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Ian Nottingham

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   posted 08-28-2005 01:33 AM                       
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2. A variety of versions of the Emerald Table.

2.1 Two Arabic versions : Jabir and Balinas.

The first version was found by Holmyard in 1923 in the Second Book of the Element of the Foundation,
attributed to Jabir. It dates from the 8th century AD.

"Balinas mentions the engraving on a table in the hand of Hermes, which says :

'Truth ! Certainty ! That in which there is no doubt ! That which is above is from that which is below, and
that which is below is from that which is above, working the miracles of one. As all things were from one. Its
father is the Sun and its mother the Moon. The Earth carried it in her belly, and the Wind nourished it in her
belly, as Earth which shall become Fire. Feed the Earth from that which is subtle, with the greatest power. It
ascends from the Earth to the heaven and becomes ruler over that which is above and that which is
below.'

And I have already explained the meaning of the whole of this in two of these books of mine."

Jabir (attributed to) : Second Book of the Element of the Foundation, middle 8th century AD.

Ruska discovered another longer Arabic version, said to have been dictated by Sergius of Nablus, in a
book called Book of the Secret of Creation and the Art of Nature (Kitab Sirr al-Khaliqa wa San 'at al-Tabi'a
which was also called : Kitab Balaniyus al-Hakim fi'l-'Ilal or Book of Balinas the wise on the Causes), written
as early as 650 BC and definitely finished by the time of the caliphate of Al-Ma'mun (813 - 833). A Syriac
source has been suggested, but none of these contain the Tabula.

"Here is that which the priest Sagijus of Nabulus has dictated concerning the entrance of Balinas into the
hidden chamber.

'After my entrance into the chamber, where the talisman was set up, I came up to an old man sitting on a
golden throne, who was holding an emerald table in one hand. And behold the following -in Syriac, the
primordial language- was written thereon :

Here (is) a true explanation, concerning which there can be no doubt. It attests : the above from the below,
and the below from the above - the work of the miracle of the One. And things have been from this primal
substance through a single act. How wonderful is this work ! It is the main (principle) of the world and is
its maintainer. Its father is the sun and its mother the moon. The wind has borne it in its body, and the
earth has nourished it. The father of talismen and the protector of miracles whose powers are perfect, and
whose lights are confirmed (?). A fire that becomes earth. Separate the earth from the fire, so you will
attain the subtle as more inherent than the gross, with care and sagacity. It rises from earth to heaven, so
as to draw the lights of the heights to itself, and descends to the earth ; thus within it are the forces of the
above and the below ; because the light of lights within it, thus does the darkness flee before it. The force
of forces, which overcomes every subtle thing and penetrates into everything gross. The structure of the
microcosm is in accordance with the structure of the macrocosm. And accordingly proceed the
knowledgeable.

And to this aspired Hermes, who was threefold graced with wisdom. And this is his last book, which he
concealed in the chamber.'"
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