Grimes, Shannon

Becoming Gold: Zosimos of - Panopolis and the - Alchemical Arts in Roman - Egypt (Panopolis)

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ISBN 13:: 9780473407759
author:: Grimes, Shannon
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Rubedo Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2018
Pages:: 290
Dimensions:: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 centimetres (0.4
Genre:: History, Ancient, Egypt,
Condition:: New
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The Alchemy of the Golden Self Shannon Grimes explores the spiritual and material practices of Zosimos, a Roman Egyptian alchemist, revealing a complex and interconnected world of temple culture, metallurgy, and spirituality. Through the lens of cultural biography and thick description, Grimes delves into the rituals of statue animation, metal-coloring techniques, and theurgy, shedding light on the intricate relationships between alchemy, gnosticism, and theurgy. In this book, Grimes examines the role of the scribal priest in preserving and translating ancient Egyptian metallurgical recipes, and the connections between alchemy and theurgy. She also explores the spiritual attitudes of Zosimos, including the use of mirrors of electrum to attain divine gnosis and the transformation of the bonds of embodiment into vehicles for divinity. Grimes's work offers a nuanced understanding of the alchemical arts in Roman Egypt, revealing a nondualistic alchemy in which spiritual and material realities are ultimately intertwined.

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