Alchemical traditions

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thumb|Frontispiece to Thomas Willis' 1663 book , a treatise on [[fermentation as a mysterious key to transformations (from mash to beer or from health to fevers), engraved and published by Gerbrandus Schagen in Amsterdam]]

In early ayurvedic medicine, rasāyana is one of the eight areas of medicine in Sanskrit literature.

Rosicrucian esoteric Christian order