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For a long time now, I have known how well Huginus à Barma Huginus à Barma was a 17th-century author, likely a pseudonym, known for his influential alchemical writings has served the entire School of the Disciples of Hermes original: "Hermetis"; referring to Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary figure to whom the foundation of alchemy and Hermetic philosophy is attributed by publishing that little treatise titled The Kingdoms of Saturn Saturn: In the language of alchemy, Saturn represents the metal lead and the "prima materia," or the raw, unrefined base of the philosopher's stone Restored to the Golden Age original: "Saturnia Regna in aurea fæcula"; a reference to the mythical era of peace and abundance, which alchemists equated with the successful completion of the Great Work