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Ali Puli, also known as Alipili, is the attributed author of a number of 17th-century alchemical and hermetic texts. However, his historical existence is doubtful, and A.E. Waite went as far as to describe the work attributed to him as "forgery pure and simple in respect of age and authorship () may be left to stand at its value in the matter of content." He is described as a Mauritanian Christian of Asiatic extraction - also variously as an Arab (because he was said to have written in Arabic), and a Moor. ==Influence== The most influential work attributed to him is ''Centrum Naturae Concentratum''. This work was purported to have been written originally in Arabic, though no Arabic version is extant. It was published in Dutch in 1694, and first translated into English by Edmund Brice in 1696. It is most noted for the following passage: This passage is cited by Waite as evidence of a spiritual mystical tradition within alchemy, and has been widely quoted, notably by the theosophist Madame Blavatsky (who misattributes him as Abipili). The passage has been identified as a source of the Wiccan ''Charge of the Goddess'' produced by Gerald Gardner and later revised by Doreen Valiente. It is the oldest of the sources so identified. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ali Puli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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