Alchemy and Pietism

[Paul Ferguson]

The research of the DFG-funded project focuses on determining the relationship between pietistic religiosity and alchemical practices as well as theoretical adoptions from speculative alchemy at the Halle Orphanage in the 18th century. One core thesis is that the pharmacy and medicine practised there were more closely connected to medical alchemy in the early modern period than previously assumed.

https://www.francke-halle.de/en/project/...-pietism-1