Defining Greco-Egyptian Alchemy
This paper was originally written for a conference panel responding to Radcliffe Edmonds’s survey of Greco-Roman magic, Drawing Down the Moon. I discuss his chapter on alchemy in light of two new books on Greco-Egyptian alchemy that were published while his manuscript was in press: my own work, Beco...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Gnosis
Year: 2022, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 70-80 |
Further subjects: | B
Greco-Egyptian alchemy
B Alchemy B Greco-Roman magic B Magic B Zosimos of Panopolis |
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Summary: | This paper was originally written for a conference panel responding to Radcliffe Edmonds’s survey of Greco-Roman magic, Drawing Down the Moon. I discuss his chapter on alchemy in light of two new books on Greco-Egyptian alchemy that were published while his manuscript was in press: my own work, Becoming Gold and Olivier Dufault’s Early Greek Alchemy, Patronage and Innovation in Late Antiquity. I explain why new definitions of Greco-Egyptian alchemy are needed and provide one at the end. |
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ISSN: | 2451-859X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Gnosis
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/2451859X-00701004 |