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[Alexandr Korol]

“The primary focus of study in Alexandrian chemistry (the term “alchemy” would appear later with the Arabs) was metals. During the Alexandrian period, the traditional metal-planet symbolism of alchemy was established, in which each of the seven known metals was associated with one of the then-known celestial bodies:

Silver — Moon
Mercury — Mercury
Copper — Venus
Gold — Sun
Iron — Mars
Tin — Jupiter
Lead — Saturn

The celestial patron of alchemy in Alexandria became the Egyptian god Thoth or his Greek counterpart Hermes.
The center of alchemy during that period was considered to be the Temple of Serapis, where around the year 235 a branch of the Library of Alexandria was opened.”
I feel like all of this will repeat in the new era we are entering. I feel it strongly — that’s exactly how it will be.
“Among the notable figures of Greco-Egyptian alchemy whose names have survived to this day are Bolos of Democritus, Zosimos of Panopolis, and Olympiodorus. The book Natural and Secret Things (ΦΦΦΦΦΦ ΦΦΦ μΦΦΦΦΦΦ), written by Bolos around 200 BC, consists of four parts devoted to gold, silver, precious stones, and purple dye. Bolos was the first to express the idea of transmutation of metals — the conversion of one metal into another (primarily base metals into gold) — a concept that became the central goal of the entire alchemical tradition. In his encyclopedia (3rd century), Zosimos defined khemeia as the art of making gold and silver, and described tetrasomata — the stages of the process for creating artificial gold; he especially emphasized the prohibition against revealing the secrets of this art.
In the year 296, the Egyptians, led by Domitius Domitianus, rose in rebellion against the Roman Emperor Diocletian. Upon arriving in Egypt, the ruler of the Roman Empire crushed the uprising and issued an edict ordering all ancient books that taught how to make gold and silver to be collected and burned. This was explained as Diocletian’s attempt to destroy the source of the Egyptians’ wealth — and with it, their pride.