Mrs Hope 2 nd Block Honors Brit Lit Alchemy Purpose Alchemy was created by doctors and mathematicians of the 16th17 th centuries Alchemy included different healing methods as well as transformation base metals such as iron and copper into gold ID: 205731
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John BrownMrs. Hope 2nd BlockHonors Brit Lit
AlchemySlide2
PurposeAlchemy was created by doctors and mathematicians of the 16th/17
th
centuries. Alchemy included different healing methods as well as transformation base metals, such as iron and copper, into gold.
Alchemy was also created for different methods of healing.Slide3
Alchemists Throughout History
Chang Tao-Ling (Chinese)
Hermes
Trismegistus
(Egyptian)
Rhasis
(Arabian)
Arnold de Villeneuve or Villanova (European)
Jean
Baptista
Van
Helmont
(French)Slide4
MisconceptionsAlchemy was thought to be a type of witchcraft, people were unable to understand how a man could transform something as worthless as iron into something as valuable as gold. People thought that alchemists obtained their powers from the devil. Slide5
Alchemical TextsEmerald TabletAsclepian DialoguesDivine Pymander
The Sum of the Perfect
MagisterySlide6
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Hefner, Alan G.. "Alchemy." the MYSTICA.ORG.
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