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The earliest Greek alchemistical writings abound with references to Oriental authorities and traditions.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Glaser, a German apothecary, the best chemist of his age, had busied himself, as people of his profession were in the habit of doing, with alchemistical experiments.

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Through him Boehme acquired a vocabulary of alchemistical terms which he was always labouring to turn to spiritual meaning, but which always baffled him.

From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew

Some support for this view is gained from study of the alchemistical writings of the period.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg