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Medieval and early modern alchemists associated the Emerald Tablet with the creation of the [[philosopher's stone]] and the artificial production of gold. | Medieval and early modern alchemists associated the Emerald Tablet with the creation of the [[philosopher's stone]] and the artificial production of gold. | ||
It has also been popular with [[ | It has also been popular with [[occultist]]s and esotericists since the 1800s, among whom the expression "as above, so below" (a modern paraphrase of the second verse of the Tablet) has become an often cited motto. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||