by Jacques Sadoul · PLAZA: REALISMO FANTASTICO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401470516
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«El gran arte de la alquimia» is the historical essay by Jacques Sadoul, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (239 pages, in Spanish).
Sadoul surveys alchemy from China, Egypt, Alexandria and the Arab world to the contemporary era and explains its hermetic symbolism. Against the idea of the alchemist who only sought to make gold, Sadoul argues that it was a precise technique, practised in secret and linked to chemical discoveries. It includes a dialogue with a present-day alchemist.
Published in 1977. Translation by R. M. Bassols. Belongs to the Realismo Fantástico collection from Plaza & Janés.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of science, esotericism and the occult.
Jacques Sadoul was a French novelist, book editor and non-fiction author.
