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portada The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2012
Language
English
Pages
216
Format
Paperback
ISBN
144113297x
ISBN13
9781441132970
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The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy

P. G. Maxwell-Stuart (Author) · Continuum Publishing Corporation · Paperback

The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy - P. G. Maxwell-Stuart

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Synopsis "The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy "

In this title, the history of alchemy traced from its earliest roots through to its influence in modern-day science. Beginning in China in the search for the secret of immortality, and appearing independently in Egypt as an attempt to produce gold through the arts of smelting and alloying metals, alchemy received a great boost in Europe from studies by Islamic and Jewish alchemists. Translated into Latin and then combined with what was known of Greek natural science these accounts provoked an outburst of attempts to manipulate matter and to change it into transformative substances known as the Philosopher's Stone or the Elixir of Life. Alchemy's heyday in Europe was the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Demonstrations of the art were performed in royal courts and specimens of the gold so transmuted can be seen in various museums today. During the nineteenth century, attempts were made to amalgamate alchemy with the religious and occult philosophies then growing in popularity; and in the twentieth century psychologists - principally Carl Jung - perceived in alchemy a powerful vehicle for aspects of their theories about human nature.

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