Alchemical Belief: Occultism in the Religious Culture of Early Modern England

[Paul Ferguson]

"“Alchemists pursued the secrets of creation, and Alchemical Belief takes their aspirations seriously. With careful readings and well-chosen cases, Bruce Janacek demonstrates that alchemical writings need to be read in the context of their authors’ broader intellectual and devotional pursuits. Alchemical writings lent themselves to the expression of irenic, unifying aspirations for Christianity and provided solutions to the political and religious conflicts rending the early modern world. This argument is as refreshing as it is ambitious.”

https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/97...013-3.html

[Paul Ferguson]

Reviewed here:

https://scriptus.gydja.com/alchemical-be...n-england/