Kimia


Kimia or Kimiya is a feminine given name in Persian language, in which it means elixir of life, alchemy, or the philosopher’s stone.
In ancient Persian poetry, kimia means "rare" or "unique."
Alchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. It aims to purify, mature, and perfect certain objects. Latin words for Chemistry are derived from the ancient word kimia.
The meaning of Kimia, in the Persian literature refers to what is behind the ‘materialistic’ conception of alchemy, and instead to the secret of the spirit’s action in nature and the Universe, the macro-cosmos. By acquiring this divine wisdom of action, alchemists aspired to discover their inner reality, and transmute themselves.
The word appears ubiquitously in Persian literature. Some early usages can be seen in Vis and Ramin and Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh.
Other samples in verse and prose are:
“The alchemy of happiness is what counts in life,


Told Kasra his minister Bozorgmehr” —-Naser Khosrow
“A hundred thousand alchemies created by The Truth
Yet no alchemy like patience is known to Man” ——Rumi
The word Kimia has been frequently been used in other Persian poetry, including those of Hafez Shirazi:
از کیمیای مهر تو زر گشت روی من
آری به یمن لطف شما خاک زر شود
"By your love’s alchemy, my face became bright gold
Thanks to your grace, the dust can become gold."
or
آنان که خاک را به نظر کیمیا کنند
آیا بود که گوشه چشمی به ما کنند
"Those whose glance turns lead into gold,
Will they ever our sight behold?"

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