While critical of the kind of alchemy he associated with the Egyptian priests and their followers, Zosimos nonetheless saw the tradition's recent past as rooted in the rites of the Egyptian temples.
wˌaɪl kɹˈɪɾɪkəl ʌvðə kˈaɪnd ʌv ˈælkəmi hiː ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd wɪððɪ ɪdʒˈɪpʃən pɹˈiːsts ænd ðɛɹ fˈɑːloʊɚz, zəsˈɪmoʊz nˌʌnðəlˈɛs sˈɔː ðə tɹɐdˈɪʃənz ɹˈiːsənt pˈæst æz ɹˈuːɾᵻd ɪnðə ɹˈaɪts ʌvðɪ ɪdʒˈɪpʃən tˈɛmpəlz.