Outline of alchemy explained
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to alchemy:
Alchemy - A philosophical tradition recognized as protoscience, that includes the application of Hermetic principles, and practices related to mythology, religion, and spirituality.
Branches
Influences
Influences upon alchemy - alchemy developed dependent on a number of influences and experienced regional and period-specific variations:
Related fields
Concepts
Processes
Magnum opus - great work of alchemy consisting of:
Alchemists also engaged in practical and symbolic processes including:
Symbolism
Alchemical symbol -
1. Glyphs
2. Imagery
3. Visual Symbolism
Scientific connections
Substances of the alchemists
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Apparatus
Stills
Vessels
Heating devices
Alchemy organizations
Alchemical texts
Journals
Alchemists
See main article: List of alchemists. 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 alchemy.
- Zosimos of Panopolis - influential Greco-Egyptian alchemist.
- Khālid ibn Yazīd - credited with introducing alchemy to the Islamic world.
- Pseudo-Apollonius of Tyana - earliest known source of the sulfur-mercury theory of metals and the Emerald Tablet.
- Jābir ibn Hayyān - notable for the theory of the balance (ʿilm al-mīzān), the theory of artificial generation (ʿilm al-takwīn), and a general emphasis on experimental science.
- Pseudo-Geber - later Latin alchemist who wrote the influential Summa perfectionis.
- Roger Bacon - staunch proponent of the use of alchemy.
- Paracelsus - developer of iatrochemistry.
- Robert Boyle - alchemist critical of Paracelsus, credited as the father of modern chemistry.
- Mary Anne Atwood - key figure in the occult revival of alchemy.
- Carl Jung - merged alchemy and psychoanalytic thought.
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