Examines why alchemist and Hermetic philosopher Zosimos of Panopolis endorses the Enochian account of origins of occult sciences in a quotation from George Synkellos' book "Chronographia." Views of Zosimos on Jewish alchemy; Origins of the word alkimiya, or alchemy, according to scholars; Implication of occult sciences and technology, as stated in the Book of Enoch, for humanity.