The First Alchemists: The Spiritual and Practical Origins of the Noble and Holy Art Churton Tobias
Explores the origins and practices of early alchemyExamines the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the "Royal Art," and the first alchemists, showing how women dominated early…
Specifikacia The First Alchemists: The Spiritual and Practical Origins of the Noble and Holy Art Churton Tobias
Explores the origins and practices of early alchemyExamines the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the "Royal Art," and the first alchemists, showing how women dominated early alchemyLooks at the historical setting for the first alchemists, with detailed accounts of their apparatus, recipes, chemical processes, and the ingredients they usedReveals how changing the color of materials was more important in early alchemy than transmuting base metals into goldInvestigating the origins of alchemy and the legend of the Philosopher's Stone, Tobias Churton explores the oldest surviving alchemical texts, the original purpose of the "Royal Art," and the first alchemists themselves. He reveals the theories and philosophies behind the art and how early apparatus and methods were employed by alchemists through the ages.Showing how women