Tag: alchemy

Great Chemistry

World + People

Science

Great Chemistry

It is true that alchemists did not manage to invent the elixir of life, but we owe them for the discovery of oxygen, as well as the famous phrase "only the dose makes the poison." Their search helped lay the foundations of modern science.

Aleksandra Woźniak-Marchewka

The City of Alchemists

World + People

Dreams and Visions

The City of Alchemists

The maps from the time of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor situate Prague in the symbolic heart of Europe. Surrounded by artists and scholars, the ruler tried to unite the disintegrating world with the help of alchemy.

Maciej Świetlik

Summer with the Cholerics

Soul + Body

Good Mood

Summer with the Cholerics

According to the ancient theory of humorism, cholerics are full of yellow bile and fire. This gives them a remarkable energy.

Kamila Dzika-Jurek

The Transformation

World + People

Dreams and Visions

The Transformation

Our writer imagines an episode from the life of the alchemist Michał Sędziwój, who, after attempting the transmutation of gold, starts to see the world differently...

Tomasz Wiśniewski

Art + Stories

Experiences

26th June 1780

On this day in 1780, the infamous Count Alessandro di Cagliostro fled Warsaw in a panicked hurry. He had been there to turn mercury into silver, but the observations of another educated nobleman spelled the beginning of the end...

Adam Węgłowski