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These ancient wise men have kept their secret* to
themselves or only shared them with others with the same
knowledge and never spread it to the public because this
knowledge is very valuable and they only wanted to share
it with the group of people who appreciate it and
understand the value of iL Also Abu Bakr the translator
said that Daghreeth also wrote a book, which mentioned in
detail each plant and their loyalty to the planets like which
ones are loyal to Saturn or Mars and the rest of the seven
planets. He also said that he had made pleasant
descriptions with the colors of the plants, the different
animals, camels, sea creatures and birds and others. There
is some that are pleasant for the eye to see and others are
weird and he described them like the jewels against the
sunlight, the Moon and the planets and the rays of the
lights that shines from them and most of this happens with
magical feats and that is how we get the wonders and
secrets out of the visible sense motions that please the soul,
makes it busy and captures it. The colors of the plants, like
narcissus with its yellow flowers that are mixed with white
and its green stalk is what captures the soul of even' good
human just like it also captures the best kind of animals,
then there are also plants like the prince of all plants the
gillyflower, that has seven colors and even* color is very
likable and pleasant There are also plants, like the ones
that are engraved like asparagus, that have colors like
white, red, yellow and turquoise. There are also big trees
like the bitter orange tree that carries some green, some
yellow, some have sweet and some a bitter nature, just as
in white roses there are so many different colors in them
that please the soul. Beside the wonder of colors that the
plants have they also have wonders in shape, for instance
some have the shape of human beings, like the tree that
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