LIthebula le-Emerald lingomunye wemibhalo eyaziwa kakhulu kusiko lakwa-Esoteric ne-Alchemical. Ngokwesiko, leli cwecwe eliqoshwe kwi-Emerald latholakala ethuneni likaHermès Trismegistus, ongubaba ongumGreek ongumsuka wemikhuba ye-Alchemical. Lokhu akusho ukuthi, ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthi wayengumbhali walo mbhalo, kodwa ngokuqinisekile wawusebenzisa kakhulu. Njengabacabangi abaningi bamaGrikhi namafilosofi, imithombo yokuphefumulelwa, uma kungenjalo imithombo yolwazi, imvamisa yayiqhamuka eGibhithe.