Alchemy the grandfather of chemistry, frowned upon and shunned by the time the the 19th century rolled around. Is there something in Alchemy that the experts are missing? What did the mystics (scientists) of their day know about our world? John Dee, Roger Bacon, even Isaac Newton and the Pope circa 1300, studied our world with the help of Alchemy. Can we turn lead into gold?
Have a look at this beauty "the Visio mystica of Arnold of Villanova". Images courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Call Number: Mellon MS 41
The full record and images can be found here. http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3592268?image_id=1002680
