The Natural Alchemist

Author : Anna Parkinson
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780711227675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature's Alchemist written by Anna Parkinson and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively biography is a worthy tribute to an outstanding gardener and also throws fresh light on an extraordinary period in British history.

Author : Barrett Williams
Publisher : Barrett Williams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Natural Alchemist written by Barrett Williams and published by Barrett Williams. This book was released on 2024-04-19 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the enchanting realm of "The Natural Alchemist," your ultimate guide to mastering the ancient and noble craft of soap making. Immerse yourself in this transformative eBook, where the time-honored traditions of soap creation are unveiled, blending the mystique of alchemy with the practicality of homemade skin care. Embrace "The Natural Alchemist" as your cherished companion in discovering "The Joy of Handcrafted Soaps," where you'll journey through the treasure trove of benefits personalized soap crafting imparts. Learn how to curate your own soap making sanctuary, ensuring every creation is infused with your essence. Delve into "Soap Making Basics," where you'll equip yourself with the invaluable knowledge of essential tools, ingredients, and the fundamental soap making process. Safeguard your craft with expertly guided lye safety practices, ensuring every bar is a testament to your commitment to quality and care. "The Natural Alchemist" seamlessly guides you to "Designing Recipes for Specific Skin Types," catering to every individual's unique needs. Unlock the knowledge of essential oils and natural fragrances, finding harmony in blends that resonate with both your skin and spirit. Ascend to "The Science of Soap," a chapter dedicated to unraveling the chemical ballet of saponification and soap curing. Enhance your sensory palette with chapters on "Color and Texture" and "Luxurious Milk Soaps," invoking the alchemist's touch to conjure soaps that not only cleanse but mesmerize. For the compassionate souls, "Vegan Soap Crafting" illuminates the path to creating sublime, cruelty-free soaps. While "Advanced Decorative Techniques" invites the artist within to adorn your soaps with sculptural finesse, turning each bar into a masterpiece. Navigate through "Troubleshooting Common Soap Making Problems," arming yourself against the pitfalls that await any craftsman. Lavish your creations with "Luxurious Additions Butters and Oils," ensuring every lather is a caress of richness and rejuvenation. "The Natural Alchemist" does not stop at the craft; it whispers secrets of turning your passion into prosperity in "Selling Your Handcrafted Soaps." The journey concludes with an invitation to "Building a Community of Soap Crafters," fostering connections that extend beyond the craft, cultivating a legacy of sharing and growth. The path to becoming "The Natural Alchemist" is fraught with challenges and discoveries, but it's within this eBook that your transformation begins. Join the league of artisans who've transcended the ordinary, turning the mundane act of cleansing into a ritual of self-care, sustainability, and sheer delight. This cornucopia of wisdom and inspiration is not merely a book; it's a beacon for the aspiring alchemist in you, a symbol of potential for what your hands and heart can conjure. Embrace this journey. Embrace the alchemy. Embrace "The Natural Alchemist."

Author : Hua-Ching Ni
Publisher : Sevenstar Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780937064511
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Internal Alchemy written by Hua-Ching Ni and published by Sevenstar Communications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internal alchemy is a process that can transform lower energy into higher energy. This book is a collection of classes given by Hua-Ching Ni and covers topics of interest to students aspiring to genuine spiritual achievement.

Author : William R. Newman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691185034
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Newton the Alchemist written by William R. Newman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book that finally demystifies Newton’s experiments in alchemy When Isaac Newton’s alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby’s auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking. No longer the exemplar of Enlightenment rationality, the legendary physicist suddenly became “the last of the magicians.” Newton the Alchemist unlocks the secrets of Newton’s alchemical quest, providing a radically new understanding of the uncommon genius who probed nature at its deepest levels in pursuit of empirical knowledge. In this evocative and superbly written book, William Newman blends in-depth analysis of newly available texts with laboratory replications of Newton’s actual experiments in alchemy. He does not justify Newton’s alchemical research as part of a religious search for God in the physical world, nor does he argue that Newton studied alchemy to learn about gravitational attraction. Newman traces the evolution of Newton’s alchemical ideas and practices over a span of more than three decades, showing how they proved fruitful in diverse scientific fields. A precise experimenter in the realm of “chymistry,” Newton put the riddles of alchemy to the test in his lab. He also used ideas drawn from the alchemical texts to great effect in his optical experimentation. In his hands, alchemy was a tool for attaining the material benefits associated with the philosopher’s stone and an instrument for acquiring scientific knowledge of the most sophisticated kind. Newton the Alchemist provides rare insights into a man who was neither Enlightenment rationalist nor irrational magus, but rather an alchemist who sought through experiment and empiricism to alter nature at its very heart.

Author : William R. Newman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226577139
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Promethean Ambitions written by William R. Newman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age when the nature of reality is complicated daily by advances in bioengineering, cloning, and artificial intelligence, it is easy to forget that the ever-evolving boundary between nature and technology has long been a source of ethical and scientific concern: modern anxieties about the possibility of artificial life and the dangers of tinkering with nature more generally were shared by opponents of alchemy long before genetic science delivered us a cloned sheep named Dolly. In Promethean Ambitions, William R. Newman ambitiously uses alchemy to investigate the thinning boundary between the natural and the artificial. Focusing primarily on the period between 1200 and 1700, Newman examines the labors of pioneering alchemists and the impassioned—and often negative—responses to their efforts. By the thirteenth century, Newman argues, alchemy had become a benchmark for determining the abilities of both men and demons, representing the epitome of creative power in the natural world. Newman frames the art-nature debate by contrasting the supposed transmutational power of alchemy with the merely representational abilities of the pictorial and plastic arts—a dispute which found artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Bernard Palissy attacking alchemy as an irreligious fraud. The later assertion by the Paracelsian school that one could make an artificial human being—the homunculus—led to further disparagement of alchemy, but as Newman shows, the immense power over nature promised by the field contributed directly to the technological apologetics of Francis Bacon and his followers. By the mid-seventeenth century, the famous "father of modern chemistry," Robert Boyle, was employing the arguments of medieval alchemists to support the identity of naturally occurring substances with those manufactured by "chymical" means. In using history to highlight the art-nature debate, Newman here shows that alchemy was not an unformed and capricious precursor to chemistry; it was an art founded on coherent philosophical and empirical principles, with vocal supporters and even louder critics, that attracted individuals of first-rate intellect. The historical relationship that Newman charts between human creation and nature has innumerable implications today, and he ably links contemporary issues to alchemical debates on the natural versus the artificial.

Author : Alexander N. Gabrovsky
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137523913
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chaucer the Alchemist written by Alexander N. Gabrovsky and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secrets of nature's alchemy captivated both the scientific and literary imagination of the Middle Ages. This book explores Chaucer's fascination with earth's mutability. Gabrovsky reveals that his poetry represents a major contribution to a medieval worldview centered on the philosophy of physics, astronomy, alchemy, and logic.

Author : William R. Newman
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262140751
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of Nature written by William R. Newman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh look at the role of astrology and alchemy in Renaissance thinking and everyday life.

Author : Mandy Aftel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101614684
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fragrant written by Mandy Aftel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Perfumed Plume Award The “Alice Waters of American natural perfume” (indieperfume.com) and author of the Art of Flavor celebrates our most potent sense, through five rock stars of the fragrant world Mandy Aftel is widely acclaimed as a trailblazer in natural perfumery. Over two decades of sourcing the finest aromatic ingredients from all over the world and creating artisanal fragrances, she has been an evangelist for the transformative power of scent. In Fragrant, through five major players in the epic of aroma, she explores the profound connection between our sense of smell and the appetites that move us, give us pleasure, make us fully alive. Cinnamon, queen of the Spice Route, touches our hunger for the unknown, the exotic, the luxurious. Mint, homegrown the world over, speaks to our affinity for the familiar, the native, the authentic. Frankincense, an ancient incense ingredient, taps into our longing for transcendence, while ambergris embodies our unquenchable curiosity. And exquisite jasmine exemplifies our yearning for beauty, both evanescent and enduring. In addition to providing a riveting initiation into the history, natural history, and philosophy of scent, Fragrant imparts the essentials of scent literacy and includes recipes for easy-to-make fragrances and edible, drinkable, and useful concoctions that reveal the imaginative possibilities of creating with—and reveling in—aroma. Vintage line drawings make for a volume that will be a treasured gift as well as a great read.

Author : Lawrence Principe
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226682951
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of Alchemy written by Lawrence Principe and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemy, the Noble Art, conjures up scenes of mysterious, dimly lit laboratories populated with bearded old men stirring cauldrons. Though the history of alchemy is intricately linked to the history of chemistry, alchemy has nonetheless often been dismissed as the realm of myth and magic, or fraud and pseudoscience. And while its themes and ideas persist in some expected and unexpected places, from the Philosopher's (or Sorcerer's) Stone of Harry Potter to the self-help mantra of transformation, there has not been a serious, accessible, and up-to-date look at the complete history and influence of alchemy until now.

Author : Mandy Aftel
Publisher : North Point Press
ISBN 13 : 1429936126
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essence and Alchemy written by Mandy Aftel and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An artisan perfumer reveals a lost art and its mysterious, sensual history. For centuries, people have taken what seems to be an instinctive pleasure in rubbing scents into their skin. Perfume has helped them to pray, to heal, and to make love. And as long as there has been perfume, there have been perfumers, or rather the priests, shamans, and apothecaries who were their predecessors. Yet, in many ways, perfumery is a lost art, its creative and sensual possibilities eclipsed by the synthetic ingredients of which contemporary perfumes are composed, which have none of the subtlety and complexity of essences derived from natural substances, nor their lush histories. Essence and Alchemy resurrects the social and metaphysical legacy that is entwined with the evolution of perfumery, from the dramas of the spice trade to the quests of the alchemists to whom today's perfumers owe a philosophical as well as a practical debt. Mandy Aftel tracks scent through the boudoir and the bath and into the sanctums of worship, offering insights on the relationship of scent to sex, solitude, and the soul. Along the way, she imparts instruction in the art of perfume compositions, complete with recipes, guiding the reader in a process of transformation of materials that continues to follow the alchemical dictum solve et coagula (dissolve and combine) and is itself aesthetically and spiritually transforming.