Hathor's Alchemy: The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Hermetic Art Roberts Alison M.
Hathor's Alchemy: The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Hermetic Art Roberts Alison M. Ever since alchemy first emerged in Graeco-Roman Egypt, alchemists have said their wisdom came from the pharaonic…
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Hathor's Alchemy: The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Hermetic Art Roberts Alison M.
Ever since alchemy first emerged in Graeco-Roman Egypt, alchemists have said their wisdom came from the pharaonic temples. Focussing on the beautiful temples at Abu Simbel and Dendara, dedicated to the fiery serpent-eye goddess Hathor, this groundbreaking book explores for the first time the legacy left to alchemists by the pharaohs. Yet though the West has had unprecedented access to this hidden knowledge since the decipherment of hieroglyphs, ancient Egypt's connection with alchemy still remains obscure, doubted even by many.
Both metallurgical and mystical, these sacred secrets laid the foundations for the Hermetic art. It also goes deep into Ramesses VI's extraordinary tomb at Thebes to discover the secrets of growth and renewal guarded by Osiris and vivified by Hathor's copper love. The transmission initially came through Graeco-Egyptian and Jewish alchemists, then Islamic adepts,
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