Project Gutenberg 2013-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 418 Redgrove, H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley) 1887 1943 Redgrove, Herbert Stanley Alchemy: Ancient and Modern Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand; Together with Some Particulars Regarding the Lives and Teachings of the Most Noted Alchemists Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Alchemy: Ancient and Modern" by H. Stanley Redgrove is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work discusses the philosophical and experimental aspects of alchemy, examining its relationship with mysticism and recent developments in physical science. Redgrove seeks to reframe the outdated perception of alchemy as mere superstition, presenting it instead as an important precursor to modern chemistry, with valuable insights into humanity's understanding of the physical universe. The opening of the book introduces the concept of alchemy, emphasizing its dual nature as both a physical practice and a spiritual philosophy. Redgrove explains that while alchemy is often simplistically viewed as the quest to transform base metals into gold through the Philosopher's Stone, it actually represents a deeper investigation into the nature of reality. He highlights the alchemists' belief in a cosmic unity and their attempts to realize this through experimental methods, while also recognizing the significant mystical elements within their doctrines. The opening sets the stage for the subsequent exploration of the lives and teachings of notable alchemists and their contributions to chemistry and mysticism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43240/43240-h/images/cover.jpg en Alchemy -- History QD Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General 396861 396898 2024-09-18T07:30:10.963562 2023-09-19T03:43:08.631447 text/html text/html 399844 2020-09-02T21:12:33 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1421849 2020-09-02T21:12:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1581674 2024-09-18T07:30:19.889509 application/epub+zip 1585552 2024-09-18T07:30:12.808546 application/epub+zip 196814 2024-09-18T07:30:11.815546 application/epub+zip 1768574 2024-09-18T07:30:24.694455 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1737064 2024-09-18T07:30:18.871510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300728 2022-09-19T17:35:05.825635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294569 2024-09-18T07:30:09.499527 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296153 2013-07-17T14:44:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 106348 2013-07-17T14:45:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 294002 2013-07-17T14:44:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105885 2013-07-17T14:45:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294795 2013-07-17T14:45:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105859 2013-07-17T14:45:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21469 2024-09-18T07:30:24.872443 application/rdf+xml 12126 2024-09-18T07:30:11.948542 image/jpeg 2177 2024-09-18T07:30:11.883520 image/jpeg 1423323 2024-09-18T07:30:11.043565 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog