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ALCHEMY SPECULATIVE

During the development of scientific thought to the 'era of Magna Grecia, the alchemy lost that character of activity closely related to the esoteric and astrological ideas while maintaining the principles of the ancient Hermetic alchemy which, the traditional correlation between stars and elements and the common value of the alchemy of every period of pursuit of perfection and purity of the material simultaneously with that of thought.

At this alchemy developed its speculative dimension interacting with the scientific and philosophical culture of the Greeks, and therefore accepted the concept of the chemistry of the four elements ( Fire-Water-Air and Earth), as the foundation of the composition of all bodies, but the alchemists to correlate the "Extension and Contraction" of air and earth to the active fire and water. Therefore, it was felt that the four pure elements do not exist, since all the substances were to be combinations of these basic properties, which still tended to develop towards the purity of gold; genuineness in the field of cognitive thought was objectively associated with the idea of \u200b\u200bthe discovery of the "Stone Philosopher. " This has been interpreted as the key to understanding the way of purity, which can be reached by hopping on an intuitive level called "vision" (ie images or divine revelation).
symbolism attributed to the "Four Elements" was the following:
FIRE-triangle pointing up to indicate the property to go up into the sky
WATER-triangle pointing down to indicate the property to descend to the cut the ground from one segment to indicate the ability of spontaneous extension
AIR-facing triangle cut from a segment to indicate the ability of spontaneous extension.
TERRA-triangle pointing down to indicate the ability to fall down.
the four elements were paired with their respective qualities, feelings and colors: Fire-hot - red-light, Water-wet-liquid-blue Air-Cleaning - Gas - White Earth - cool - solid - black.
The two fluid elements, air and water, were considered the main entities of the heat transfer, respectively (dark fluid) and light (bright fluid), and were related to the influence (Energheja ) of the firmament, through which the transfer of its power
of information (= ability to give shape to things), moves the winds and the sea, resulting in the movement that generates lightning and fertile land.

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