This paper will first review the main phases of this historical process of transmission of alchemy from one language and culture to another.

Alchemy in the medieval Islamic world refers to both traditional alchemy and early practical chemistry (the early chemical investigation of nature in general) by Muslim scholars in the medieval Islamic world.

Later, a variety of Greek and Byzantine writings were translated into Syriac and Arabic, and these translations were in turn fragmented and disseminated in later Arabic compendia.

Islamic and especially Arabic alchemy is of utmost importance as it constitutes a neglected link between a late antique tradition that is almost completely lost and the European Mid-dle Ages: a period when …

Nov 28, 2025 · Ar-Rāzī’s writing represents the apogee of Arabic alchemy, so much so that students of alchemy have little evidence of its later reorientation toward mystical or quasi-religious objectives.

It not only contains a brilliant historical survey of alchemy since Egyptian times, but above all, a profound comment on a newly translated Arabic alchemical text from the 10th Century which is a ‘Summa’ of …

Jun 10, 2023 · Alchemy Discussion Forum › Alchemy Discussion Forum › Articles on alchemy Fragments of Graeco-Egyptian Alchemy in Arabic Compendia Thread Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 ... Users …

This examination will touch upon distinctive features of ancient alchemy, which regulate its mechanisms of transmission over the centuries: in particular fluctuating authorship, pseudepigraphy, and transfer …

We will write a new history of alchemical ideas and practices in Antiquity, in order to provide an integrative, longue durée perspective on the many different phases of ancient alchemy.

This dialogue is called sahifat kanz Allah al-akbar (Epistle of the Great Treasure of God). it includes three chapters: (1) About the great principles of alchemy; (2) Alchemic operations; (3) The elixir.