Liber I · Alchemy
Chapter V
History of Alchemy
7 min readAlchemical Hoaxes and Fraud: A History of Transmutation ClaimsA history of alchemical fraud and transmutation claims: imitation gold, Chaucer's tricksters, court alchemists on gilded gallows, witnesses and debunkers.8 min readEmpedocles and the Four Elements: Fire, Air, Water and EarthEmpedocles and the four elements: how the Sicilian philosopher's four roots, Love and Strife shaped Western alchemy, medicine, astrology and ritual magic.7 min readHistory of Western Alchemy: From Zosimos to NewtonThe history of Western alchemy: Zosimos, the Jabir corpus, Latin translations, the Philosopher's Stone, Paracelsus, Newton, Boyle and Jung's spiritual reading.8 min readIsaac Newton's Alchemy: The Manuscripts, Sources and MeaningIsaac Newton's alchemy: the papers sold in 1936, his laboratory, Philalethes and the green lion, Praxis, the 1693 crisis and what historians now conclude.
Forthcoming in this chapter
35- History of Alchemy: A Complete Guide
- Turba Philosophorum: History, Contents and Meaning
- Rosarium Philosophorum: History, Contents and Meaning
- Splendor Solis: History, Contents and Meaning
- Mutus Liber: History, Contents and Meaning
- Atalanta Fugiens: History, Contents and Meaning
- Book of Lambspring: History, Contents and Meaning
- Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine: History, Contents and Meaning
- Ripley Scroll: History, Contents and Meaning
- The Compound of Alchymy: History, Contents and Meaning
- Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae: History, Contents and Meaning
- Musaeum Hermeticum: History, Contents and Meaning
- Theatrum Chemicum: History, Contents and Meaning
- Le Mystère des Cathédrales: History, Contents and Meaning
- Secret of the Golden Flower: History, Contents and Meaning
- The Magnum Opus: Meaning, History and Practice
- Citrinitas: Meaning, History and Practice
- Rubedo: Meaning, History and Practice
- Solve et Coagula: Meaning, History and Practice
- Tria Prima: Meaning, History and Practice
- Philosophical Mercury: Meaning, History and Practice
- Prima Materia: Meaning, History and Practice
- The Seven Metals: Meaning, History and Practice
- Spagyrics: Meaning, History and Practice
- Calcination: Meaning, History and Practice
- Dissolution: Meaning, History and Practice
- Separation: Meaning, History and Practice
- Conjunction: Meaning, History and Practice
- Fermentation: Meaning, History and Practice
- Distillation: Meaning, History and Practice
- Coagulation: Meaning, History and Practice
- Alembic and Athanor: Meaning, History and Practice
- Alchemy and Chemistry: Meaning, History and Practice
- Jungian Alchemy: Meaning, History and Practice
- Rasayana: Meaning, History and Practice