Ed Leafe wrote: > On Aug 12, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Paul Newton wrote: > > >> Of course in times past the distinction was less clear - Isaac Newton, >> one of the world's greatest scientists (arguably the greatest) was >> very >> much into alchemy. >> > > True, but at that time the quest to turn base metals into gold was > still thought of as possible. It is not "unscientific" to explore the > possible, which was what alchemy was in those days. > Indeed - and today's "magick" sometimes turn's out to be, or evolves into, tomorrow's science
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