Tubal Cain

[Paul Ferguson]

"In Enlightenment Europe, alchemy inspired an ambiguous fascination: for some, a spiritual discipline; for others, a material quest for transmutation. To affirm that Tubal Cain was the first man to work metals could only attract the attention of initiates passionate about esoteric speculation. The biblical blacksmith thus became a fitting emblem, a discreet banner, proclaiming that the threshold of initiation was the alchemical work itself."

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