songs. The album has been defined as an exercise in "musical alchemy" and celebrated as Ben Jor's greatest musical achievement, blending together samba, jazz and rock rhythms. See also As above, so below Hermetica Tablet (religious) References Further reading Forshaw, Peter (2006) (2006). "Alchemical Exegesis: Fractious Distillations of the Essence of Hermes", in L.M. Principe (ed.), Chymists and Chymistry: Studies in the History of Alchemy and Early Modern Chemistry. Sagamore Beach, MA: Science History Publications, 2007, 25-38 Holmyard, E.J. The Emerald Table, Nature, No. 2814, Vol. 112, October 6, 1923, pp 525–6. Holmyard, E.J., Alchemy, Pelican, Harmondsworth, 1957. pp 95–8. Needham, J., Science and Civilisation in China, vol. 5, part 4: Spagyrical discovery and invention: Apparatus, Theories and gifts. CUP, 1980. Ruska, Julius. Tabula Smaragdina. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der hermetischen Literatur. Heidelberg, 1926. Ruska, Julius. Die Alchimie ar-Razi's. n.p., 1935. Ruska, Julius. Quelques problemes de literature alchimiste. n.p., 1931. M. Robinson. The History and Myths surrounding Johannes Hispalensis, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies vol. 80, no. 4, October 2003, pp. 443–470, abstract. External links Various Translations of the Tablet Various Pieces on the Emerald Tablet Alchemical documents Hermetica Medieval texts Arabic literature