The Chemical Philosophy an unusual pleasure awaits those

an unusual pleasure awaits those who know Chambers only by his horror stories: three of his finest early biological science-fiction fantasies from In Search of the Unknown appear here as well

The distinguished British anthropologist and folklorist Lewis Spence has collected many of the most interesting and compelling of these myths and presented them here according to ethnic grouping

has written an introduction that appraises the fashions of the 1940s and the many ways in which they reflected the times

and its use in jewelry

insightful and an integral part of the text

The Chemical Philosophy an unusual pleasure awaits thoseSwiss born physician and alchemist Paracelsus (14931541) and his disciples espoused a doctrine they proclaimed as a truly Christian interpretation of nature in chemistry. Drawing upon a mixture of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance sources, they developed a new philosophy that interpreted both macrocosmic and microcosmic events through the personal observations of the chemist and the Divine Grace of the Lord. Until the publication of this book,