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Gnosticism and Alchemy - H.J. Sheppard

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“Alchemy and Gnosticism were contemporary in origin and both drew largely upon the same current philosophy: Stoicism and Oriental doctrines. Not surprisingly they were strongly associated with each other…”

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Text source: AMBIX, Volume 6, Issue 2, December 1957, pp. 86-101

Cover design: accipio777 (2015)

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PLATE 1 The Sixth Parable from Splendor Solis

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PLATE 2 The Eighth Emblem from Atalanta Fugiens

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