Preserve the author’s distinctions among named people, later attributed texts and different traditions. Sulfur–mercury theory and elixir aims are historical explanatory systems, not recommended processes.
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The essay contrasts organic-material and medical uses with metallurgical interests, discusses al-Razi's practical orientation and Ibn Umayl's allegorical tradition, and distinguishes Avicenna's position from a spurious alchemical De anima.
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Divergent Islamic alchemical traditions
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The essay contrasts organic-material and medical uses with metallurgical interests, discusses al-Razi's practical orientation and Ibn Umayl's allegorical tradition, and distinguishes Avicenna's position from a spurious alchemical De anima.
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Preserve the author’s distinctions among named people, later attributed texts and different traditions. Sulfur–mercury theory and elixir aims are historical explanatory systems, not recommended processes.