, h Sh v I, hg hg x H Eg, h - h w w v- h v wh k h h- wh . Mv, w k, h h

hq hv w g w v h. Ah w divine ; hieratik techn.Whh g h hg h

x, vg , h h -v hgh x (gnsis, jnna) w -v v v hg h-. H h x g g wh h v hh h g.

T, h w x h; neidan waidan, , h , -g h h : h hgh x.

D h gg k, h - B h, vh h h h v w -. O h, h w h - h vg h h h w h .O h h h, h wh h , h g ( contra-dictory) x h. Mv, h v kh g w h v , wh h h h, hg h h v, v, wh , . I h , h w h h qv hg

( Jk L h h k G-Eg- h),3 qv x ( h w-

3 Jk Lindsa, Te Origins o Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt(L: Fk M,

1970), 382-92. L v g h h h -

wh h h v qv


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alchemical traditions20

h- h, R Shw Lz, hwh g h g g ).4

Rh h g, g (whh w qk - v), wh I w k h - g, hgh, hg h h mysterium. I g,I k h h h, , , g h v .O h hg h h h w h h hh w x -

; h w hg gh v h h, G hh , g (Verstehen) h x- (Erklren).5 A H T Hk J Ev h wk, circumambulatio h -h k g x h h g h H .6 I ,, h kwg h h

kwg. O , h h, whh hg h h, h h, wh h exclusivelyh-g h, h - h h g. Sh h, x-, h h h x.

hg. I w h qv v whh h h; -

h, kg h qv , w j h wh h; w h , wh qv v, h gvg

gh. L v h h hg qv w

h h g v h x h v

h wh h qv h w h q v h.4 S w h v: Ag M: Mg-

, Bg S Ev h Ah R Shw Lz.5 P Wh Dh, E H, M Hgg. S

Dilte, Selected Works, v. 1 (. . Mkk R, P, Nw J:

P Uv P, 1989), wh w vvg g-g x-

xg; Sv D. Kepnes, Bgg h G w

Ug Ex: Ah h S Rg,Journal or the Scienti-

ic Study o Religion 25(1986): 504-12.6 H. . Hal, T Sg H Ag J Ev Lux in enebris:

Te Visual and the Symbolic in Western Esotericism (. P Fhw, .; hg).


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introduction 21

A h , g h h h- h . T q H h w h-

g. I g , whh v, h h , h x h , q. A hDao de Jingk, h k h h h wh, h h wh h . Wh h k -h , w w h, h , whh , h (h hg Verstehen) whh h k vv,

gvg h h , h h h g. Bh , h q .T, w hg -, g g h h-g hgh x.

al-mi

Etymologies

T h vw wh h g Ph H Eg h, h g Ch, v I h h h hv - vgg A h, whh : al-kmiy.7 Sh hv g kw h h wh A (alkmiy Sh

alquimia, L alchimia, Fh alchimie, G Alchemie, .)8

7 Gv h wvg g, h h h v,

g vk g g g, g q,

h, hgh h k g, hg h -

g h hv h h v . B h , h

g hv k h Ch G-Eg -

g g.8 S : F. Sein, Geschichte des arabischen Schriftums (L: B, 1971), i,

1-299; M. Ullmann, Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschafen im Islam (L: B, 1972),

144-270; Ullmann, -k Encyclopedia o Islam, (L: B, 1986),

, 110-15; Ullmann, -k, Wrterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache, 1 (W-

, 1970-); Z. R. W. M. v Martels, .,Alchemy Revisited(L: B, 1990); Ch

Burnett, T Ag A h Ah: E R Ah A

L x,Ambix39.3 (1992): 103-9.


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T A al- h, h -g h x kmiy . A hg v Gk , h h M- Bh,9 ggg g h (chyma,h whh ; w, ; g, ; h, , ggg, w; , ), wh (chymeia, h g ) v, (Chyms).10 A H v h 1704 Lexiconechnicum:

Ch, v , h g h A -

h P P x B h G I. I v h Gkw [chymos], whh g J, h S- x B; hgh w hv [cheein], . I h Sgk, Hk, Phk A, Ah.11

T , x x hh vw, w hgh h v, h h v h Ch I-- (Ch dao jindan, Sk rasyana, bcudlen). I , h Gk g h h , h h us-ible v h h . I h Gkw, w g ,h . T w (, metallon,, metalleion) hh wh k -

v wh w g , h metalloisis (), whh h meta (w, wh, f; kg ) h v alloisis ( hg).12

9 Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs (P: Gg Sh, 1887).10 LSJ, vide: ; O h Gk g g h Eg -

g, H. Diels, Antike echnik: Sechs Vortrge (Lzg: , 1914). T Gk

g g k h h vh .11 C. Jh Harris, Lexicon echnicum: or, an Universal English Dictionary o Arts and Scienc-

es Explaining not only the erms o Art, but the Arts Temselves (L, 1704), g.

N h h H chymos, j, whh h Ch I g

( w:jin i, rasyana).12 F h , h v g P D. Zacarias, Ch-

k: T R H Ch, Ambix5 (1956): 117-8. Zh w h g


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introduction 23

Whh v chyma, chymeia, Chyms, chymos, h h h L w Gk hgh h k h h v P A x, A , f h h GkA. Wh h h w kw, q h . Egg Sg hv h gh w vgg v h h -g h G h A N F E.

Te Egyptian Etymology

I h Gk g, h kmiy h h Eg Eg, km.t (C keme, kmi),whh Ph gv (chmia),h k h (, malista melangeion).13 T h -g x wh h v.14 S w h wh hg g g h g Ph h Eg wh h k h , wh

h k h h . O , v, hh wh h h h N k h, whh (ggh) Eg, wertile h -gvg ; h w, h h h h h gh.

A w , h g h - h g Eg hg h, h Gk H h h, h

h Ek Iv wh -g h Mh g h Shk h Corpus Hermeticum .15 Fh, h Ag Uv k , h h

g wk K. Sh, wh w 1903 1910, -

h wk Bh, h hw

h gh h h h h (116).13 Plutarc, De Iside et Osiride, 33; Fk C B (.),Moralia v. V (L, 1936),

83. T Eg h (chmia h-) hv w

H Conrin, De Hermetica Medicina (1648), 19; hgh, Bain gg

( h 1, wh ), hv q.14 Cea, T P Bk: Eg Ah.15 Ek Iersen, Egyptian and Hermetic Doctrine (Chg: M P,

1984), .


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v h hg h x w Eg h, H,Oh, Phg, P h N h h.16 A h h P Kg hv hw, hhg : h w h ggh w h Eg , h h I S (wh h Phg h w h g h H w hghh , B M h urba Philosophorum).17

Te Chinese Origin o the Chem- Etymon

Jh Nh, h h v h g Scienceand Civilisation in China, k v h Gk A wg h Ch jin (g) jin i (g

j, g ), x k , x g , whh kmiy g x g ,

h ().18 Af h hgh v h xg gv h, Nh, :

16 S Udains h v: Ph-

h Rh: F A Eg N.

P Kinsle, F Phg h Phh: Eg Phg

,Journal o the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 57 (1994): 1-13;Ancient Philosophy,Mystery, Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean radition (Ox: C P, 1995), 55-

68, 298-9, 317 , 335-347, 371-91.

Jh Needam, ., Science and Civilisation in China, v. 5, 4: Sg D-

v Iv: A, T, Gf (Cg: Cg Uv P,

1980), 353, g Madiassan: jin i, g j, g q; g , g,

. h: Wu L-hg, L. Dais, A A Ch Ah C:

K Hg h G M h yw h Wh; T Fh Sxh

Ch h P--z, Proceedings o the American Academy o Arts and Sciences 70

(1935): 221-84; jin i, Nh k: h [] w hv

kiem iak. C. H H. Dubs, T Og Ah, Ambix9 (1961): 34: T Ch

h,jin-yi [], w g h ki[e]m-ik. T

h , , h j ( ) g. I w h Ch

h x . Lk h h h, g

wh h Ch h.


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introduction 25

I hv jin (kiem) chmeia (chimeia,chymeia) , h h q al-kmiy. N A g v v h w S , h h h h hjin i kmiy x w h kg x, whchmeia hv h k. W f wh h h h h Ch- g , h jin (kiem), v hgh h h O W, vkg h Gk h h, , h A .19

Nh k h h H . Ahgh ex-clusivelyCh g h, h v Nh h v g v v ( ) h v h g -h. I h, wh h AN E H I h

, wh h A F E - h h h h. T gv h xhgw h A, E A g h SkR, whh w h g h H D (206 bce220ce).

T Ch h w jindan, g x, whh w v h x ( g) ( ).20Jindan , h h -, h w g whh w . A h, h vv h-h h w h : h g h (- h). A h g , h, hg g w Ch I- I E-

h .Wh g v k q-

, h h Ch19 Needam, 5.4, 355; .20 S Fz Preadio, J, Te Encyclopedia o aoism (. Fz Pg-

, L: Rg, 2008), v. 1, 551-55.


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g, ( whhjin w g ) w g h v (wu xing); w g hh h w , h w

melt solidiy w ( ).21 T v -h q , k g, v . Ih w h w h h : solve etcoagula, v g, h - v g g x (-g x g g h x x ). I h v v

gv h . Fx g , g h v h w k. Whh , v, g - per se, h g - vwh h q w hg, (h hg).

istoriorapical considerations

D h v h , h h h g g . G, g-, h h h hh g. Mv, h w, - -

vw h, h h hv vg Egg,Sg, C, I, I-, v w,

w x.22

M , wg h21 Needam, Science and Civilisation in China, v. 2: H S Tgh (C-

g: Cg Uv P, 1956), 243 .22 N h M. Bertelot C. E. Ruelle, Collection des

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chimisten (W, 1924; 1977); J Rusa, abula Smaragdina: Ein Beitrag zur

Geschichte der hermetischen Literatur (Hg: C W, 1926);Rusa, urba Phi-

losophorum: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Alchemie (B: J Sg, 1931); Rusa,

Das Buch der Alaune und Salze: Ein Grundwerk der sptlateinischen Alchemie (B: Vg

Ch, 1935); Rusa,Al-Razes Buch Geheminis der Geheimnisse mit Einleitung und Erluter-

ungen in deutscher Ubersetzung(B, 1937); P Kraus, Jabir ibn Hayyan: Contribution

lhistoire des ides scientiques dans lIslam,2 v.(C: 1942-3; P: L B L,

1986); E. O. v Lippman,Austehung und Verbreitung der Alchemie 3 v. (B: Sg,

1919, 1931; Wh/Bg: Vg Ch, 1954); Jh Needam, Science and Ci-


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h h A Fv, h h topos h h w (.. h h H,g, h ), whh h gh .23

A h , h hv k h h, g h gh x h v x h v g h h wg, -h . Wh h h g h h h g, h h h (.g. h hh-

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Uv P, 1968); Jk Lindsa, Te Origins o Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt(L-

: Fk M, 1970); M Plessner, Vorsokratische Philosophie und griechische

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F Daumas, LAh -- g g?, Das rmisch-byzantinische

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Ph v Z, 1983); H Corbin,Alchimie comme art hiratique (. P L,

P: LH, 1986); Ph Dercaine, LA Ov D g

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Wk, 1996); W R. Neman Lw M. Principe,Alchemy ried in

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) h h h h-. T H h h h h

h x h v h h q;24 , Kg h , h H - (hermneus) w .25 Mv, Fv h -, h, k g g, v g -h. Wh h , k h h h h v q h h x h; h

h h g h, h h h -v h h q w . A h , g,g v, f h - ,h , h v h h h h hg- g.

B g h hgh h h wh h x h h , - v g h w v h establish-ment , h h vwhgv hg h h.I h - v v h ,h -h-. F, h h h hgh hv h f h w g hgg h v hv v.26

24 C. Kk v Stucrad, Western Esotericism: A Brie History o Secret Knowledge (L-

: Eqx, 2005), 611, wh k h w g -

g ; h h

gg h x .25 S Kinsle, P: T Eg h N h Og h H,

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M h hgh h h -v , , h h v hv g . Wh h h

v w h h vh , h h, v h chymistry, w v- , hgh h h h- , v w g (hgh ) .27 B h V , h h wk M A Aw h xv h whh h v w .28 T v, k P, h j,

v g -18h E h- w w h wk hg h h hh h, v h w,A. E. W (18571942) w w h h 1926.29 Sh k hg v, wh h g , kwh g , gh -ghh h h Sh Ax (vh -

), wh x h hg , h : P w h h h wh wh h h.30 (T -x , Sh wk x k h Bz A h h

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W R. Neman Lw M. Principe,Alchemy ried in the Fire: Starkey, Boyle,

and the Fate o Helmontian Chymistry (Chg: Chg Uv P, 2002), g

h.27 O h chymistry, W R. Neman Lw M. Principe, Ah

v. Ch: T Eg Og Hgh Mk, Early Science and

Medicine, 3, 1 (1998): 3265.28 C. M A Atood, A Suggestive Enquiry into the Hermetic Mystery

(B: W , 1918).29 Lw M. Principe, Ah I: I, Dictionary o Gnosis and Western Es-

otericism, . W. Hg (L: B, 2005), 13.30 S F. Shw alor,T Ah Wk Sh Ax:

C, P I,Ambix1 (1937): 11639; T Ah Wk Sh A-

x: C, P II,Ambix1 (1937): 3949. Q .


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E h).D h , h g -

h h hh , h hg -h h g h wh. T h whh v h h h g- h. T hh hv kg h g vw h g h Eghwhh hv, h q g, j h h w g

h 19h 20h .31 Sh g h v wk C Jg, wh h h v h h j hh.32 N g, Jg h g h h g; Lw M. P, , h g-g h h wk Jg x h gwh V .33 P, wh w - E h, h

- hg h h h g h wk chy-mists, h Sk, Phh, B, Nw, g h.

Wh h x h hg - g wh h x,h h h q hg h. I h , h , P Nw w v- hv h h h hh Hw , wh v: T hgh P Nw h g - h h h (v -v ), g h h v h hgh q h vh . F -h h h w , h modus operandi

31 Lw M. Principe, Ah, DGWE, 12.32 C Gv Jun, Psychologie und Alchemie (Zh, 1944); Jun,Mysterium coniunctio-

nis: Untersuchungen ber die rennung und Zusammensetzung der seelischen Gegensatze in

der alchemie (Zh, 1955); Jun, S hh Vg, C. G. Jung Ge-

sammelte Werke,v. 13 (Fg Bg: W-Vg, 1978).33 Principe, Ah, DGWE, 14.


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q.34 I, g v xv v h x x, h xv h; h v hv w w E-, wh h hg . T h h g v h h w v h. DvG Wh g rasyana h Mv I, , h w whh h h h -

, v w x hg wh g - g h : , h . 35H, h wh x k g, h g whhk k h h Ch, whh, h wk Nh, Sv Pg, hw w h (neidan) (waidan) x.36 T v x h Bh h hKlacakra antra, whh g, , h-

hgh w; h, g h h x g g w k, hv (jivanmukti) hgh h h - Bh N (buddha-dhtu, tathgatagarbha).37 Ewh,

34 Hw ilton, Te Quest or the Phoenix: Spiritual Alchemy and Rosicrucianism in the

Work o Count Michael Maier (15691622) (B: W G, 2003), 256, wh 918,

2356, 2536.35 Rasrnava 17. 1645:yath lohe tath dehe kartavhah stakah sad/ samnam kurute devi

pravishan dehalohayoh/ prvam lohe parksheta tato dehe prayojayet; Dv G Wite,

Te Alchemical Body: Siddha raditions in Medieval India (Chg: Chg Uv

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51326; Siin, T T Bkg Ex Ah, Jh Needam .,

Science and Civilisation in China (Cg: Cg Uv P, 1980), v. 5.4,

210305; Fz Preadio,Awakening to Reality: Te Regulated Verses o the Wuzhen pian,

a aoist Classic o Internal Alchemy (G Ex P, 2009); Preadio, Te Seal o the

Unity o the Tree, vol. 1: A Study and ranslation o the Cantong qi, the Source o the aoist

Way o the Golden Elixir(G Ex P, 2011).37 S K L g-kg h v: Ih-

, Mhg, G: Ah h Klacakra antra.


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h wk H C h P h Jk hw h h w I h ars hieratica, h h h w xw h g , h , h .38

T h h g h w g hg g h h - w , h h v. T,h g h v, , h h h h h w vg h h h h

g g h w h h h .

alcem as nondual process

A h g h f, h h x h h . I, h -, hg. I h v, g - xv. F h , h h h x v, process.I, h h xg be-tween , , h medium whh x . Lk h , h g h whh x , whh h v. A h, h conditio sine qua non

, vg h, vg gg h w x .

O x x h h h h k j hw h q h hh v- (h g gpar excellence) , , vpoison. I h Gk h , h x gv katholikon pharmakon (). T w

katholikon v, wh, whpharmakon, v g- w, , , gh. Ag h Jq D (wh h - v h ), h h

38 Corbin, L Lv S A , Jk,Al-

chimie comme art hiratique, . P L (P: LH, 1986), 63-4, 71-3.


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h h h wh v; h h, hg v, h w , .39 I hpharmakon -v D, h whh , h v h h kh g hv, v h k v h h (/, g/v, /, /g-, h/wg, .)40 T, j wh , h (v) pharmakon enantiodromia.

T wvg w x- h q x wh h - M Ph: , , h w , hg w hv.41 T v-h S, Mhz Fz Kh qv whh , h, g H C, k g-

, liminal, zh mundus imaginaliswhh C j w h h ,h g h : h intermonde

par excellence.42 I, C hg w P A x (whh hh h ), wh h, Ih , h h Kitab Sirr al-Asrar (L: Secretumsecretorum), wh abula smaragdina (E ) : h whh v k h whh w, h whh w k h whh v, h h hg.43 T , whh h [] A- Book o the Secret o Creation, Book o Causes (KitbSirr al-alqa, Kitb al-ilal), h h- (hieratik techn) h N hg.

39 Jq Derrida, P Ph, Dissemination (. B Jh, Chg:

Uv Chg P, 1981), 70.40 Derrida, Dissemination, 127.41 CAAG, 2.4, 40 ( h ce) .42 Kalimt maknna (Sg K S), h. xxx (h, 1801), 68-70; (B,

1296/1878), 69-72; . H Corbin, Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth, 177.43 I L: Quod est inerius est sicut quod est superius, et quod est superius est sicut quod est

inerius, ad perpetranda miracula rei unius.

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Ag P,

h hg h h kwg f vg

h hg w hg h h h x -w h w h h v , g z h h w h w hg h hgh h hgh h w.44

I h h vw, h hgh w x- x , v . T, h

xv h,wh gg h , h g x w h v h x wh whh h v . A h , h h v v x wh h hhmonad, h ggh wg h w h g wh : - g.

I kg h j wh wh h . Tw h Sk w advaita (a- +dvaita, ),45 g whhh x , g g whh h h j j x g v . Wh - h h h h (Bh, V), x

x h w hh gh P, Ekh, Bh, Bk, Sz, Shg, Hg,Nzh, Bg, Whh Bh, w. D- h, h h h w, h w , f D K, - j-j . A h h w w x-

g h w. O h v x v v;h h h x h v-

44 P, Hier. Art., 148, Udains, ., Te Golden Chain: An Anthology o Py-

thagorean and Platonic Philosophy(Bg, I: W W, 2004), 300.45 H h a- alpha privativum g -

.


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E h.48 Ag h vw, v gh w h h v g w, g h h g - h h. B h g essential- v x w h, - -, x , xg g.49 Wh ,g h g k kw k, h ,v g , h v - x, kw h , v g consciousness. I h h h,

, h .

aent & patient o one dii ne act

h h -, hv k h-ormul P G-Eg q h v hgh hG-Eg, I E h corpora, whh h h h .A w , h vv h g houroboros: h gg h ww w .

T g h k hEg mehen ( 1500 bce). T x h -g h , hwv (whh hgh- h G-Eg h ), k P magos O, wh g h kwg

h h Gk hh, D.50 T kg O D w , v, h H h B M (. 200 bce), wh

48 W Blae,Auguries o Innocence, T B ( Pkg) M, . 18013:

W G S / A Hv W Fw, / H I h

h / A E h.49 J h h h g, h g

g h v, .g. v Dv

Bh v x x q g, v h

, h g g h Dzgh B-

h. Sh , hgh, kh xg wh

h h.50 F , Kv V Bladel, Te Arabic Hermes: From Pagan Sage to

Prophet o Science (Ox: Ox Uv P, 2009), 48-54.


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h O w H - vg h h h . Ag hx, Physika kai mystika, O h q h , wh D h x (stl).51 Ig h x -xv h -h , h O v h x w h wg :

gh ; v ; (h physis t physei terpetai, h physis ts physin nika, h phy-sis tn physin kratei).52

I h , S h Dw h h g O h Mh g wh h Eg, wh h Gk h- Gg S h O Eg, h h w h v hEg .53 T h h v w-g S

w Pmagos

O ( srn

, ) Eg hh h Ph.54 Ph O h h h v h k O,w P, Eg, h k O g h. T x h , -g v [ ] H (hwg h abula smaragdina Hg), whh h h v , h - wh h v . Af h ,

g h , g h wk h.55

Ag h O, j, q h k . I whh , w h h. T

51 Bertelot, CAAG, 1.2.1.52 Bertelot, CAAG, 1.2.1: L j ; h ;

.53 Bertelot, CAAG, 2.3; Gg S, 297.2325 (471); A A. Mossammer, .,

Georgii Syncelli Ecloga chronographica (Lzg: , 1984).54 Bertelot, La Chimie au moyen age, L Ph, v. 2, 309-12; Kv V

Bladel, Te Arabic Hermes, 48-50.55 L Ph, Bertelot, La Chimie au moyen age, v. 2, 312:

g q g q g, v q.

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vv g h q C Chrysopoeiah w h gg h h: O h ,whh h g w . C - g Gk -g h -, -g . H, w . T : O [] h (hn to pan), h , h - ; h h , w hg. T : O h (ophis), whh h (ion)g w (synthmata).56 A h h h H , .

Figure 1. S -C Chryso-poeia (A; G-kg). T : O[] h , h , h ; h h , w hg. T : O h , whh h g w . Lf--gh, h h h H g , .

T h , hn to pan, []h , xg h -, -xv, h H

h h h . Ph h v-g k h v h Eg h, Z- P h g

56 Bertelot, CAAG, 1.1. Synthemata h hg;

h, , g, .


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h w h . I x O h Dv/S-h W (Peri tou theiou hydatos), Z v h D g h h v w w (dyo physeis, mia ousia): I h , h [], [x].57

T h w h x- g - w h - gh w h . Ag h v-hg h h h , g h w : h , h . T gg h w

h w v h . Tv, h vv -, whh , , wv h h whh w -. R, g h , g , vg , g , returning .

I h h, h g

x h - - - (Chyang-yin, Sk shiva-shakti, yab-yum, .), wh h w g h v-v, -g -vg integrum.58 D w h h , h taijitu (h h ) hgh h h- k gh (yin-yang). I wh h

, g Ch -g g h Zh (h xh , bce).59 Tg h gg g (h dao) hgh h .

O x, h Shg-Zh (. 1150-950 bce) v L V A M, h j wh . T h g. J h -

57 Z, Peri tou theiou hydatos; Bertelot, CAAG, 3.9.58 N , h v hgh h -

h- h G-Eg, I E h-

.59 Needam, Science and Civilisation in China, v. 5.4, 382-3.

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, wh (h , hx) h w (yang-yin) h g h g g, whh

. T , v, g h x-g bi ( j wh h h ).Dg k Nh , h bi gg h w h Wg S H . S, h h hv v-g (gaitian) vvg x.60 T Ch h h , g -

, k H , wh w .

Figure 2. J g wh .Shg-Zh D, . 1150-950 bce. V AM, L. Ph: Chk, 2005.

J g h , ww h . T w h h,h g g , h w . h h reversal h

g.61 T h dao h60 g Su-PIn, T Og Sg Bi D: Igh B Lgzh J Bi

wh I S M,Journal o East Asian Archaeology, 2.1-2 (2000): 165-194.61 T h g h Daodejing w: T

O; O w; w T; T A hg; Daodejing 42,

. J Lgg; Sacred Books o the East, v. 39; . Mx M, Ox: Ox Uv-


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h h h.62T w v h h --

v v hg h g g h . I h, h x wh h v g h h catalysis h g ,63 wh h - h h reversal h g h h , -v h gh. I wh g, h g whreincrudation (h v , vg ); wh S h tawil(h

whh h k k v ); wh h v (ni) v (huan) h whh hg x (.. h v h tao w whh h g ). T w g g w xg h v h h, wh h h wh g , h -w h w v. T k

.Tgh -w v-, , h, wh gg, , k h whh h g. Lk h k h, k h g O, h h -gv h g x. A h ,hwv, h h h - h g . Wh v, hvg h w h wh g, h v h v -g. I, h tension w h h , h whh g h g . I, h hg , h H h h (palintonosharmoni), h v h vg A h h h h.

P, 1891.62 T Daodejing gprocessio h v

h x M Ph, H Jwh h h ce :

O w, w h, h h h h h.63 C. Eliade , Forgerons et alchimistes (P: F, 1956), .

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T H , h g h g - w , whh hgh h () (g)g wh Z h g h (systasin har-monias).64 H, h wh h h; h hg, h , ,g :65

O . F hg wv gh hg k hg g hg hg x hg

hg hg hg hg h h k w. F h, h wgh h , h g h wh h wh h. T h , hg hg, kg h h h, g g.A hg v gh h,h h g g, h N . F h

N, g , hg. A h N h h h v h h w.66

T g h whh hg x , wv gh k , whh v gh h h q- h h h h . Gkg, w () (g), E-

, Lv S. T w w h, h whh g -g h (h w , whh-, h-,yang-yin, h h-g) g h h (h co-habation h wg E h; h h g h; h w h h, .) Hwv g h, -

v h h g hg w; h, kg h gh

64 CAAG, 3.1,: g . Egh : F. Shw alor, T V-

Z,Ambix1.1 (1937), 88-92.65 CAAG, 3.1; alor, T V Z, 88-92.66 Bertelot, CAAG, 3.1; alor, T V Z, 88-92.


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g g vg . T g- , g h g h , h h q g, . T , h g x h , h wh h ; , h w G, ever-present ever-originating:

Og v-. I gg, gg k wh . A h j h w, , h . I v-gg, hv g w. A -

z, .., z h g h , gg h h w.67

Whh h v- g h g x (jindan), h Bh- h (bud-dha-dhtu), , w h g, h logos cosmos g h initium telos h gchaos, h w h h vwgh g h h , h g -x, .Whh h g v, h h v v g- , h hg h .I purication h xg Urgrund h h , h g , h .

67 Gebser, Gesamtausgabe, v. 2, 15: D Ug ggwg. E k A-

g, Ag zg. U Ggw h Jz,

H, Agk. S h Z, gzhh Lg

h gh. W vg, Ug Ggw Gzh

z Wkg Wkhk z g, z kk, w Ag

E hg Z. Gebser, Te Ever-Present Origin (. N B

Ag Mk, Ah: Oh Uv P, 1985), xxv.

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