antimony

Greg Carden <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:05:42 -0600
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"Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks" wrote:
> * Note that in astrology, the Earth is not a planet. The alchemy
>    symbol for Antimony (AntiMoon), the 'planetairy metal' of the
>    Earth, is identical to the astronomy symbol for the Earth.

Antimony has nothing to do with the moon, as far as I know, it comes=20
from the French antimoine, meaning =93anti-monk=94 - the story goes that a=
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Benedictine monk in the 1600's, Basilius Valentinus, thought it was a=20
good treatment for health during fasting, and put some of the element=20
in the communal food bowl, and managed to kill most of his fellow=20
monks. Oops.
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"Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks" wrote:

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meaning =93anti-monk=94 - the story goes that a Benedictine monk in the
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health during fasting, and put some of the element in the communal
food bowl, and managed to kill most of his fellow monks. =
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