15-06-2020, 10:03 AM
One interesting note from Encyclopedia Britannica about alchemy. And good reading alltogether: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
"In the 12th century the Christian West began to shed its habit of indifference or hostility to the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. literature of ancient and alien civilizations. Christian scholars were particularly attracted to Muslim Spain and Sicily and there made translations from both Arabic and Greek works, many of which were in some degree familiar, but some of which, including the literature of alchemy, were new."
"In the 12th century the Christian West began to shed its habit of indifference or hostility to the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. literature of ancient and alien civilizations. Christian scholars were particularly attracted to Muslim Spain and Sicily and there made translations from both Arabic and Greek works, many of which were in some degree familiar, but some of which, including the literature of alchemy, were new."