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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 89. Chapters: Rosicrucianism, Bain-marie, Harmony Society, Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam, Planets in astrology, History of alchemy, Baopuzi, History of gunpowder, Homunculus, Chinese alchemy, Alchemy in art and entertainment, Chaos, Psychology and Alchemy, Christian Rosenkreuz, Robert M. Place, Astrology and the classical elements, Outline of Alchemy, Vulcan of the alchemists, Alchemical symbol, The Merlin Mystery, Great Work, Spagyric, Rasav tam, Nigredo, Archeus, Sylph, Classical planets in Western alchemy, Ali Puli, Axiom of Maria, Powder of sympathy, Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone, Potion, AGLA, Anima mundi, Suns in alchemy, Takwin, Circled dot, Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis, Magnum opus, Notarikon, Rubedo, Citrinitas, Panacea, Mars symbol, Venus symbol, Unus mundus, Clyssus, Filius philosophorum, Albedo, The Solar Anus, Mysterium Magnum, Universal antidote, Concoction, Coagmentation. Excerpt: Alchemy and chemistry in Islam refers to the study of both traditional alchemy and early practical chemistry (the early chemical investigation of nature in general) by scholars in the medieval Islamic world. The word alchemy was derived from the Arabic word al-k m . or and may ultimately derive from the ancient Egyptian word kemi, meaning black. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the focus of alchemical development moved to the Arab Empire and the Islamic civilization. Much more is known about Islamic alchemy as it was better documented; indeed, most of the earlier writings that have come down through the years were preserved as Arabic translations. Medieval Islamic alchemy was based on previous alchemical writers, firstly those writing in Greek, but also using Indian, Jewish, and Christian sources. According to Anawati, the alchemy practiced in Egypt around the second century BCE was a mixture of He...
