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Al-Kimiya: Notes on Arabic Alchemy Historians have uncovered evidence of the immense influence of Arabic alchemy—a largely unexplored piece of the alchemical puzzle.
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man could not be called a philosopher, until he has succeeded in producing the alchemical transmutation.
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creating the foundations of modern chemistry.
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Heritage’s readers a glimpse into this fascinating yet largely unexplored world.
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The Origins of Arabic Alchemy
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As is typical in the chain of transmission of ancient knowledge,
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Khe in Bamileke language is Burn or Transformed, KHE may or mya
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A third interesting but far-fetched etymology suggests that the word al-kimiya derives from the Hebrew kim Yah, meaning “divine science.”
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In contrast with the modern term alchemy, the word al-kimiya lacks abstract meaning.
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The contribution of Arabic alchemists to the history of alchemy is profound.
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Theoretical Assumptions
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a body is defined as cold and dry, this means that the qualities of coldness and dryness predominate
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Arabic natural philosophy similarly accepted the classical theory of the formation of minerals in mines.
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Yet Arabic alchemists were, for the most part, able to harmonize alchemical doctrines with Islam.
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scattering knowledge
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A versatile mind, he was well learned in mathematics, astronomy, astrology, music, and medicine. In this last field
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tadbir is the word used in general for defining the treatment of bodies; sahq indicates grinding, decomposing, and the production of amalgams;
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The Legacy of Arabic Alchemy
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the alchemist needed a mys- terious substance called the elixir (al-iksīr) or the “philosophers’ stone” (ḥajar al-falāsifa, ḥajar al-ḥukamāʼ, etc.).
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the alchemist can achieve ultimate wisdom and knowledge of this world and the next. This means that the Imam may become dispensable, and the Shiite traces in the Corpus could therefore be ignored by later readers.
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The fragmentary nature of our knowledge of even early Arabic al- chemy becomes evident when it is considered that even texts from the ‘classical’ period,
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The Golden Age of Arabic Science”
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The Golden Age in Context:
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The bottom sits over a heat source and contains the substance to be distilled, and at the top is a bulb with a tube sloping down and out.
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the use of concealed knives to ensure that patients were more at ease when undergoing surgery.
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The House of Wisdom was of huge value to the West,
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the "alchemy of happiness" (or bliss: kimyâ es-saâdah)
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Definition and relationship with medieval western sciences
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the secret and aim of alchemy were the achievement of "one inner psychic experience, namely the God-image" and that stone, water, prima materia etc. were "all aspects of the inner mystery through which the alchemist unites with the transcendent God".
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Processes and equipment: chemical processes: distillation, calcination, solution, evaporation, crystallization, sublimation, filtration, amalgamation, and ceration (a process for making solids pasty or fusible
