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The Origins of Alchemy According to the Physica of Hermes - Paul Ferguson - 08-21-2023
Wicked Angels and the Good Demon: The Origins of Alchemy According to the Physica of Hermes
Christian H. Bull, University of Oslo and Princeton University
"The alchemist Zosimus of Panopolis, writing around 300 CE, is our only source for a series of treatises by Hermes called the Physica, which reportedly spoke about angels who had intercourse with women, as in 1 Enoch, and which credited the revelation of alchemy to an enigmatic figure called Chemeu."
https://www.academia.edu/36394399/Wicked_Angels_and_the_Good_Demon_The_Origins_of_Alchemy_According_to_the_Physica_of_Hermes