Scientists at CERN recently transmuted lead into gold thus achieving one of the long-sought after aims of the Alchemists. But, given that chemical transmutation of metals is impossible, just what was going on in the crucibles of ancient alchemy? Let’s explore the history and science behind alchemical transmutation to better understand just how ingenious the alchemists really were.
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Recommended Readings:
Linden – The Alchemy Reader
https://amzn.to/3VUhamt
Principe – The Secrets of Alchemy
https://amzn.to/3vSUOqy
Newman – Newton the Alchemist
https://amzn.to/3VK513l
Rampling – The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700
https://amzn.to/3VTzlZu
Zuber – Spiritual Alchemy
https://amzn.to/43Qfmg7
Weeks – Paracelsus: Speculative Theory & the Crisis of the Early Reformation
https://amzn.to/3PVbyEG
Paracelsus: Essential Readings
https://amzn.to/43QUSUu
Abraham – A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery
https://amzn.to/3xt3Xqx