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159:Cleopatra the Alchemist
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900:Johann Joachim Becher
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564:Jean de Roquetaillade
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930:Johann Konrad Dippel
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180:Paphnutia the Virgin
131:Christian Rosenkreuz
90:adding missing items
1303:List of astrologers
1283:Fullmetal Alchemist
1271:Fullmetal Alchemist
1116:Arthur Edward Waite
1098:M. M. Pattison Muir
1092:Marcellin Berthelot
1067:Scholars of alchemy
966:August Nordenskiold
732:Michael Sendivogius
720:Melchior Cibinensis
612:Johannes Trithemius
540:Arnold of Villanova
524:(13th/14th century)
446:Dhu al-Nun al-Misri
402:Zhang Guo the Elder
345:/ Ko Hong (283β343)
169:Moses of Alexandria
111:Hermes Trismegistus
1308:List of occultists
1259:, an enemy of the
1134:Obed Simon Johnson
1104:F. Sherwood Taylor
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738:Benedictus Figulus
666:Richard Stanihurst
618:Johann Georg Faust
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1211:Wouter Hanegraaff
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1194:William R. Newman
1074:Robert of Chester
993:Johann Georg Rapp
978:Giuliano Kremmerz
972:August Strindberg
924:Georg von Welling
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708:Heinrich Khunrath
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142:Greco-Roman Egypt
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48:Greco-Roman Egypt
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1140:Herbert Silberer
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888:Hening Brand
876:Robert Boyle
756:Jacob Boehme
714:Oswald Croll
654:Gerhard Dorn
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367:Shen Yu Hsiu
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149:Agathodaemon
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1148:(1901β1990)
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974:(1849β1912)
968:(1754β1792)
962:(1732β1800)
956:(1752β1783)
954:James Price
950:(1743β1795)
944:(died 1746)
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920:(1649β1728)
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822:Edward Dyer
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512:(1193β1280)
480:(1061β1121)
357:(1734β1821)
301:Pattinathar
277:Thirumoolar
227:Yogi Vemana
56:Middle Ages
54:during the
1328:Alchemists
1322:Categories
1244:In fiction
1029:Fulcanelli
768:Arthur Dee
630:Paracelsus
490:al-Jildaki
478:al-Tughrai
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381:(died 682)
379:Sun Simiao
355:Liu Yiming
331:Kong Anguo
315:Tamil Sage
313:Pathanjali
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303:Tamil Sage
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285:Tamil Sage
279:Tamil Sage
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267:Tamil Sage
223:(born 931)
106:Anqi Sheng
84:This is a
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558:Ortolanus
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387:(456β536)
373:Sun Pu-Eh
361:Pao Ku Ko
265:Agastiyar
241:Nayanmars
221:Nagarjuna
100:Legendary
79:Aristotle
40:alchemist
1292:See also
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648:John Dee
404:(c. 600)
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44:alchemy
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1274:series
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497:Europe
247:Alvars
215:Kanada
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325:China
283:Bogar
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209:India
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