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| The Paracelsian Influence on Ottoman Medicine |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-25-2023, 03:22 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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"Galen's concept of medicine which dominated the medical world almost nearly for fifteen centuries began to loose its importance in the 16th century. At that time, Paracelsus (1493-1541) introduced a new medical understanding based on chemical principles. The Paracelsian theory, which changed gradually medical practice, influenced modern Ottoman medicine to a great extent. Paracelsus, the Swiss doctor, was introduced in Ottoman medical writings as a German hakîm from Austria. In this article, the multifaceted influence of his school on Turkish Ottoman medicine is describe by means of various examples."
https://muslimheritage.com/the-paracelsi...-medicine/
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| Alchemical manuscripts: the specific case of corpus Jabirianum |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-25-2023, 03:20 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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By Syed Numanul Haq
"It is well known among historians that scattered, all over the world, in numerous manuscript collections, is a very large body of tantalising medieval Arabic writings attributed to an enigmatic figure – Jābir ibn Ḥayyān [Geber]. The standard scholarly view is that this corpus is virtually all apocryphal, that its alleged author may have never existed, and that it is alchemical in its fundamental drift. The identity of the author or authors of the corpus has been the main focus of several generations of contemporary researchers, but a major breakthrough came in the first half of the twentieth century with the formidable studies of Paul Kraus."
https://al-furqan.com/alchemical-manuscr...abirianum/
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| The Book of Lambspring |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-25-2023, 03:07 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
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"The Book of Lambspring is one of my favorite alchemist manuscripts, because of it being simple and direct without to much arcane chemical language, although still symbolic.
The Book of Lambspring is one of the few real-life cases of a centuries-old book on alchemy. Originally published in Latin by Frenchman Nicholas Barnaud under the title De Lapide Philosophico Triga Chemicum in Prague, 1599, it does not appear to be an original work, but rather an edited collection of manuscripts that had been passed around for at least twenty years previous. Later, Lucas Jennis published the work in full in Frankfurt, 1625. Though the Christian Church burned most of the copies over the centuries, there are still a few copies of the original remaining intact. One of them (Ms 16752) is in the National Museum of Nurenberg, and another is in the University of Leiden.
In the left column is the Barnaud version; in the right column are the equivalent images taken from a Latin/German version of 1607; plus my interpretation of the text. This interpretation is only a guide in how to read and understand the text."
http://www.soul-guidance.com/houseofthes...spring.htm
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| The cosmological and alchemical path of seven colors in the Haft paykar |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-25-2023, 03:04 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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"From a miniature belonging to a magnificent Iskandar Anthology (Persia, Šīrāz, 1410-11, folio 66v; Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), the cosmology, the symbolism of the seven colors (haft rang) and the alchemical progression are analyzed in the mystical tale Haft paykar (Seven princesses) by the Persian poet Abū Md. Ilyās b. Yūsuf Niẓāmī Ganǧawī (d. ca. 570-610 / 1174-1222). This inner path of transmutation through colors (ch.:pp.: black: HP26:180-181; yellow: HP27:196-197; green: HP28:214; red: HP29:234; blue: HP30:266-267; sandalwood: HP31:291 and white: HP32:315) ends, in tune with the Iranian tradition (Mazdeism, Zoroastrianism, išrāqī illuminative wisdom), with the color white, symbol of the purity of the soul and enlightenment."
In Spanish:
https://www.revistamirabilia.com/issues/...-haft-rang
https://www.deepl.com/translator
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