Alchemical Belief : : Occultism in the Religious Culture of Early Modern England /

Alchemical Belief : : Occultism in the Religious Culture of Early Modern England / / Bruce Janacek.

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What did it mean to believe in alchemy in early modern England? In this book, Bruce Janacek considers alchemical beliefs in the context of the writings of Thomas Tymme, Robert Fludd, Francis Bacon, Sir Kenelm Digby, and Elias Ashmole. Rather than examine alchemy from a scientific or medical perspect...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Janacek, Bruce,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2011
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Magic in History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 6 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Thomas Tymme and Natural Philosophy: Schism and Alchemical Unity in the Book of Nature
  • 2 Robert Fludd, Natural Theology, and the Alchemical Debate of 1623
  • 3 Francis Bacon, Alchemy, and the Great Redemption
  • 4 Catholic Natural Philosophy: Alchemy and the Revivification of Sir Kenelm Digby
  • 5 Elias Ashmole: The Collection and Culmination of Alchemical Thought
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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