Alchemy & Alchemists

Alchemy has traditionally been viewed as 'the history of an error', an example of medieval gullibility and greed, in which alchemists tried to turn lead into gold, create fabulous wealth and find the elixir of life.

But alchemy has also been described as 'the mightiest secret that a man can possess', and it obsessed the likes of Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle and many of the founders of modern science.

Fulcanelli

Nicholas Flammel

Albertus Magnus

Roger Bacon

Paracelsus

Hermes Trismegistus

Athanasius Kircher

Giordano Bruno

John Dee

Rabbi Judah Loew