Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) Bohemian shoemaker and mystic, whose works are important to a spiritual interpretation of Alchemy. Jakob Böhme (also spelled Jacob Boehme), called the German Theosopher, was famous in his lifetime
Heinrich Khunrath (1560–1601 or 1604) was an influential German alchemist. Heinrich Khunrath’s work blends philosophical elements of Rosicrucianism, the Kabbalah, and Paracelsian thought. Khunrath was born in 1560 in Leipzig. He obtained his medical degree in 1588 at the University
Armand Barbault was a French alchemist and esoteric writer associated with the revival of practical alchemy in the twentieth century. His work stands at an interesting crossroads: it looks back to the
A Persian Muslim philosopher from Nishapur, surnamed’Hujjatu-l-lslam, (lslam,s convincing proof), who did for Islam what Thomas Aquinas did for Christianity. His works were turned into Latin from the Arabic by the ceaseless
Sir Isaac Newton (1643–1727) English scientist, physicist, and mathematician who is credited generally with establishing modern science, paving the way for the breakthroughs of the 18th century and the eventual rise of
Jabir ibn Hayyan (c. 722/723–c. 815) One of the most important Islamic alchemists. Jabir ibn Hayyan, known in the West as Geber (also Giaber or Yeber), made significant contributions to Alchemy that
Maria Prophetess In Alchemy, one of the early and most esteemed Hellenistic alchemists. Maria Prophetess is also known as Maria the Jewess, Maria the Hebrew, Maria Hebraea, and Mary the Prophetess. Little
Paracelsus (1493–1541) One of the greatest of alchemists and Hermetic philosophers, whose popular but unorthodox healing methods and supreme arrogance ran him afoul of the medical establishment. Paracelsus believed in natural Magic,
Mormius, Peter (17th c.) Alchemist and Rosicrucian. In 1630 Peter Mormius, a noted alchemist and author of Rosicrucian works, sought to introduce Rosicrucianism into Holland by petitioned the States-General for a public
Thomas Norton, (d. 1477) was an English alchemist who learned from George Ripley. Thomas Norton is the author of a noted alchemical work, The Ordinall of Alchimy. Thomas Norton the alchemist is
Johann Mylius (16th–17th c.) German philosopher and student of Alchemy, known for his books of alchemical emblems. Johann Mylius’s best-known work is Philosophia reformata (“Philosophy Reformed”), published in 1622, a 700-page illustrated
Scot, Michael (1175–c. 1235) Reputed Scottish magician, alchemist, mathematician, physician, astrologer, and scholar. Michael Scot was outspoken in his condemnation of Magic and NECROMANCY; yet he seemed to know so much about
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