The Fame of the Brotherhood

The Fame of the Fraternity or Brotherhood

He sailed from the Arabian Gulf original: "sinu Arabico," referring to the Red Sea. into Egypt, where he did not remain for long, but only so that he might now pay better attention to the plants and creatures; he sailed across the entire Mediterranean Sea original: "Mare mediterraneum.", so that he might reach Fez, where the Arabs had directed him; and it is truly a shame that Sages living so far apart are not only in agreement and opposed to all Christian bickering, but are also so inclined and willing to entrust and reveal their secrets.

Every year the Arabs and Africans meet together, inquiring of one another in the arts whether perhaps something better has been invented, or whether experience had weakened their principles original: "Rationes."; thus something comes to light annually by which Mathematics, Physics, and Magic (for in these things the people of Fez are the best) are improved; just as Germany now lacks neither scholars, magicians, cabalists Practitioners of Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism that was highly influential in Renaissance occultism., physicians, nor philosophers.