Events Tagged: "alchemy"

Roger Bacon describes gunpowder formula in Opus Majus - 'thunder and lightning' can be made by man

Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) born in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, son of physician Wilhelm Bombast von Hohenheim

Paracelsus writes 'Paragranum' in Strasbourg, outlining his medical philosophy based on four pillars: philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and virtue

Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz published - Complex alchemical allegory - Author Johann Valentin Andreae later admits: 'I meant to laugh at the curious'