…In Egypt, alchemy was thus linked to the myth of Osiris, the supreme god of mystery religions who rose from the dark dead, and Osiris was identified with lead, a black metal with a mysterious transformation. Alchemy is generally said to be the "Great Art (opus magnum)" that deals with the process of refining precious metals from base metals, but lead, as a base metal, was a metal with an extremely important divinity due to its transformative nature. As the Greek word chymeia (art of melting metals, art of alloying) indicates, for example, from the point where white, shining silver flows out of lead ore (which actually contains silver) through cupellation, a technique was sought to freely transform metals, and this was linked to the religious and philosophical ideas of the Hellenistic period. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Opus Magnum" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…錬金術は,こうしてエジプトでは暗黒の死からよみがえる密儀宗教の最高神オシリスの神話に結びつき,オシリスは変幻の妙ある黒い金属,鉛と同一視された。錬金術は,一般に卑金属から貴金属が精製されていくプロセスを扱う〈大いなる術(オプス・マグヌムopus magnum)〉だといわれるが,卑金属としての鉛は,その変幻性とあいまってきわめて重要な神性をそなえた金属であった。ギリシア語のchymeia(金属溶融の術,合金術)が示すとおり,例えば鉛鉱石(実は銀を含んでいるもの)から灰吹法により白く輝く銀が流れ出してくるところから,自在な金属の転換を目ざす術が探求され,これがヘレニズム時代の宗教・哲学思想と結びついた。… ※「オプス・マグヌム」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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