to gold) and give immortality and rejuvenation, therefore known as The Elixir of Life. Over the years and upon contemplating on the words of this text, one can actually discover the many layers and hidden meanings of these words of wisdom. The text speaks volumes of ancient Taoism and different concepts of Buddhism. It was none other than Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest and most influential scientists in human history, who claimed that many of his ideas came from the Corpus Hermeticum and the Emerald Tablet (which he translated). The center of the pendant is set with an emerald stone, and the whole structure of the pendant, the circle with the point in its center, is actually the ancient symbol of the Monad. The ancient Greeks called the Monad – the base, the essence, the foundation and the builder. On the back of the pendant at the outer circle is, of course, the ancient symbol of the Ouroboros, which in Alchemy also represents the Prima Materia and the constant change and transmutation of matter and the universe. At the center of the back of the pendant appears the ancient symbol of alchemy. #alchemy #emeraldtablets #ouroboros #monad #elixiroflife #hermestrismegistus