On Wednesday, 5th November 2014, Gerrit Bos – Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Martin-Buber-Institut at Cologne University – will give a lecture on a 16th century recipe book composed by the physician and Kabbalist Hayyim Vital from Safed who lived from 1542-1620. The book “Practical Kabbalah and Alchemy” (“Kabbalah Ma‘asit we-Alkhimiyah”) covers a wide variety of subjects, mostly in the form of practical recipes, in the fields of magic, medicine, technology, metallurgy and chemistry.
Time: 12.00-14.00 ct.
Venue: Bibliothek TOPOI-Haus, Hittorfstr. 18, 14195 Berlin
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