Turba philosophorum

Coming." At this time eschatological discourse was co-opted into the service of the esoteric sciences, most especially into alchemical theory in the twelfth century Latin translation of the Turba philosophorum (Arabic original ca. 900 AD). Christian interpolations were added to this text referring to the death and resurrection of the chemicals in apocalyptic terms." The process of distillation in Christian alchemy symbolised death and resurrection, as well as the union of Macrocosm and Microcosm. To the alchemists the death and resurrection of the stone in the manner of a human being was the clearest indication that alchemy was a divine, not a human science. 

The Turba philosphorum is found in two versions in the Artis Auriferae (1593), 1, 1-139. See also Julius F. Ruska, Turba philosophorum ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der hermetischen Literatur, Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte der JPaturivissenschajien und der Medisin (Berlin, 1931), 1, 115 ff, 182 ff. 

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The Turba Philosophorum or assembly of the alchemical philosophers, is one of the earliest alchemical texts (circa 1085 A.D.). It introduced many of the key themes of the alchemical tradition and is probably the most widely quoted alchemical texts"... 

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Turba Philosophorum (part 1). The Epistle of Arisleus, prefixed to the Words of the Sages, concerning the Purport of this Book, for the Benefit of Posterity, and the same being as here follows... http //www.sacred- texts.com/alc/turba.html. 

Turba Philosophorum (part 2). rhttp //www.sacred-texts.com/alc/turba2.htm1. Continuation page... 

The Turba Philosophorum, or, Assembly of the Sages Called Also the Book of Truth in the Art and the Third Pythagorical Synod an Ancient Alchemical Treatise Translated From the Latin, the Chief Readings of the Shorter Codex, Parallels From the Greek Alchemists, and Explanations of Obscure Terms, by Arthur Edward Waite. Edited by Arthur Edward Waite. London Redway, 1896. 

The Turba philosophorum, or, Assembly of the sages called also The Book of truth in the art and the third Pythagorical Synod an ancient alchemical treatise translated from the Latin, the chief readings of the Shorter codex, parallels from the Greek alchemists, and explanations of obscure terms, by Arthur Edward Waite, f http //www.ebrarv.com1. 1992. 

The Turba Philosophorum. Avery early alchemical text probably from the 12th Century. [Richardson (TX)] [R.A.M.S.], n.d. 99p. 

Turba Philosophorum edited by A.E. Waite. Edited by Arthur Edward Waite. NuVision Publications, 2004. 

Plessner, Martin. The Turba Philosophorum a preliminary report on three Cambridge mss. Ambix 7, no. 3 (Oct 1959) 159-163. 

A. E. Waite, trans., Turba Philosophorum (York Beach, ME Samuel Weiser, 1970), p. 28-29... 

To return to the quote from Turba Philosophorum, to turn the aforesaid copper into white means to discover the Divine impulse behind the manifestation—the color white is a reference to Kether, the Primal... 

A group of men meet to discuss the proper relationship to nuptials in the Turba philosophorum, perhaps the earliest Latin alchemical treatise. One of the philosophers at the assembly, Diomedes, gives his fellows the... 

Mohammed ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865-925), a Persian alchemist, introduced the necessity of accurate weights and measures. He recorded, in Arabic, details of his laboratory apparatus, much of which is still used by modern chemists. Parallel to this technical contribution, Mohammed ibn Umail, the tenth century alchemist known in Latin as Senior, added much to the mystical side in his many writings, the most famous of which is the Turba Philosophorum, a convention of philosophers, which describes a debate between Hermes, Socrates, Aristotle, and other philosophers. 

INCEST. The Hermetic Philosophers say that the Great Work is consummated by an act of Incest between Brother and Sister [le grand oeuvre se fait par I inceste du frh e et de. la soeur]. Certain disciples of Pythagorus had remarked (as was stated in the Epistle of Aristius, which is put at the end of the Turba Philosophorum) to the King ruling the sea coasts,... 

For instance, an early example of a standard hermetic iconographic type—clearly labeled Mercurius Philosophorum— happens to appear in a famous sixteenth-century illustrated manuscript of the Turba philosophorum kept... 

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