To the Stoics and Pythagoreans the term “palingenesis” was equivalent to metempsychosis or reincarnation. By reconstructing plants from their own ashes the alchemists sought to prove not only that consciousness and intelligence survive the annihilation of the physical structure, but they retain the individuality formerly possessed and remain as organized forces.
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