Friendly Missive of an Adept of Hermetic Science and Art

demonstrations original: monstrationes were of no small benefit. Primarily, I made my first beginning with indescribable zeal in so-called metallic chemistry Chymie; in this era, the term encompassed both modern chemistry and alchemy, the goal of which is said to be the transformation and improvement of ores Ertz-veränder- und Verbesserung; likely referring to the alchemical process of transmuting "base" metals into "noble" ones like gold. Adulem, seeing my drive for such an art, loved me more and more because of our like-mindedness in it, and finally—after obtaining the permission Vergünstigung to bring a Christian Christen along—he led me to the general assemblies of the chemists Chemisten.

These gatherings are held almost daily toward evening, and these artists and gold-seekers Goldsucher congregate in great numbers at their promenade Spatzier-Platze in front of the unbelievably large Carven Temple The Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque and University in Fez, one of the oldest educational institutions in the world. The author uses "Temple" to describe the massive sacred and intellectual complex., much like the merchants in London or Amsterdam gather at the Exchange Börsch; the Royal Exchange or Bourse where international trade was negotiated. The verbal debate Reden-Streit there is sometimes