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or an apparently defunct subject, alchemy has had a vast impact
on the modern world. On one hand, its spiritual theories have been
informing religious thought since the 3rd century, culminating
in the overwhelming influence they’ve had on the reconstructed
esoteric and magical movements of today. On the other, its relentless curiosity,
specialist equipment and experimental methodology made it the early crucible
of many of the sciences, notably chemistry, but also physics and pharmacology.
Despite science’s understandable reluctance to acknowledge it, alchemical
ideas have, directly or indirectly, led to breakthroughs in the understanding
of gravity, electromagnetism, atomic theory, medicine and even quantum
mechanics. Now, as modern academics put its illusive, elusive language under
the microscope, they’re discovering that alchemy, far from being the bumbling
precursor to science or alternative philosophy for religious refuseniks that it
has been painted as since the mid-18th century, in fact tied together a complex
web of intellectual connections and cultural exchanges between a vast range of
subjects, both arcane and mundane.
In this bookazine you’ll discover alchemical traditions from around the
world, from ancient Indian and Chinese sources to the unique mix of influences
that saw western alchemy begin in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. You’ll trace
its roots from here to the height of the Islamic Golden Age and onwards, find
out how and why Europe went wild for this complex, powerful and mysterious
knowledge, and explore how some of early science’s finest minds were also
practicing alchemists, the effect that this had on their theories and discoveries,
and the effect that alchemy had on both science and philosophy throughout
the centuries and onwards to today.
HISTORY OF
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