期刊名称：Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines
印刷版ISSN：2069-4008
电子版ISSN：2069-4016
出版年度：2008
页码：105-106
语种：English
出版社：Universitatea "Stefan cel Mare" Suceava
摘要：The book entitled The Alchemy of human evolution proposes a throughout and analytical incursion within the dimension of an extremely inciting topic,both for the large public and for acknowledged researchers in field of occult sciences,alchemy of evolution of mystic societies. In this way,the author Marius Dumitrescu,Prof. PhD at Al. I. Cuza University of Iaşi focuses the analytical effort not only over describing the social-historical evolution of the alchemy field,but in order to understand and perceive the alchemy as a way of assuming the mystical-philosophical feature of our lives. Within this frame,the alchemists have been reminded and presented by the author,as complex personalities,which emphasized at some point the history and the development of human civilization,in different fields of both human and scientific research. These spirits that underlined the history of humanity have kept more often as secret their passion and dedication for alchemy; such a hidden aspect was determined by the persecutions of social factors,but was also cultivated as a metaphysical screen that indicated alchemy as the discipline belonging to those being initiated. The author insisted,during his entire research,over the idea that alchemy was intended at its beginning to be an ante-science of transmutations,its aim mainly consisting in elevating the degenerated natures. The alchemist,in accordance to the author,regards even the metals as plants that can be raised,thus reducing the defects and increasing the qualities. Considering this point of view,the alchemist has opened the universe to some possibilities near to the magic and fairytale valences of the witchery. The alchemy has been classified in various sub-fields,such as the mineral,vegetal or social alchemy; still,the basic alchemy consists in the spiritual feature.
