RE: Corpus Hermeticum Novus - Chapter I: Calcination - History of Alchemy & Hermeticism
This is a fascinating read...
Learning about Isaac Newton's love of alchemy is quite surprising to many people. Scientists of today are so safe and specialized...but the greatest of scientists often we're much more open and less, for lack of a better term, materialist.
Newton used to conduct all kinds of 'self experiments' like sticking a needle into his retina and staring at the sun for far too long and ultimately blinding himself for 3-4 days.
This type of thing sounds foolish today, but it was in the name of research and pushing boundaries.
I'm not advocating that our contemporary scientists stab their eyeballs or stare into the sun, but perhaps i secretly wish they did...
Thank you for this my friend, a pleasant surprise to read a fresh post from you!
Back in the day all of the Liberal Arts and Sciences were interdependent and it was far more common to see individuals conduct broad ranges of experiments and study. This has been something in the making for a while and I'm using it to supplement some real-world instruction which I hope will yield some interesting insights and experiments on its own to share w/ interested Steemians.
Thank you as always!
Yes, I've always preferred a holistic approach as of course different subject matters overlap one another.
Specialization has it's place too but cross disciplinary work can yield equally surprising and valuable results.
looking forward to getting dissolutified ;)
First Newton, then Tesla... :)
---Homa