Alchemy
June 21, 2009
- Chemystery. [See Paracelsus, John Dee, and Isaac Newton.]
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- Mercury (Hg)
- Venus (Cu)
- Mars (Fe)
- Jupiter (Sn)
- Saturn (Pb)
- Sun (Au)
- Moon (Ag)
- Failed alchemists were punished as charlatans: men were hanged in a tinsel suit from a golden gallows; women sat in a red-hot iron chair.
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