A Journey on the Path Less Traveled
The aim of the natural sciences is to discover the laws that rule the world (Büchel, 1992). The focus lies hereby on the natural and not on the social world, although the differentiation is not always simple. There are historically three core areas of the natural sciences: chemistry, biology and physics. Nevertheless this is not a final list of research areas, since many other disciplines were later born out of these. As more knowledge is created, more specific questions arise. This leads to the fact that early natural scientists were generalists from today’s perspective, and later specialized in newly emerging disciplines such as astronomy in the beginning, different engineering disciplines later, and rather recently (i.e. in the last century) created fields such as robotics or bionics.
The Central Quest of Alchemy: An Undefinable “Something” :A Summary of Alchemical Theory, Part 4 of 5 The central quest of alchemy was the quest of an undefined and undefinable something wherein was supposed to be contained all the powers …
The True Meaning of “AS ABOVE SO BELOW” Misquoted and Misunderstood. A Summary of Alchemical Theory, Part 3 of 5 A favourite saying of the alchemists was, “What is above is as what is below.” In one of its …
The Perfect Metal is Gold, it is Born from a Seed. A Summary of Alchemical Theory, Part 2of5 Looking around him, and observing the changes of things, the alchemist was deeply impressed by the growth and modification of plants and …
Alchemy, a Sacred Art or an Occult Science? A Summary of Alchemical Theory, Part 1of5 The system which began to be called alchemy in the 6th and 7th centuries of our era had no special name before that time, but …
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3.4.5 Igneous Textures: Pyroclastic Rocks and Pegmatites What is Pyroclastic, or fragmental, texture. Some igneous rocks are formed from the consolidation of individual rock fragments that are ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The ejected particles might be very fine …
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