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Under medeltiden lockade alkemi m\u00e5nga av tidens mest framst\u00e5ende l\u00e4rda. Starkt influerade av den klassiska elementl\u00e4ran drev alkemisterna sina hypoteser utifr\u00e5n Aristoteles id\u00e9 att allt g\u00e5r att skapa genom olika proportioner av de fyra elementen. Fr\u00e5n 1800-talet och fram\u00e5t har alkemin felaktigt reducerats till en primitiv pseudovetenskap med det enda m\u00e5let att omvandla o\u00e4dla metaller till guld. Denna sn\u00e4va tolkning bortser dock fr\u00e5n alkemins verkliga komplexitet och ignorerar dess djupa filosofiska och religi\u00f6sa aspekter, samt dess avg\u00f6rande bidrag till kemins framv\u00e4xt. I denna rikt illustrerade antologi presenteras en m\u00e5ngfald av perspektiv p\u00e5 hur \u00f6msesidighet, metafysiska kopplingar och relationen mellan makrokosmos och mikrokosmos utg\u00f6r k\u00e4rnan i alkemins filosofi. N\u00e5gra av v\u00e4rldens mest framst\u00e5ende forskare och akademiker samlas f\u00f6r att analysera den alkemistiska v\u00e4rldsbilden och utforska hur esoteriska tankestr\u00f6mningar har format kultur, samh\u00e4lle och vetenskap. Boken finns \u00e4ven i svensk utg\u00e5va.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I denna antologi presenteras en m\u00e5ngfald av perspektiv p\u00e5 hur \u00f6msesidighet, metafysiska kopplingar och relationen mellan makrokosmos och mikrokosmos utg\u00f6r k\u00e4rnan i alkemins filosofi. 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