What is alchemy? At the core it’s the ‘transmutation’ of something. (See alchemy to really get my definition of it). To some this can mean medical, spiritual, or practical alchemy – whether turning a sick body into a healthy one, or a corrupt soul to the divine, and turning lead to gold. See alchemy It has an overlap with other occult beliefs like astrology, kabbalah (and christian kabbalah), Hermeticism, Neo-Platonism, Magic (like Theurgy and Thaumaturgy,) devine revelation (Theosophy) and other mysticism. Which is why I write and do podcast episodes on those, but always in the context of alchemy. See List of Concepts JUMP TO PODCAST What interest me about them? In addition to the actual understanding of alchemy. I like to explore why the saint Albertus Magnus was considered an alchemist, or real scientists like Isaac Newton. Did alchemists really further science? (yes). Did they really turn lead to gold? (no) What genuine scientific things did these occultists discover, and what genuine (to our contemporary definition) scientists did they influence? All these things are discussed in the podcast and throughout the site. People’s pages list: Their contribution to science or other achievements,

Their occult beliefs,

Who they influenced and/or were influenced by If I’ve done a podcast on them already, I’ll have a short biographical part to give a little background in where and when they were, but the focus is always on their works, beliefs and contributions to science. Instead of a donate button to help the show, I’ve written up a short introduction on alchemy, its history, basic concepts behind the “science” and methods. If you’d like to help us out, it’s worth it!

First time visitor?

If you’ve never been here before, I would start with the alchemy page and take it from there, my list of alchemists gives a good overview of people I’ve done podcasts on (or am currently working on doing a podcast on).

You can always click “browse content” at the top of every page, or listen to my podcast episode for an introduction to alchemy:

Podcasts

Take a look at at the History of Alchemy Podcast to accompany this wiki. The relevant podcast episodes are imbedded throughout the wiki, but feel free to subscribe to the podcast (RSS or on iTunes) and don’t forget to rate me on iTunes! That really helps me.

And a podcast I co-host called Bohemican, which is all about Bohemia, its culture and history. Also see Czechs in the Great War podcast series on Czechs in WWI by Bohemican