tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749160758467928634.post7606238870724256281..comments2024-03-14T00:18:52.831-07:00Comments on Quantum Spirit: Isaac Newton Was Secret AlchemistGregory LeFeverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872137290650811690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749160758467928634.post-27710881312268122942010-10-28T10:22:42.336-07:002010-10-28T10:22:42.336-07:00I enjoyed your elaboration, Christopher. The artic...I enjoyed your elaboration, Christopher. The article I based my post on had little more than what I wrote, so your comments added a valuable perspective. <br /><br />And I agree about the aspersion too often cast on alchemy. As you know better than I, its teachings ~ taken on a symbolic level ~ continue to influence psychology and many metaphysical areas.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to write your thoughts on this!Gregory LeFeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872137290650811690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6749160758467928634.post-25365299605142313042010-10-26T20:52:10.950-07:002010-10-26T20:52:10.950-07:00The last sentences are key. Newton wrote extensiv...The last sentences are key. Newton wrote extensively, recording most of his work. He also was invested in a system of prophecy using the Bible, certain he had a key. He was not alone in pursuing this as well. He did keep his alchemy low key, for certain obvious reasons. Alchemists of serious stripe had to deal with the fact of charlatans. There were exploiters about who were interested in making the fast buck and were carnival entertainers rather than serious experimenters. I tire of scientific arrogance casting judgement from a false height on such a different time and place. Serious alchemists were highly learned in multiple disciplines, perhaps the most educated people of their day. Certainly others could only match them for erudition.<br /><br />However, Newton was a strange man and by many accounts quite difficult to take.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.com