alchemy – Rethinking the Nature of Substance

[Old – from Ch1-2] Chapter 2-2: Ancient Greeks and Early Alchemists V0.4

Sep 15, 2024

Technological innovations may have been developed by this time, but their conception was not seen as we do today. They were not created or understood by means of abstract thought, but through imaginative (creative, but exact) thought pictures…

Seven Stages of Alchemy

Sep 12, 2024

In which I search for one word summaries for each of the parts and chapters of the book and find a 7 stage alchemical journey…

[Old] Chapter 1-Part 5: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism

Sep 7, 2024

An early draft of a deprecated chapter on Medieval alchemy…

[Old] Chapter 1-Part 1 – Prehistory: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism

May 5, 2020

Early draft of deprecated chapter. The mysteries to be explored in this book largely fall under the subject matter of chemistry. Though I was not particularly talented at school or university in the practical art of chemistry, I have always been fascinated by its apparent magical qualities. There is something deeply mysterious about it. I…

[Old] Chapter 1 part 2 (version-0.2)

Apr 30, 2020

An early draft of deprecated chapter about alchemy, copied from Wikipedia to help me develop my own ideas…

[Old] Chapter 1 part 1 (version-0.2)

Apr 30, 2020

This deprecated draft chapter started as a historical review of chemistry in the West. This update interweaves its content with Rudolf Steiner’s Riddles of Philosophy. Also used is E.J. Dijksterhuis The Mechanization of the World Picture….

[Old] Chapter 7: Pictet, Spessard, Baranger, etc [New Ch.10 V0.2.1]

Apr 17, 2020

One of those investigating such matters was the Swiss chemist Amé Pictet. His student, Werner Scherrer, in collaboration with Louis Helfer were inspired by the observations of Louis Pasteur, who had found what they suspected were high levels of argon in yeast.

[Old] The story so far…

Apr 17, 2020

As I make this sketch it has begun to become apparent which of the ideas form its golden threads and the manner of their appearance. One of those threads is that of the lion of alchemy…

[Old] Chapter 1: The Origins of Chemistry

Apr 8, 2020

The mysteries to be explored in this book largely fall under the subject matter of chemistry. Though I was not particularly talented at school or university in the practical art of chemistry, I have always been fascinated by its magical qualities. There is something deeply mysterious about it….

[Old] Chemistry [New Ch.7]

Jan 24, 2020

Late eighteenth century – Lavoisier’s quantitative chemistry – early nineteenth century developments – material world conception – ends mainstream vitalistic ideas…

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