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1 day ago · Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) [1] is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. [2] In its Western form, alchemy is first attested in a number of pseudepigraphical texts ...
- Philosophers' Stone
The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone by...
- List of Alchemical Substances
One version was used as a green pigment. White arsenic –...
- Alchemical Symbol
Alchemical symbols, originally devised as part of alchemy,...
- Citrinitas
Printable version; Citrinitas, or sometimes xanthosis, is a...
- Elixir of Life
The mythological White Hare from Chinese mythology, brewing...
- Panaceas
A panacea (/ p æ n ə ˈ s iː ə /) is any supposed remedy that...
- Four Elements
The classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air,...
- Magnum Opus (Alchemy)
Colors of the magnum opus seen on the breastplate of a...
- Protoscience
In the philosophy of science, protoscience is a research...
- Philosophers' Stone
1 day ago · The soul is the "driver" in the body. It is the roohu or spirit or atma, the presence of which makes the physical body alive. Many [quantify] religious and philosophical traditions support the view that the soul is the ethereal substance – a spirit; a non-material spark – particular to a unique living being.
1 day ago · The fourth truth is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of eight practices that end suffering. They are: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi (concentration, mental unification, meditation).
1 day ago · The Bhagavad Gita is the sealing achievement of the Hindu synthesis, incorporating its various religious traditions. [10] [11] [9] The synthesis is at both philosophical and socio-religious levels, states the Gita scholar Keya Maitra. [72] The text refrains from insisting on one right marga (path) to spirituality.
1 day ago · BnF Museum (Cabinet des médailles), Paris. Poseidon ( / pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ -, poʊ -/; [1] Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses. [2] He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies.
4 hours ago · Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City, United States.Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States.
4 hours ago · Incidentally, the calculation to convert slope from degrees to percentage is: percentage slope = tan (degrees) * 100%. So a 46° ski slope would correspond to a 104% percentage slope, i.e. for every 100 feet you travel horizontally, you’d go up (or down) 104 feet.
