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==1800s to Modern era==
==1800s to Modern era==
Alchemy and its "foundational text" continued to interest [[occultists]] in the early modern era. This is the case with [[magician]] [[Éliphas Lévi]], who wrote: "Nothing surpasses and nothing equals as a summary of all the doctrines of the old world the few sentences engraved on a precious stone by Hermes and known as the 'emerald tablet'... it is all of magic on a single page."
Alchemy and its foundational text continued to interest [[occultist]]s in the early modern era. This is the case with [[magician]] [[Éliphas Lévi]], who wrote: "Nothing surpasses and nothing equals as a summary of all the doctrines of the old world the few sentences engraved on a precious stone by Hermes and known as the 'emerald tablet'... it is all of magic on a single page."


It also applies to the "curious figure" of the German Gottlieb Latz, who self-published a monumental work ''Die Alchemie'' in 1869, as well as the [[Theosophy|theosophist]] [[Helena Blavatsky]].
It also applies to the "curious figure" of the German Gottlieb Latz, who self-published a monumental work ''Die Alchemie'' in 1869, as well as the [[Theosophy|theosophist]] [[Helena Blavatsky]].