Ko te 8th-rau Muslim alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan (Latinized rite Geber) tātari ia huānga karakia i roto i ngā o nga āhuatanga taketake e wha. ahi ko te wera, me te maroke, te whenua me te matao, te wai, me te makariri, me te hau wera, me te maroke. theorized ia ko te whakakotahitanga o enei tikanga e wha, e rua o ratou roto, me te rua o waho. Mai i tenei whakaaro, i whakaaro e taea te transmutation o tetahi whakarewa ki tetahi atu i runga i te rearrangement o ona āhuatanga taketake. ka waiho tenei i roto i te kounga i roto i te aravihi Arapi, i haere mai ki te kia hua i roto i te Kariki Kariki xonon me te Arapi alchemics, me te ngana ki te kawe i te tukanga. i roto i te rautau 11th he maha o nga kaipūtaiao o Persian i ui ki a Albert Magnus ibn Hayyan (e whakahuatia ana e te tikanga o te hurihanga o te kohatu i roto i te whenua), engari i kitea e ia i roto i te tikanga
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