Modern alchemy and the occult revival.
A modern reception history belongs beside ancient alchemy, with its own sources and chronology.
Locate the modern subject
Modern Alchemy: Occultism and the Emergence of Atomic Theory concerns a modern encounter between occult ideas and scientific discourse. Its title names a bounded historical problem. Oxford University Press ↗
Separate historical association from scientific support
A historical actor’s use of scientific language can be evidence for an intellectual movement. It does not make every associated metaphysical claim experimentally established. Oxford University Press ↗
Follow the contemporary documents
Ask which publications, correspondences, and interpretations connect the ideas. Compare them at the dates they appeared, without projecting modern language into ancient recipes. Oxford University Press ↗