Author of alchemistic and occult writings quoted in the Fihrist. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: AN ARAB CHAMPOLLION?] Reference
While it heated up, I went back to the bar and tried to reenact my alchemistic trick in a wine glass. From Wordnik.com. [GOLD • by Michael McDonnell] Reference
Platonism flourished not so much as an academic en - deavor as an alchemistic efficacy, a way of thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Its elements would not be finer, were they the golden and potent stars of alchemistic and astrological dreams. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
He adhered to the theosophic and alchemistic doctrines of a somewhat earlier epoch, and was an admirer of the dogmatic pseudo-philosophy of. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
Perhaps more artists should get involved in politics to use our alchemistic skills to change such an ugly trade into something more beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [January 2009] Reference
In the meantime I have learned from the letter of my alchemistic correspondent that, in addition to your other accomplishments, you are an occasional poet. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference
And especially does it help to explain the alchemistic. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
In the second place, we must notice the nature of alchemistic language. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
The authenticity of the alchemistic works attributed to him has been questioned. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
It is very probable, however, that the alchemistic works attributed to him are spurious. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
This work is almost entirely autobiographical, describing Charnock's alchemistic experiences. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
At any rate, all of the alchemistic works attributed to Flamel are of more or less questionable origin. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Probably the most celebrated of all alchemistic books is the work known as Triumph-Wagen des Antimonii. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
He read an alchemistic meaning into the ancient fables concerning the Egyptian and Greek gods and heroes. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Martin Luther was especially drawn to believe in the alchemistic doctrine of transmutation by this analogy. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom] Reference
We have shown that modern science indicates the essential truth of alchemistic doctrine, and our task is ended. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
An English translation of Kelley's alchemistic works were published under the editorship of Mr.A. E. Waite, in 1893. 11. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
If we are ever to understand the meaning of Alchemy aright we must look at the subject from the alchemistic point of view. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
This work contains many other fantastic alchemistic symbolical pictures, amongst the most curious series in alchemistic literature. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Paracelsus was the first to recognise the desirability of investigating the physical universe with a motive other than alchemistic. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
The alchemistic name for tin is Jove, and in the alchemistic nomenclature medicinal preparations made from it are called Jovial preparations. From Wordnik.com. [Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth] Reference
The alchemistic promises of health, wealth and happiness and a pseudo-mystical style of language were effectively employed by these impostors. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
To the alchemistic philosopher these three problems were one: the same problem on different planes of being; and the solution was likewise one. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Ultimately the father is restored to life, the symbol of resurrection being (as might be expected) of frequent occurrence in alchemistic literature. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
In this, however, he was disappointed; she knew nothing of the matter, but she had the manuscript of an alchemistic work written by her late husband. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Afterwards, he appears to have degenerated into an impostor, but this is said to have been a finesse to hide his true character as an alchemistic adept. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
The celebrated Dominican, Thomas Aquinas (see plate 8), was probably a pupil of Thomas Albertus Magnus, from whom it is thought he imbibed alchemistic learning. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Sendivogius offered to effect Sethon's escape in return for assistance in his alchemistic pursuits, to which arrangement the Scottish alchemist willingly agreed. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
The Golden Tractate, also attributed to Hermes, which is an exceedingly obscure alchemistic work, is now regarded as having been written at a comparatively late date. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
Howes was evidently a man of imaginative temper, fit to be captivated by the alchemistic theory of the unity of composition in nature, which was so attractive to Goethe. From Wordnik.com. [Among My Books First Series] Reference
We notice the great difference between the alchemistic theory and the views regarding the constitution of matter which have dominated Chemistry since the time of Dalton. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
The Catholic philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, the Protestant mysticism of Jacob Boehme, and the alchemistic reveries of Basil Valentine were all cast into this seething mass. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom] Reference
Sir George Ripley, an eminent alchemistic philosopher of the fifteenth century, entered upon a monastic life when a youth, becoming one of the canons regular of Bridlington. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
It was during his incarceration that he wrote an alchemistic work entitled The Stone of the Philosophers, which consists largely of quotations from older alchemistic writings. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
We are living, Tournebroche and I, in an alchemistic and ramshackle castle at the Cross of the Sablons, where we can easily stay for a dozen hours without being seen by anyone. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen Pedauque] Reference
And finally, it is in agreement with such statements as we have quoted above from The Sophic Hydrolith and elsewhere, and the general religious tone of the alchemistic writings. From Wordnik.com. [Alchemy: Ancient and Modern] Reference
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