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- From: joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller)
- Newsgroups: alt.magick
- Subject: Re: Alchemy
- Date: 23 Jan 93 13:17:37 GMT
- Organization: Institute for the Study of Ancient Science
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- In-reply-to: oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu's message of 23 Jan 93 02:59:00 GMT
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- In article <C1ADL1.JB8@acsu.buffalo.edu> oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy
- Brown) writes:
-
- > Disclaimer: I don't know anything about alchemy. I know a
- > little about the alchemical tradition, from reading one book,
- > which I was told is a worthless one.
-
- let me expand on that; sadoul's treatment of the alchemical process
- is almost worthless. his treatment of the historical tradition is
- workmanlike, though marred by his refusal to document his sources.
- he is also very, very french (and I say that as a francophile).
-
- [and in response to much taginage]
-
- > I didn't "not answer" for stragegic purposes. Practicing verbal
- > gymnastics and "winning" arguments does not interest me.
-
- a hit! a palpable hit!
-
- > I'd rather see you jump into the abyss and try taking your
- > Scientific Method (TSM) with you as a parachute. Then maybe
- > you'd quit taking such shit so seriously.
-
- and another!
-
- josh
-