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An alchemist is a person versed in the art of alchemy. Western alchemy flourished in Greco-Roman Egypt, the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, and then in Europe from the 13th to the 18th centuries. Indian alchemists and Chinese alchemists made contributions to Eastern varieties of the art. Alchemy is still practiced today by a few, and ...
Edward Kelley (1555–1597), spirit medium and alchemist who worked with John Dee, founder of Enochian magic [9] John Lambe (1545–1628), astrologer to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham; Nostradamus (1503–1566), [20] one of the world's most famous prophets [9] Paracelsus (1493–1541), medical pioneer and occult philosopher
For example, Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), an alchemist better known for his astronomical and astrological investigations, had a laboratory built at his Uraniborg observatory/research institute. Michael Sendivogius ( Michał Sędziwój , 1566–1636), a Polish alchemist, philosopher, medical doctor and pioneer of chemistry wrote mystical works but ...
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View history; Tools. Tools. ... Alchemists of the medieval Islamic world (1 C, 35 P) P. Paracelsians (18 P) Pages in category "Alchemists"
These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the medicines they cooked up in their labs ‘secrets’. And now, thanks to ...
The most influential names in the history of alchemy include: Hermes Trismegistus – by tradition, the founder of Western alchemy; many alchemical works were attributed to him. Wei Boyang – authored the earliest known book on theoretical alchemy in China. Pseudo-Democritus – anonymous author of the oldest extant works of Greco-Egyptian ...
Mary or Maria the Jewess (Latin: Maria Hebraea), also known as Mary the Prophetess (Latin: Maria Prophetissa) or Maria the Copt (Arabic: مارية القبطية, romanized: Māriyya al-Qibṭiyya), [1] was an early alchemist known from the works of Zosimos of Panopolis (fl. c. 300) and other authors in the Greek alchemical tradition. [2]