| 单词 | alchemical |
| 例句 | We used a lovely alchemical adhesive Simmon had cooked up for the occasion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He remarked, “The alchemical worm Ouroboros that encircles the world devours itself.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Why did Birch destroy Boyle’s alchemical papers, not celebrate them? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rather, he had them, but they were in a perpetual state of regrowing from being burned off in the course of his alchemical pursuits. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is a flowing waterfall of alchemical and astrological symbols, ancient marks for planets and elements all emblazoned in black ink upon her fair skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Boyle and Newton devoted an enormous amount of effort to alchemical researches. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Starkey sought to discover this and other lost secrets by careful study of the alchemical texts, which were written, as he acknowledged, in a deliberately impenetrable language. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To become a member Boyle had to hand over his own alchemical secrets, but also valuable gifts—telescopes, microscopes, clocks, luxurious fabrics, large sums of money. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z How could Boyle, one of the key figures of the Scientific Revolution, be so totally convinced of the reality of alchemical transmutation? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The inside of the main tent is lit with lanterns burning with green alchemical fire, tinting everything a sickly color. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Geoffroy’s work appeared in a context where chemists were already trying to escape from alchemical thinking. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They held a secret between them, and it burned like alchemical fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In showing that many alchemical recipes can indeed be performed in a modern laboratory, these scholars have rendered apparently incomprehensible texts meaningful and reinstated alchemy as a laboratory science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Not one of the four ancient Ionian and alchemical “elements” is in the modern sense an element at all: one is a molecule, two are mixtures of molecules, and the last is a plasma. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember what all of them mean. I only know the astrological symbols and some of the alchemical ones, and I don’t know them particularly well, either.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “The alchemical worm Ouroboros of ancient myth. Its teeth are sunk in its tail.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the makeshift alchemical laboratory in the windowless attic of the crematorium, a small blue flame touched the curved glass base of a suspended flask. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It’s hard not to think about art-making of any kind as an alchemical process, in which feelings and experiences go in and something else comes out. Joni Mitchell Discusses Her New Book of Early Songs and Drawings 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z What is remarkable about McBride as an author is not her subject matter, but the style of her prose, which is almost alchemical in effect. Book Talk: Irish author was told 'didn't fit niche' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z That may seem paradoxical, but it’s no more so than the movies themselves, a commercial form that depends on an alchemical combination of art and money, vision and hustle. At Last Back at Sundance, Filled With Rocky Relationships and Glorious Writers 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Or might it be a reference to the “black” stage in certain alchemical experiments? Review | This is getting weird: Critics on horror, science fiction and fantasy 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z And that is what Dylan has done for us, in that alchemical combination of the notes he plays and the lustrous words he puts to them. The Rambling Glory of Bob Dylan’s Nobel Speech 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z These scenes resemble drawings in the alchemical tradition, which gave rise to a now debunked theory that the thirteenth-century natural philosopher Roger Bacon wrote the book. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z He points out that Isaac Newton, no less, devoted as much time to biblical exegesis, alchemical experiments and other occult matters as he did to theorizing about gravity and working out the principles of calculus. Review | How scientists came to be 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z He then finishes the softened strips in a beurre blanc, which, thanks to the alchemical magic of emulsification, isn’t repelled by the water clinging to the noodles but magnetically adheres to it instead. What Rutabaga Does Better Than Anyone Else 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z For my benefit, in the sunshine, he explains a little of how the alchemical elements of English Magic came about. Jeremy Deller's visions of England 2013-06-01T22:00:01Z It’s that alchemical combination of personality, politics, pulp and pop that took “Empire” to the top. ‘Empire’ Season 3 Premiere: The Fall 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z It was only when studying Spanish before going to university that I was introduced to translating, and I just fell in love with the whole alchemical process of transforming one language into another. ‘Her Prose Is Sometimes Poetry’: Why Margaret Jull Costa Loves Virginia Woolf 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z “I try to stay locked in my alchemical cell, sealed off from the present as much as possible,” he jokes. The Lighthouse director Robert Eggers on storms, seagulls and spraying Robert Pattinson with a hose 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z A word that exemplifies my belief in the transformative power of knowledge of oneself, in the alchemical strength of intimate experience with the unfamiliar. The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z A stubborn obscurity in several senses prevents him from investing every minute of his film with the same richness and immediacy, but it’s still an alchemical experiment well worth witnessing. ‘Story of My Death,’ a Tale of Casanova and Dracula 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The alchemical smell of paints, solvents and Golden Virginia was brilliant and heady. Six novelists on their favourite second artform 2013-04-27T07:00:18Z But others resembled runes, astrological diagrams, or alchemical signs. Witch Houses of the Hudson Valley 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z “When you get done playing the quartet, you feel like you’ve been through some kind of alchemical process. You come out inspired, elevated, exhausted and rewarded; it’s cathartic every time you play it.” Olivier Messiaen wrote music in a Nazi prison camp. Artist Susan Silton has asked women to perform it 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z "Discovery's" daemons, the third magical species, seem extraneous to its cosmology; perhaps they'll play a larger part in sequels, or perhaps their presence is necessary to illustrate some alchemical allegory. 'A Discovery of Witches': at Oxford University, unrest among the supernatural set 2011-02-17T21:27:04Z Descended from alchemical origins, it was perfected in its familiar "dry" style during the British Empire and reflected an imperial power's taste for imported curiosities: cubeb berries, orris root, cassia bark. The Eye: June 2013 2013-06-04T14:09:54Z They feature alchemical transformations or show the influence of African ritual objects. Review | In the galleries: The past invades the present in paintings by Gregory Ferrand 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z I have often performed this exercise, with a modicum of writerly envy, over the decades of reading his work: What exactly is the alchemical magic in these pages? Denis Johnson’s Death-Infused Last Stories 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z David Stern conducts the Juilliard Orchestra; sets are inspired by the American artist Joseph Cornell, Carl Jung’s alchemical images and the Masonic lodges of New England. Mozart’s Way With Singspiels 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z But it has that elusive, alchemical magic that those in the industry spend their lives chasing and the more it supplies, the greater the craving for it becomes. Scandal; Summer's Supermarket Secrets – TV review 2013-07-05T09:24:00Z There is something alchemical about Mann’s documentary too. Carmine Street Guitars: tuning up with New York's finest plank-spankers 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Even when I’m not crazy about the song, I’m repeatedly reminded of the alchemical fusion of skill, ingenuity and happenstance that culminates in art. ‘Song Exploder’ Reveals the Eureka Moments Behind the Hits 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z There are alchemical combinations, like watermelon, tomato and lime; and whimsical concoctions, like a fennel frond blend that somehow tastes like a morning hike in a nearby canyon. | Where Cold-Pressed Juice and Raw Food Are Art Forms 2013-08-29T22:24:16Z From another, it is a locus of myth and mystery, a site of alchemical transformation from which all humanity springs. The Womb Is a Miracle, and a Mystery 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Wouldn’t you assume that the designers were endowed with some alchemical or shamanistic power?” Books of The Times: Inducements to Filthiness and Other Paradoxes 2011-03-22T11:00:00Z Again Vermes is inclined to see "Platonic" themes as one of the elements that work the alchemical change in Christianity that will make it unrecognisable to its founder. Christian Beginnings by Geza Vermes - review 2012-07-11T07:00:02Z Mixed with alchemical precision, the monthly rotating selection features rare extravagances like the Prince of Wales, a heady mix of Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac, Dry Orange Curaçao, DOM Benedictine and Champagne. 36 Hours in Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Menkes has compared this alchemical process to sorcery, and her trancelike movies, which rely on repetition and incantation, act on the viewer like spells. Retrospectives of the Filmmaker Nina Menkes 2012-02-19T03:37:17Z The result, he added, was “an alchemical marriage of murder mystery and Christian mystery.” Umberto Eco, best-selling author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dies at 84 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The best ones have a rare, almost alchemical combination of our fascination with crime, the ever popular underdog story, and our love of twisty, complicated plots. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'Tower Heist 2011-11-03T13:01:07Z In movies, the alchemical force that makes an actor a star isn’t a straightforward matter of technique, akin to a musician-like virtuosity that can be achieved with study and practice. A Portrait of the Artist as an Older Man 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z And as we do, an almost alchemical transformation takes place, as our various sensory and cognitive impressions merge into a thrilling and powerful form of understanding. ‘Mr. Turner,’ About the Life of the Artist J. M. W. Turner 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z An alchemical ingredient was the lighting, which subtly increased as daylight waned: fabric and jewelry gleamed as if they were phosphorescent. An Enchanted Evening of Indian Dance Under a Turner Sky 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Movie stardom depends on charisma and that alchemical quality called presence, as well as a certain amount of predictability and patterns, genres and types. Robert Pattinson Knows What You Think, but He Can Work With That 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “There are references to beauty waters, which were botanicals extracted from an alchemical still or a tea-kettling system,” Ms. Tsai said. What Is an Essence and Why Is It More Important Than Moisturizer? 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The author practices a kind of alchemical noticing that destabilizes reality and brings the outside world into alignment with characters’ inner lives. Lauren Groff’s Stunning New Collection, “Florida,” Unfolds “in an Eden of Dangerous Things” 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The idea, Gates said in an interview, isn’t to offer a straight biography, but to allow authors to take something of a personal, almost alchemical approach to their subject. From Henry Louis Gates Jr., Another Scholarly Megaproject 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The effect of some fresh singers was less alchemical when I returned to Des McAnuff’s spare, cool Met production of Gounod’s “Faust” on Friday evening, two months after it opened. Music Review: ?Faust,? With Joseph Calleja, at the Met - Review 2012-01-15T23:23:25Z Chance effects, alchemical voodoo and poetic suggestion are all part of Mann’s artful approach. Review | Sally Mann: A great artist who loves tumbling into trouble 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The musical biography has an impossibly high degree of alchemical difficulty. Queen, Ally and the Alchemy of Musical Stardom on the Big Screen 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z At the time, I wrote that the production “finds an alchemical substance in Shakespeare that transcends the verbal,” and added, “Shakespeare’s first language, it would seem, is not English after all; it’s theater.” ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: The Writing's on the Wall 2011-11-10T17:00:41Z All four shows trace this alchemical quality of grief, how it changes shape and spreads. A wave of recent TV series focus on child deaths. Is it all too morbid — or a sign of our times? 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z He incorporated the alchemical materials of fire and melted metals and became increasingly absorbed by the Jewish myths and beliefs that the Nazis had attempted to eradicate. A life in art: Anselm Kiefer 2011-03-21T08:00:00Z This seems appropriate to ceramics, the alchemical art of earth transformed by fire. Sterling Ruby Pipes Down, a Bit 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z In its place, Lunenfeld overworks a flimsy metaphor, tenuously mapping the alchemical elements of earth, air, fire, water and aether onto his 11 chapters. The City of Angels, Viewed Through a Prism 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z In 1970, at age 45 and acclaimed for his alchemical ability to turn detritus into art, he felt tired of living in Manhattan. A Rare Look at Rauschenberg’s Second Act 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z A cover always comes with the promise of alchemical transcendence and the threat of bad karaoke. Country-music fans get what they want. Even if what they want is Motley Crue “Empire” wouldn’t be “Empire” if Henson had not been cast—she’s alchemical in the role, the spark that sets the show on fire. Let’s start arguing about the Emmys now: The critic’s dream ballot that could come true 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s a kind of visual bartending — an understanding of how to balance the alchemical tensions and interplays within a vocabulary of distilled spirits, and mix a rare and intoxicating mood. Critical Shopper: Opening Ceremony Reinvents the Fashion Wheel 2010-08-25T00:23:00Z The increasingly elaborate occult games include fitful alchemical conjurings replete with bursts of flame, and the actors’ performances—and the cinematography, by Bernard Daillencourt—match their expressive flash. A Lost Masterwork Is Found: Thomas White's “Who's Crazy?” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z A confluence of alchemical elements was at work here, converging in ways that made a perfectly charming but small musical feel like a major event. Review: In ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a Ravenous Plant Is Reborn at City Center 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Victor Frankenstein, his head full of alchemical hocus-pocus, goes off to the University of Ingolstadt. Ten of the best: lectures 2011-03-12T00:06:46Z In his slouchy, witty pop songs Rufus Wainwright does something alchemical to the Great American Songbook. Music Review: ?Prima Donna,? by Rufus Wainwright, Makes American Debut 2012-02-20T23:24:50Z “The old alchemical dream was changing base metals into gold,” Mr. Wolfe wrote. Yes Me Can 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z And it’s increasingly clear that Mr. Muniz has ambitions beyond the art world — something to do with alchemical transformation, not just of garbage into art, and art into cash, but also of people’s lives. Where Art Meets Trash And Transforms Life 2010-10-24T05:15:00Z And I also think of it in a philosophical, alchemical sense. Crafts Are Celebrated at Peekskill Clay Studios 2011-10-23T00:48:55Z Maybe it is enough to see them as alchemical transformations of the dead into living works of art. Art Review: Getting Small: A Man?s World, in Miniature 2010-12-02T22:49:00Z Think of them as alchemical baristas, serving up individualized elixirs to treat all kinds of urban ills. As Halloween Approaches, Brooklyn's Real-Life Good Witches Concoct Herbal Brews 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z As he breaks down the concept and chapters, his excitement builds, his syllables accelerate; you catch that alchemical symphony that buoyed those immemorial songs. The Doors defined California cool in the ’60s. How does their legacy stack up 50 years later? 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z It’s not always doomed to failure, it’s a strange alchemical thing. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z The adrenaline of being in the room as something alchemical happens overrides the potential worry, wisely or not. Live Music Is Back! (Live Music Is Back?) 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z First, they become characters, and then, with alchemical mystery and deep feeling, they turn into people. Movie Review: ‘The Missing Picture,’ Rithy Panh’s Look at 1970s Cambodia 2014-03-18T22:24:57Z Snow feels alchemical, coating the landscape in a mantle of white. Snowmaking is the most dangerous part of skiing 2013-02-23T13:00:00Z Yet, given the show’s ancient alchemical context, something else is revealed. Wonderfully weird 'Branchini Madonna' at the heart of an engrossing Getty show 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The alchemical fusions of color, light and material that compose a piece. With bold brush strokes and luminous neon, L.A. painter Mary Weatherford comes into her own 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z This gives the building an enigmatic, alchemical air, changing its character throughout the day. Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt' 2013-04-16T17:56:13Z It’s an anachronistic approach in an era of emailed Pro Tools files, but one that reignited an alchemical formula that had ostensibly expired decades ago. Against all odds, A Tribe Called Quest delivers one final masterpiece 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z What transpires onstage, however, is nothing short of alchemical again. Antony's Meltdown – review 2012-08-11T23:06:00Z And so he sees in Andreae’s work something not unlike his own creative process—that is, a use of the alchemical and the occult imagination in service to a story. Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and spiffed up with an $18-million 3D makeover, Cameron’s alchemical blend of disaster movie and doomed love story reopened Wednesday. Hunger Games Eats American's Pie, Slams Into Refloated Titanic 2012-04-08T20:52:08Z It also fascinates us for occupying the alchemical moment in England when the High Middle Ages was transforming into the Renaissance, papal dominance was giving way to Protestant independence, and feudalism was lurching toward capitalism. Obsessed with Anne Boleyn 2012-06-18T22:01:00Z The porridge stretches each small dish and also mutates it, serving as both quiet backdrop and alchemical medium. Bottomless Brunch Means Bottomless Khao Tom at Noods n’ Chill 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Descended from alchemical origins, it was perfected in its familiar “dry” style during the British and reflected an imperial power’s taste for imported curiosities: cubeb berries, orris root, cassia bark. The Eye: Gin Revival, Fedora Smarts And Surfboard Style 2013-06-04T14:09:54Z The makeup brand Urban Decay released an “Elements” eye-shadow palette decorated with alchemical sigils; Sephora briefly offered “witch kits” with tarot cards and bundles of sage inside, which were pulled due to public outcry. Monsters, men and magic: how Trump awoke a powerful, angry new wave of feminist witches 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z But no one has ever really sounded like the classic Magic Band in full flight: more striking even than their music is the sense that Beefheart achieved something genuinely mysterious, alchemical, inexplicable and unrepeatable. Captain Beefheart: dust blows forward and dust blows back - an appreciation 2010-12-18T00:37:31Z Jung somewhere observes that lives often collapse in cycles of seven years, a notion derived, I think, from an alchemical principle. My Obsession with a Beatles Song 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The early scientific habit of analogy was still strong, but Harvey had no time for the then-current distillatory or alchemical model of blood circulation. Circulation: William Harvey's Revolutionary Idea by Thomas Wright – review 2012-06-06T09:50:01Z The experience of listening to it is so full and immediate, especially if there is that alchemical connection between you and the particular work — it defies words, doesn’t it? Prince’s genius changed my life: How I quit my network job — and found religion — to his funky beat 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Vibrant illustrations of plants and astronomical and astrological charts suggest the volume may be an alchemical, magical, or scientific text. 5 historic codes yet to be cracked 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s “alchemical,” an “out of body experience,” an attempt to preserve insights from the “etheric moment” between wakefulness and dreams. 2010-02-06T00:53:00Z Meanwhile, the plots were built on alchemical themes of dissolution, purification, illumination and perfection, themes shared with Milton, Blake, C.S. Religion: Final gasp of the 'Harry Potter' wars? 2011-07-18T16:00:06Z He is slightly fuzzy due to one of the alchemical quirks and glitches of the various technologies involved, and appears as if he is vibrating. How Google Street View is inspiring new photography 2012-07-14T18:36:10Z Instead, they offer opportunities to observe that alchemical process whereby the inexplicable becomes recognizable. Quay Brothers at MoMA: Bending Realities for People and Puppets 2012-08-10T12:16:29Z The organization’s Web site describes “The Chemical Wedding” as a text that “leads us toward the vision of a better world through an alchemical dream.” Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Chamber Dance Company: Hannah Wiley of the University of Washington dance program brings the dance archive to life with a downright alchemical flair. Seattle dance activity on all fronts 2012-10-10T19:58:03Z He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. Magician’s brain 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Which is no slight on the film itself – just an indication that March of the Penguins’ strange, alchemical cultural moment has passed. The march continues: why documentary sequels are on the rise 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z There is no program to the suite, but the alchemical title, the composer noted, was meant to suggest "secret remedy." Humble virtuoso Mark Robson's piano weaves his highly personal tales 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Each one was a magic trick, some alchemical reaction between knowledge, belief and invention. 12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z From Smith, Varble learned the alchemical process of transmuting base material — the discarded, the despised, the degraded and degradable — into theater. Stephen Varble: The Street Was His Stage, the Dress Was His Weapon 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Every performance is different, each one a new alchemical product of the players, their lines and the audience. Bright lights 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z This is the “Black Atlantic,” as defined by the historian Paul Gilroy, an alchemical terrain in which Africa, America, and Europe met, merged and generated new hybrid identities. An Enthralling Show of Afro-Atlantic History Illuminates Brazil 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Sheer dumb luck? With a series as alchemical as this one, who can say for sure? Can "Glee" be saved? 2011-02-14T16:30:00Z Cutouts and fabrics were laid on camera-free photographic paper exposed to light, yielding a layered, alchemical vision of ethereal landscapes, musicians and portraits. Review: Picasso season arrives in L.A. with two smashing museum shows 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z His presence in a series, whether in the main cast, a recurring role or as a guest, was not necessarily alchemical, but it would elevate every moment he was onscreen. How Leslie Jordan turned Instagram into his greatest showcase of all 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z But it marked the beginnings of her alchemical transformation of historical fiction, a genre often bound up in predictable conventions of adventure and romance. Appreciation: Hillary Mantel wasn't just a novelist. She raised the dead 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z For years, Zack de la Rocha has been the missing piece in the band’s alchemical equation, but even an injury that kept him seated onstage all night could not curtail his vocal attack. Review | Rage Against the Machine’s seething poetry now sounds like prophecy 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Here, the same alchemical treatment yields an even more blistery crust with burnished-bronzed skin glowing through, plus more greasiness, more chew. Restaurant review: The Chicken Supply supplies some of Seattle’s best fried chicken — and it’s gluten-free 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Materials shift; categories bleed together; hybrid objects metamorphose in alchemical limbo. An Artist Who Disavows the Possibility of Individual Agency 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z At night, when the glow from the room’s 1930s crystal chandelier and from the terrace’s topiary lights reflects in the mirrored panels that cover parts of the walls, the effect is alchemical. A Paris Apartment That Spans Styles and Centuries 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z That makes his memoir, like his career, an alchemical mix of art and activism. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on his memoir, his persecution and 'why autocracy fears art' 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Aesthetically speaking, it is in a league of its own — miraculous, alchemical, singular. How a simple, white T-shirt became the soundtrack of L.A. and changed fashion forever 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z It is an easy, economical dish, but there’s also an alchemical thrill to the process. In Praise of Congee 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z He remembers being walloped by the opening of A Tribe Called Quest’s “Excursions”: the almost-muddy double-bass sample, the way Q-Tip drops in, the drum break adding some final alchemical element. The Composer at the Frontier of Movie Music 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z I was prepared to be troubled, but I wasn’t prepared for how visible the alchemical interaction between world and artist would be. Opinion | The Picassos of the American South 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Convertible, transferable — practically alchemical — points turn diapers and caramel macchiatos into premium status, and first-class upgrades, and over-water villas at the Conrad Maldives. The Man Who Turned Credit-Card Points Into an Empire 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z The Getty, with its collection of alchemical art and texts, was another important local resource. A new 'Library of Esoterica' brings the occult to your coffee table 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Yet something alchemical happens in “Dreams” — cool heats up, time slows down, boring becomes mesmerizing. Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' is the viral antidote to Trump's chaos 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The process, as he describes it, is almost alchemical, relying on a careful mix of inputs to create the finished product. These photorealistic portraits of ancient Roman emperors were created using old statues and AI 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Something alchemical occurs when we enter a shared space. Convention speeches are an art. How Biden and Trump can get it right, virtually 2020-08-13T04:00:00Z The pad thai at Charm Thai, which Sebamonpimol opened in 2011, contains no noticeable chile heat or fish sauce, the latter a pungent, alchemical element that simultaneously elevates and deepens every dish it touches. Review | Terrific Thai street food meets you curbside in Rockville 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z The complexities of alchemical imagery echo a deep problem for medieval natural philosophers: how to visualize the inner structures and workings of matter. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The most important feature of a movie like this is the alchemical combination of the title characters. Review | Kristen Stewart is a lively shot in the arm for this tired ‘Charlie’s Angels’ reboot 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z This is a delicate work, a bittersweet cabaret held together only by the alchemical relationships among the actors onstage. An Ecstatic Revival of Ntozake Shange’s “for colored girls” 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Something alchemical and dynamic can happen when you pit one seemingly unrelated thing against another. How to write a Booker contender – by Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie and others 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z When writers ascribed alchemical qualities to his music, they were ignoring the literal meaning of the word, the dark art of turning base metal into gold. The Book of Prince 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z For alchemical image-makers, one solution was to invoke analogies with other dynamic aspects of creation, from human reproduction to the motion of heavenly bodies. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z By now, Elliott and Timbaland were adept at the alchemical business of making hugely exciting hit singles out of deeply unlikely ingredients. Missy Elliott's solo singles – ranked! 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z But in fashion, where the alchemical ingredients of success can be hard to define — the marriage of creativity and commercialism — spending time with a designer of Philo’s caliber is especially enticing. In search of the next Phoebe Philo 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Hader does something alchemical in the scene: you feel that Barry is drowning in a black lake of yearning and self-hatred. Bill Hader Kills 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z But what makes “Shrill” spark is the alchemical casting of Bryant, a warm, welcoming comedian from “Saturday Night Live,” in the Lindy role. On “Shrill” and “Better Things,” Women Stop Being Good Sports 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Although the basics of alchemical imagery remained consistent over centuries, the underlying chemistry inevitably changed. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Only the alchemical measures of human experience seem to relate: sex and drugs. The dark brilliance of Bret Easton Ellis, by Ottessa Moshfegh 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z If alchemical transmutation offered one context for thinking about structures of matter, medicine provided another, particularly from the sixteenth century. More than 2,000 years of elements: a prehistory of the periodic table 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Each one details his world travels as he looked into mysterious alchemical and mythological phenomena. What Never Was is a somber Myst-like adventure that leaves you wanting more 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Christopher Logue, a master of anachronisms whose translations of the Iliad are collected in “War Music,” experimented with “the prussic glare,” which sounds alchemical, and “ash-eyed,” which has a matte quality. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The representation of properties, rather than structures, became a major feature of European alchemical imagery. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In medieval England, friars recorded detailed alchemical methods of extracting these “elements” of blood: The History of Blood 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Chemistry is a very difficult thing to put into words, there is something alchemical that happens. 'The Favourite's' Rachel Weisz on voguing in the 18th century, making love to Olivia Colman, and her Golden Globe nomination 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z And so, in a way, this latest play might be understood not only as one of his customary thought exercises but also as a big question about the alchemical difficulties of his work. The Incarnation of Ideas in Tom Stoppard’s “The Hard Problem” 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z As long as the metal traces are Kepler’s, however, the possibility that he consumed alchemical remedies remains. Do Proteins Hold the Key to the Past? 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Their chemistry might have transmuted, but the legacy of the alchemical philosophers is still being unrolled. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z But Stone, an actress of alchemical gifts — she can turn lead to gold — is marvelous at every turn, in every version and inversion of her character. Review: 'Maniac' is a riot of conflicting tones - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z The provision about power and its alchemical ability to transmute base human behavior into the gold of institutional sexism. “Ways and Means” 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Researchers, he claimed, often can’t explain the inner workings of their mathematical models: they lack rigorous theoretical understandings of their tools and in that sense are currently operating in alchemical rather than scientific mode. Magical thinking about machine learning won’t bring the reality of AI any closer | John Naughton 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z If the rebirth was quick, it wasn’t predestined; it happened through a kind of alchemical futzing that aimed to convert her fleeting viral fame into something that might degrade less quickly. The Big Business of Becoming Bhad Bhabie 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The manuscript in which it appears, one of the Ripley Scrolls, is the centrepiece of an exhibition on alchemical imagery. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Stuff becomes a conduit for understanding, and for making more sense of the wild, alchemical rush that fuels both fandom and the art itself. Paisley Park, Prince’s Lonely Palace 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The layout closely resembled those in 16th century woodcuts of German alchemical workshops. Archaeologists start a new hunt for the fabled Lost Colony of the New World 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Underneath the NFL’s inability to be rid of the issue is a broader alchemical swirl of conflicted guilt and resentment in the audience. Perspective | The roots of the NFL’s national anthem controversy stretch to the 1960s and Vietnam 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z “And the sun . . . represents gold in traditional alchemical analogies.” This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z I tried an alchemical petit four made from fermented Norwegian buckwheat, coaxed, through roasting, into tasting a lot like chocolate. Why Oslo Has Become a Foodie Haven 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The books curated for the Transfiguration course focus largely on alchemical texts from the 17th and 18th centuries, and include hieroglyphics attributed three centuries post-mortem to Nicholas Flamel. Celebrating 20 years of The Philosopher’s Stone inside the mini-Hogwarts in New York City 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z Coaches are not substitute parents; they’re the people parents send their children to for a strange alchemical balance of toughening yet safekeeping, dream facilitating yet discipline and reality check. Perspective | Women’s college athletes don’t need another coddling parent. They need a coach. 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z It’s one of the more amusing subplots of “Nighthawks on the Blue Highway,” a recent documentary which proves that, like Allman, the Nighthawks believed in the alchemical properties of American music. For the Nighthawks, the ‘Blue Highway’ never ends 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z On paper and in a pictogram, an alchemical text might seem outlandish or impossible. This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z And both men often seem enamored by the alchemical ability of capital to render their fortunes more glamorous in the eyes of the global élite. Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Salman: Princes of Tech Disruption? 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z And historian Jennifer Rampling probes the relationship of the illustrations to those in alchemical manuscripts, finding “no clear parallel” in alchemical writing to the predominance of female bathers. Cryptography: Calligraphic conundrum : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Who could deny the alchemical allure of the toxic phosphor tailings ponds in Florida, or the beauty of the scrubby patchwork quilts left by mass deforestation? Edward Burtynsky on his ravaged Earth shots: 'We've reached peak everything' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Because the Russian company and the offshore company both belonged to the same owner, these ordinary-seeming trades had an alchemical purpose: to turn rubles that were stuck in Russia into dollars stashed outside Russia. Deutsche Bank’s $10-Billion Scandal 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Italian and French scholars attempted alchemical reconstructions in the 1950s, Rampling said. This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z And nobody could really know, at that point, if Sanders had lost California, the state that had seemed essential to the idea that the race against Hillary Clinton would undergo a late-life alchemical transformation. Bernie Sanders’s Post-California Choice 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z However, there’s no evidence that Newton correctly decoded Starkey’s recipe, much less succeeded in producing the alchemical “tree.” Isaac Newton’s Lost Alchemy Recipe Rediscovered Having abandoned the Catholicism of his childhood, he delved into Kabbalistic and alchemical lore. The Terrifying Beauty of Mallarmé 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z It was an example of pop’s mysterious sorcery, the way that certain alchemical blends of music and words strike us right in the gut, circumnavigating our high-minded aesthetic ideals and studied postures. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z To bring an alchemical text to life, Principe becomes a chemist of the gaps. This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Everything about them – the clothes they wore, the way they spoke, the songs they created with an effortlessness that seemed almost alchemical – suggested new ways of being. Was 1966 pop music’s greatest year? 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z She collected over four hundred alchemical, medicinal, and cosmetic recipes, and corresponded with other alchemical adepts about materials and laboratory techniques. Physics Week in Review: June 20, 2015 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z A: Digby feels very modern, he’s interested in proto science, but then I found his alchemical papers. Book Talk: A painting inspires Eyre's 'Viper Wine' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Her story has an almost alchemical quality — not the striving narrative with which the YBAs are normally associated, but a fairy tale of psychological transformation. The Undiminished Charisma of Sarah Lucas 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z The alchemical practice began about 1,500 years ago in Hellenistic Greece. This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Watching the process in real-time is almost alchemical – it melts plastic filament or nylon into objects of variable utility, from cellphone holders to spooky-looking skulls. Gadget Lust: Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag of High-Tech Porn Daly wrote a program that took words from the codex, randomized them, and placed them on a page along with old alchemical and botanical images from the Internet Archive. The strange world of computer-generated novels 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Even the contents of her Purse are swapped: instead of wormholes, Disney’s Honey Lemon now carries alchemical balls that explode, congeal or just gas-up the place. Big Hero 6: Disney-fying one of Marvel's most bizarre comics 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Tiny bits of blood entered the alchemical mystery of the spirit, though how no one knew. The Vampire Lestat Returns, Still the Same Bratty, Glamorous Immortal 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z It took the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to bring that alchemical shift about. Scottish Independence: How the Better Together Campaign Threw It All Away The result has been alchemical—that is, an exhilarating delusion. How a nation went mad 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z In an alchemical process, amoral motivations lead to a moral result. The "Income Inequality" Debate Is Not About Income Inequality 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z With their ethereal blond looks and alchemical surname, the Goldworm sisters, who are 35 and from New Hampshire, represent a couture level in what is already a sort of designer business. What Good Taste Smells Like 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Inspiration may have struck beneath the apple tree, but this bookish scholar was also a skilled craftsman who ground his own mirrors and built furnaces for his alchemical experiments. Summer books 2013-07-11T15:50:23.720Z One was the attempt by Lavoisier, Priestley and others at the turn of the 17th century to systematize elements, compounds and mixtures to separate chemistry from the shackles of alchemical mystique. Chemistry and Biology: Kuhnian or Galisonian? 2012-12-20T13:15:05.163Z Perpetual motion, squaring the circle, are only variants of the alchemical pursuit of the philosopher's stone, the transmutation of the baser metals, the cabalistic Abracadabra, the quest of the absolute. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z It is true enough that he dabbled in alchemy, and probably he made his alchemical experiments useful in connection with his usurious transactions. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z His works, all of which are in Latin, are not considered authentic, but his Summa Perfectionis, a manual for the alchemical student, has frequently been translated. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Newton, the supreme embodiment of scientific reason, filled his notebooks with all manner of wacky theological and alchemical conjectures. In Physics, Telling Cranks from Experts Ain't Easy 2011-12-12T14:15:02.113Z Alchemy, 5; alchemical symbols of metals, 11; quotations from alchemists, 15, 17; alchemical poetry, 18. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z The much abused alchemical philosophers existed upon a plane, in some respects above the level of the science of to-day. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Thus, Ben Jonson’s hero runs riot with glowing anticipations of what the alchemical magisterium can effect. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The dull, leaden color of Saturn, with his apparently heavy and slow motion, seemed to fit him for association with lead, and we still have the saturnine ointment as a reminder of old alchemical times. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z I see this chamber—these alchemical implements—that furnace—these different objects—and I appear to recognise them. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z The conception of an acidifying principle, although that principle was identified with a known element, was still tainted with the vices of the alchemical school. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Another of the masked men opened a curious little casket that I perceived was surmounted by an alembic and other alchemical figures, and embossed with an Oriental design. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The practical common-sense of Englishmen never took very kindly to the alchemical delusion, and Chaucer very faithfully describes the contempt with which it was generally regarded. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z But these processes do not enable us to fix mercury in the alchemical sense; the accomplishment of that still remains an unsolved problem, and it is more than likely that it will remain so. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Known by the name of Doctor Lamb, and addicted to alchemical and philosophical pursuits, this venerable personage was esteemed by the vulgar as little better than a wizard. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z And then the process of alchemical transmutation of metals was applied to the shaving-basin and the bedroom crockery, which were converted into table-money. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Under the infatuation of that alchemical manuscript, I strove to show the world that I could and would do that which might never benefit me in the least, but might serve humanity. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The curtain rises on Prospero's cave to mysterious sounds; alchemical instruments are scattered about, and great books in ancient bindings lie on the table. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z As an outcome of this alchemical doctrine the process of fermentation was supposed to have a purifying and elevating effect on the bodies which had been submitted to its influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z They did not always think alchemical theory was wrong. The twisted history of alchemy: Alchemists, ancient and modern 2011-02-24T10:45:13Z In wading through a mass of alchemical trash for very different purposes, I was struck by the great similarity both of the doctrine and symbols existing between the Rosicrucians and the Freemasons. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z As an assistant living at Tycho’s home, Kepler had access to toxic mercury compounds in Tycho’s alchemical lab and could have poisoned him at the time of the banquet, the Gilders write. Findings: Murder! Intrigue! Astronomers? 2010-11-30T06:03:00Z The cover image is a classy 17th-century painting of an alchemical laboratory, suggesting a deep historical perspective. Books on Science: A History of Science, With Plenty of Side Trips 2010-06-21T20:58:00Z These thoughts went so far as to connect the new marvel with alchemical wonder tales. History of Phosphorus I have my alchemical laboratory in a cellar under my house where the Bishop cannot see it. The Trembling of the Veil Its gold had no hardening alloy, he said, because it was made by his master, a Jewish Rabbi, of alchemical gold. Per Amica Silentia Lunae The Plymouth factory is supposed to have adopted as its general mark the alchemical symbol for tin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Glaser, a German apothecary, the most learned chemist of his day, occupied himself--as people who cultivate his science often do--with alchemical researches and experiments. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Djafar may thus be considered as having solved the grand alchemical problem of obtaining gold in a potable state. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The history of the alchemical period is treated in more detail in the article Alchemy, and of the iatrochemical in the article Medicine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" In this dilemma he turned to Prelati, his remaining alchemical assistant. Legends & Romances of Brittany Gold is such a stable article, so strictly guarded, so carefully checked and counted, that the actual production of metal that has had no existence savours almost of the alchemical. Gold You may imagine that you need to belong to some "Brotherhood," in order to learn the secrets of alchemical transmutation. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex The contents are partly personal jottings and records of dreams, partly alchemical formulae. Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Several origins have been Alchemy. suggested for the word alchemy, and there seems to have been some doubt as to the exact nature and import of the alchemical doctrines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" But his hand shook, and the alchemical glass fell to the ground, and broke into a thousand pieces. The Sand-Hills of Jutland The occult properties of plants, metals, and precious stones, as well as the alchemical processes of transmutation, were included in this category. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria It is the hidden wisdom of the initiates; the alchemical mysteries of the Ancients. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex He likewise ridicules the costly mineral elixirs of marvellous virtues vended by alchemical quacks; and with sounder sense in this point than usually belonged to his age, mocks at the predictions of judicial astrology. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth To behold “Diana unveiled” was equivalent in alchemical terminology to attaining the magnum opus. Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer That on the Continent it had descended through the Rosicrucians in an alchemical form seems more than probable. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements After the mysterious alchemical perturbations had ceased, we fished out those eggs soft boiled to the second! The Killer In another symbolic chart presenting the secrets of alchemical transmutation, we find depicted "The Gate of Eternal Wisdom," and we are further informed that this "gate" also brings "knowledge of God." Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex In the room that he called the "alchemical," Ian, disengaging himself, turned and put both hands on Alexander's shoulders. Foes The Archbishop was not at that time resident in the castle, but his Treasurer, hearing that the new-comer was learned in alchemical mysteries, bade him enter without delay. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine In the alchemical version of the Rose-Croix degree referred to above the Ineffable Name is actually invested with magical powers as in the Jewish Cabala. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements The phenomenon was like some alchemical and mysterious operation. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Modern commentators and translators of alchemical literature insist that such documents are palpably related to the secret, or secrets, of metallic transmutation. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Yü Huang ordered that the prisoner be handed over, and in the sight of all he was shut up in Lao Chün’s alchemical furnace, which for forty-nine days was heated white-hot. Myths and Legends of China The problems and difficulties that lay between that time and Peace flowed to him: and as at the touch of some alchemical solvent, received their solution. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 What other alchemical changes have been wrought only these lean and weary men could know—if they dared look so far within themselves. African Camp Fires Haddo was thought to be immersed in occult studies for the performance of a magical operation; and some said that he was occupied with the Magnum Opus, the greatest and most fantastic of alchemical experiments. The Magician In the last chapter I tried to describe the alchemical view of the interdependence of different substances. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry He understood now something of the alchemical symbolism; the crucible and the furnace, the "Green Dragon," and the "Son Blessed of the Fire" had, he saw, a peculiar meaning. The Hill of Dreams Our young magicians must derive strange new pulse-beats from the veins of the earth, from the sap of the trees, from the lightning of the sky, as well as the alchemical acids, metals, and flames. The Art of the Moving Picture It may be that this superstition arose from the consideration that the body and lower vestures of the Soul were shed off and gradually absorbed by the lower creation in the alchemical processes of nature. Simon Magus He has a minute knowledge of alchemical literature, and there is no book I have heard of, dealing with the black arts, which he does not seem to know.' The Magician The yellow lion was the alchemical symbol of yellow sulphides, the red lion was synonymous with cinnabar, and the green lion meant salts of iron and of copper. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Some years before he had read many of the wonderful alchemical books of the later Middle Ages, and had suspected that something other than the turning of lead into gold was intended. The Hill of Dreams The pillars of the social edifice have been shaken, and the whole social atmosphere has been decomposed by alchemical demagogues and revolutionary apes. A Collection of College Words and Customs Transmutation of metals and other alchemical dreams are seeing fulfillment every day in centers of scientific research over the world. Autobiography of a Yogi It was one of the greatest alchemical mysteries, and, though mentioned under the name of The Red Lion in many occult works, was actually known to few before Paracelsus, except Hermes Trismegistus and Albertus Magnus. The Magician He thought that experiments proved all acids to be compounds of the element oxygen; and for many years after Lavoisier, the alchemical expression the principle of acidity was superseded by the word oxygen. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The whole alchemical operation, however, of changing him into purest gold occupied only a few minutes, and the one thought now was how to drop the bait. Catharine Furze But the metaphysics of Karma in the higher Buddhism include much that is harder to understand than any alchemical hypothesis of atom-combinations. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation I began searching among the bookshelves, and found one of the most exhaustive alchemical libraries I have ever seen. Rosa Alchemica We then saw in these three systems representatives of the three alchemical functions - 'sulphurous' in the metabolic, 'saline' in the nervous, 'mercurial' in the mediating rhythmic system. Man or Matter The alchemical explanation was superficial, theoretical, in the wrong meaning of that word, and unworkable. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry "This will be a richer result to him than was ever produced by your alchemical experiments, good Signor Domingo Lamelyn." Windsor Castle Well, whether in consequence of the gold, as the alchemical philosophers would have held, or not, the trout of the Glengaber burn were good. Angling Sketches He was obliged to learn, in a general way, many of the same things that must be understood in either chemical or alchemical laboratories. A History of Science — Volume 2 At his lower pole these forces co-ordinate the ether and physical organizations in a manner corresponding to the function of the 'sulphur'-pole of the alchemical triad. Man or Matter By these experiments the theory of Phlogiston was destroyed; and with its destruction, the whole alchemical apparatus of Principles and Elements, Essences and Qualities, Souls and Spirits, disappeared. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry A lute lay beside him on the floor, and there were several astrological and alchemical implements within reach. Windsor Castle And it seems strange that of all Sciences, that of medicine should have so completely failed to grasp this living truth, since every atom of medicine administered, invariably acts upon this alchemical principle. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 Sometimes an alchemist practised both, using the profits of his sleight-of-hand to procure the means of carrying on his serious alchemical researches. A History of Science — Volume 2 The plant, too, is characterized by a threefold structure, root, stem with leaves, and florescence, which in their way represent the three alchemical functions. Man or Matter Boyle was still slightly restrained by the alchemical atmosphere around him; he was still inclined to say, "this must be the way nature works, she must begin with certain substances which are absolutely simple." The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Even educated people in this very place shake their heads and pity my daughter there for living with an alchemical parent, within easy smelling-distance of an explosive laboratory. A Rogue's Life Nothing is more wonderful or mysterious, than, the same alchemical processes, which, are hourly being enacted within our own bodies. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 The hermetic and alchemical writings are available in English in the edition of A. E. Waite, London, 1894. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 The outcome of this purely materialistic interpretation of the three alchemical concepts was not the acquisition of wisdom, or, as Schwartz certainly had hoped, of gold, but of … gunpowder! Man or Matter Essence, the alchemical, 32, 35, 49, 58, 72. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The three stages in the alchemical work—black, white, and red—corresponding to, and, as I maintain, based on the three stages in the life of the mystic, are also more than once mentioned. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought They fail to fulfill the requirements of the alchemical law of life for the support of life—in other words, biogenesis. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 The golden flower of our grand alchemical projection, which has set the world in astonishment so long, and been the envy of surrounding nations, is—what we here see. Latter-Day Pamphlets It might be truly said of one who held the alchemical conception of nature that "his foible was omniscience"; and omniscience negatives the attainment of knowledge. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry But whatever may have been the alchemical meaning of the word element, it was certainly not that given to the same word to-day. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry At any rate, the development of alchemical doctrine can be seen to have proceeded concomitantly with the development of mystical philosophy and theology. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought Thus, here is where the knowledge of the alchemical attributes of plants, as applicable to man, can be most beneficially utilized. The Light of Egypt; or, the science of the soul and the stars — Volume 2 If this transmutation were impossible, the alchemical scheme of things would be destroyed, the believer in the transmutation would be left without a sense of order in the material universe. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry IX. was called by the alchemists balneum Mariae, from Mary the Jewess, who is mentioned in the older alchemical writings, and is supposed to have invented an apparatus of this character. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry If alchemists could speak of their own processes and materials as those authors spoke whom I have quoted, we must expect that the alchemical language would appear mere jargon to the uninitiated. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The last three chapters are written in an alchemical jargon of which even one versed in the symbolic language of alchemy can make no sense. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought The alchemical writers constantly harp on this theme: follow nature; provided you never lose the clue, which is simplicity and similarity. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Hence, gold was more perfect in the alchemical scale than any other metal. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The mortification of metals is represented in alchemical books by various images and allegories. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The theory of phlogiston was extraordinarily simple, compared with the alchemical vagaries which preceded it. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry What relevant facts were known supported alchemical and astrological hypotheses. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought As examples of the alchemical description of these gates, I give some extracts from A Brief Guide to the Celestial Ruby. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry One result of the alchemical modes of expression was, that he who tried to follow the directions given in alchemical books got into dire confusion. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Nevertheless, the theory of Stahl was a step away from purely alchemical conceptions towards the accurate description of a very important class of changes. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Body, soul, and spirit of things, alchemical doctrine of, 48. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry And the difference is important as showing beyond question the a priori nature of alchemical reasoning. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought At a later time the idea helped to establish the alchemical doctrine that sulphur and mercury are the Principles of all things. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry It was impossible to express the alchemical ideas in any language save that of far-fetched allegory. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The old drawings of alchemical operations show us men busy calcining, cohobating, distilling, dissolving, digesting, and performing other processes of like character to these. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Transmutation, alchemical doctrine of, 47, 74, 123. —— character of him who would attempt, 63. —— of metals, 33, 39, 46, 74. —— of metals into gold, alchemical account of, 75. —— of water to earth, 151. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry "Salt," the principle of solidity and resistance to fire, corresponding to the body in man, plays a comparatively unimportant part in alchemical theory, as does its prototype in mystical theology. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought Many accounts are given by alchemical writers of the agent, and many names are bestowed on it. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The alchemical view of nature still forms the foundation of systems of ethics, of philosophy, of art. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Since gold was considered to be the most perfect metal, it was self-evident to the alchemical mind that nature must form gold slowly in the earth, must transmute gradually the inferior metals into gold. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The transmutation of the baser metals into gold thus came to be the practical test of the justness of the alchemical scheme of things. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry In all the alchemical doctrines mystical connections are evident, and mystical origins can generally be traced. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought I propose in this chapter to try to analyse the alchemical conceptions of Elements and Principles, and in the next chapter to attempt some kind of description of the Essence. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Mention is made in many alchemical writings of a mythical personage named Hermes Trismegistus, who is said to have lived a little later than the time of Moses. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry But the alchemical method found it easier to begin by introspection. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Some of the alchemists of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries taught that combustion and calcination are processes wherein the igneous principle is destroyed, using the word "destroyed" in its alchemical meaning. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry It seems to follow, ex hypothesi, that every alchemical work ought to permit of two interpretations, one physical, the other transcendental. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought "Gold is the intention of Nature in regard to all metals," said an alchemical writer. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry Such commingling of ethical and physical ideas, such application of moral conceptions to material phenomena, was characteristic of the alchemical method of regarding nature. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry How different is this conception of a change wherein substances are formed, entirely unlike those things which react to form them, from the alchemical presentment of such a process! The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry We have seen, in former chapters, the extreme haziness of the alchemical views of composition, and the connexions between composition and properties. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry We also find the alchemical work symbolised by the growth of the embryo in the womb. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought Metals, alchemical connexion between, and plants, 34. —— compared by alchemists with vegetables, 33. —— mortification of, 65. —— seed of, 34. —— their desire to become gold, 40. —— transmutation of, 33, 39, 46. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry It seems to me that if we think of matter as something more than properties recognised by the senses, we are going back on the road which leads to the confusion of the alchemical times. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry |
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