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THE PORTRAIT OF A MEDIEVAL ALCHEMIST WITH SYMBOLS OF ELEMENTS IMITATING CREATION

This paper depicts e paraphernalia of an alchemist who believed in imitating creation and generating a soul thereby. The magic wands of creation are a compass and a triangular carpenter's square. They can produce the dual natured soul Ruh or Spirit symbolized as Cock and Nafs of “the soul” as s...

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Autor principal: Mahdihassan, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3331348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557629