Alchemical belief
Subtitle: occultism in the religious culture of early modern England
By: Bruce Janacek
Series: The magic in history series; Magic in history
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780271050133
Subjects: Church history; Alchemy; History; Christianity
Description: "Explores the practice of alchemy in the context of the religious and political tensions in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England, and the use of occult knowledge to demonstrate proof of theological doctrines"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Thomas Tymme and natural philosophy: schism and alchemical unity in the book of nature; title: Robert Fludd, natural theology, and the alchemical debate of 1623; title: Francis Bacon, alchemy, and the great redemption; title: Catholic natural philosophy: alchemy and the revivification of Sir Kenelm Digby; title: Elias Ashmole: the collection and culmination of alchemical thought.