Jo Hedesan
@johedesan.bsky.social
historian of alchemy of early modern world, currently obsessed with applying digital humanities in history of science and intellectual history. Lecturing in Oxford on #histsci and #dh and working in two different #dh projects.
👍 Looking forward 👍
January 10, 2024 at 12:15 AM
👍 Looking forward 👍
Sure, but but there was no difference between alchemy and chemistry up to 1750...same matter theories, same approaches, same people. Some prefer the term chymistry, but practical work in alchemy is as long as its history. Separating alchemy and chemistry is 19th C, new scholarship has shown this
January 8, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Sure, but but there was no difference between alchemy and chemistry up to 1750...same matter theories, same approaches, same people. Some prefer the term chymistry, but practical work in alchemy is as long as its history. Separating alchemy and chemistry is 19th C, new scholarship has shown this
Great to hear this, but Fludd was not a chemist. Chemistry wasn't born yet for another 100 years+...
January 7, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Great to hear this, but Fludd was not a chemist. Chemistry wasn't born yet for another 100 years+...
The message is that it's always the woman's fault when men turn out bad.
December 30, 2023 at 4:49 PM
The message is that it's always the woman's fault when men turn out bad.
Interesting theory. Celsus does mean high, lofty, elevated. But para- ? Usually above or near... It would fit the habit of latinizing one's name in the epoch. It took me a while to figure they called him 'the Hermit' because he was from Einsiedeln, known for the monastery and its hermit patron...
December 28, 2023 at 5:57 AM
Interesting theory. Celsus does mean high, lofty, elevated. But para- ? Usually above or near... It would fit the habit of latinizing one's name in the epoch. It took me a while to figure they called him 'the Hermit' because he was from Einsiedeln, known for the monastery and its hermit patron...
For me it's the Paracelsian obsession of using skulls for medicine - distilling skulls, using skull moss for the weapon salve...
November 13, 2023 at 5:08 PM
For me it's the Paracelsian obsession of using skulls for medicine - distilling skulls, using skull moss for the weapon salve...
Napier seemed ok to me. But I don't know him that well to be fair. But seemed very open minded - certainly he kind of adopted this German guy Gravius/ Graw and left him in charge of his parish. Graw was one of the luckier émigrés I think.
November 5, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Napier seemed ok to me. But I don't know him that well to be fair. But seemed very open minded - certainly he kind of adopted this German guy Gravius/ Graw and left him in charge of his parish. Graw was one of the luckier émigrés I think.
Hmmm ... I think this was a thing. Van Helmont did it too. Part of the Hippocratic medical ethos I guess ('prognosis'), mixed in with astrology and divination... Interesting topic!
November 5, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Hmmm ... I think this was a thing. Van Helmont did it too. Part of the Hippocratic medical ethos I guess ('prognosis'), mixed in with astrology and divination... Interesting topic!
Oh, nice!!! Don't know much about Boydell and Brewer, are they expensive etc?
November 5, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Oh, nice!!! Don't know much about Boydell and Brewer, are they expensive etc?
TG had an a beautiful handwriting, didn't he? I presume you know Will Poole's article. I am fascinated by Graw's alchemy and its mixture of Paracelsus and Severinus (acquired at Marburg, no doubt in my mind), plus a good dose of Jacob Boehme on top. He's going spiritual and practical alchemy at once
November 5, 2023 at 4:21 PM
TG had an a beautiful handwriting, didn't he? I presume you know Will Poole's article. I am fascinated by Graw's alchemy and its mixture of Paracelsus and Severinus (acquired at Marburg, no doubt in my mind), plus a good dose of Jacob Boehme on top. He's going spiritual and practical alchemy at once
Next year coming out, presumably? I look forward to the announcement!
November 5, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Next year coming out, presumably? I look forward to the announcement!
Onomantic divination sounds fascinating, and I don't know the first thing about it. Some link to Kabbalah or not?
November 5, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Onomantic divination sounds fascinating, and I don't know the first thing about it. Some link to Kabbalah or not?
What is this book about? Is there any mention of Theodoricus Gravius in there? I'm currently having a bit of a weird obsession with him...
November 5, 2023 at 3:11 PM
What is this book about? Is there any mention of Theodoricus Gravius in there? I'm currently having a bit of a weird obsession with him...