Re: VMs: Alchemical

[Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx>]

Mart Vabar wrote:
> 
> btw, has anybody ever proposed, all these nudes in water could be some echo (in
> folktales) of something like Islamic paradise (of desert people).

	Now why didn't I ever think of this?????

	Water nymphs are common figures in mythology!!!!  Now
THAT ought to be a productive line of inquiry!

	I searched Dogpile using "water nymphs" and saw
references to naiads, undines, and other mythical
creatures...

	I searched Adam Maclean's Alchemy site for "water
nymphs" and I find a reference to Sendivogius:

"... sought, even unto this present, by men of high and
low degree. But as I watched the Naiads and Nymphs
disporting themselves in the water, being fatigued with
my previous toils, and overwhelmed by ..."

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/sendalgy.html

but for some reason I can't open many things on the
site. 
Apparently it's SENDIVOGIUS' ENIGMA OF THE SAGES. 
I see Rafal Prinke has something on Sendivogius there!

	I don't have time to more now, but I'm sure going to
pursue this!  I hope someone else does too!!!

Dennis

PS - Francois is right that Islam forbids depiction of
human faces and unclothed figures, but paradises of
springs - and probably nymphs! - most likely figure in
desert people's legends.
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