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Alchemical Hermeticism taught the imperative: u201cTransmutemini de lapidibus mortuis in vivos lapides philosophicosu201du2014calling for the transformation of man from a "dead stone" (base material existence) into a "living philosophical stone" (a perfected, immortal being). The "stone" symbolized the human body, but not in its crude formu2014rather, its glorified, incorruptible state. <br>As the alchemist Peter Bonus wrote (Theatrum Chemicum, 1602), the Hermetic work leads to the resurrection of the dead: the soul reunites with its original, eternal body, now subtle, incorruptible, and capable of penetrating
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