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"Alchemists pursued the secrets of creation, and Alchemical Belief takes their aspirations seriously. With careful readings and well-chosen cases, Bruce Janacek demonstrates that alchemical writings need to be read in the context of their authors' broader intellectual and devotional pursuits. Alchemical writings lent themselves to the expression of irenic, unifying aspirations for Christianity and provided solutions to the political and religious conflicts rending the early modern world. This argument is as refreshing as it is ambitious."
--Lauren Kassell, University of Cambridge
"The essence of Janacek's inquiry around the meaning of belief in alchemy in early modern England both stimulates and challenges the reader. . . . By identifying alchemical belief as an intangible but pervasive force at work within late Tudor and Stuart society, Janacek's volume is significant for pointing to a more nuanced view of political, philosophical, and religious preconceptions in early modern England. By drawing attention to hidden currents within alchemical culture as an agent of change, Alchemical Belief constitutes an important springboard for new studies about the interrelationship between theology and science in pre-modern society."
--Donna Bilak, Early Science and Medicine
"With the arguments of Bacon in mind, the reader of Janacek's book can attain a rounded view of early modern alchemical interest in England, which ranged from the wholehearted support of Dee and Fludd to the cautious approval of Digby or the arm's length attitude of Bacon. This complex view helps to highlight the fact that the eventual triumph of the sceptical views of alchemy was by no means obvious in the climate of early modern England. Indeed, [Alchemical Belief] enlightens the reader by capturing an unfamiliar moment in history, when alchemy offered strong promise for the future."
--Georgiana Hedesan, Ambix
"What emerges from Janacek's treatment of his sources is carefully drawn representation of the many ways in which alchemy provided a language and a method for understanding and ultimately restoring order in a profoundly disordered world. This study demonstrates how the study of learned occultism provides a profitable means for lifting the veil on a critical but complex period in early modern history."
--Wm. Bradford Smith, Sixteenth Century Journal
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