| Abstrakt: |
This article is the first part of a two-part study on the plants listed in the Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius , a manual in assigning to the thirty-six decans (stars of the Egyptian astronomy, assimilated by threes to each zodiacal sign) their appropriate stones, plants, metals, and dietary taboos for the production and effective use of ring-amulets against diseases. In this part, I delve into those plants whose textual reception is directed by a logic formulated by the zodiac (about one-third of the text's overall vegetal materials). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
