Good day dear community, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my new contribution and hope you have a great start to the new weekend! In this article, I would like to discuss alchemy and hope you will be able to learn new things about this diverse topic.
You can see here a statue which represents the head of a priest from ancient Egypt who were also known as polymaths and during their training, the priests also enjoyed initiations into various mysterious topics and knew different natural reactions which was an important basis for the work of alchemy and it is suspected that some of the knowledge came from ancient Greece. Priests at that time enjoyed a high social reputation and were placed on the same level as officials and they were particularly responsible for the ritual practices and the work of the alchemists was also associated with the divine and the female or male priests had the task of working in temples dedicated to the gods and practicing ceremonies or other practices there. Also the well-known figure Hermes trismegistos, who is also known as a union of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian Thot who is considered the author of the well-known emerald tablets Tabula Smaragdina, was a priest and he was also considered the creator of hermetics, which in turn was an important cornerstone of alchemy. Egyptian priests generally had a huge knowledge when it comes to hermetic teachings and from traditions it appears that the priests had different degrees of consecration and there were also different titles and the training also included a lot of knowledge about metallurgy and the transformation of ores was also considered a divine task and closely associated with the art of blacksmithing, which was seen as a divine work and completed the work of nature. In this context, the priests themselves carried out the work of the blacksmiths and the focus was the transformation of metals and the priests of ancient Egypt were also considered bearers of secret knowledge and collected knowledge in different areas and no wonder they enjoyed such a high reputation.
Thank you very much for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about alchemy! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens.
#hive #posh