Re: VMs: RE: Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:27:28 -0400

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Adam,

At 10:40 11/06/2003 +0000, Adam McLean wrote:
> >Finally: I'm fascinated by the complex figure right at the end (f89r) - 
> can anyone tell me what it is supposed to mean?
> >http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/ljs/PageLevel/index.cfm?ManID=ljs382 
> &Page=177
>
> Such alchemical trees appear in a number of alchemical
> diagrams. There are, for example, a number found in  pseudo-Lull
> alchemical manuscripts. They usually show the relationship
> between  various alchemical processes and substances.
> This diagram may  illustrate ideas presented in the earlier
> part of the manuscript.

Thanks, Adam: that makes a lot of sense! :-)

Grrrr... I really ought to put some work in to make the difference between 
Lullian and pseudo-Lullian clear in my head sometime soon. :-)

Best regards, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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