Comments on: Mad Scientist #5: Paracelsus (pt. 2) – Paracelsus’ Homunculus

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:31:51 +0000

Absorb’d in thought, here oft I sat alone,
“And disciplin’d myself with prayer and fast.
Then rich in hope, with faith sincere,
With sighs, and hands in anguish press’d,
The end of that sore plague, with many a tear,
From heaven’s dread Lord, I sought to wrest.
These praises have to me a scornful tone.
Oh, could’st thou in my inner being read,
How little either sire or son,
Of such renown deserve the meed…”

By: Yishai

Yishai — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 02:11:40 +0000

Sorry to be a word Nazi but your use of the word Arcanum is not right at all. Arcanum is from the word Arcana in Latin which translates as secret.

By: Atlas

Atlas — Sun, 08 May 2016 02:25:42 +0000

Would have been a better article if it wasn’t glossed over with whiny feminism

By: Myths And Illusions: The Myth of Paracelsus’ Scientific Contributions | This Ruthless World

Tue, 07 Jul 2015 14:43:39 +0000

[…] with instructions on putting semen in a jar and mixing it with horseshit to create a homunculus (no, really), and decide that the man was trying to create an artificial uterus – but that would work only if […]

By: How similar is Hohenheim (FMA) to the real Hohenheim? | CL-UAT

How similar is Hohenheim (FMA) to the real Hohenheim? | CL-UAT — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 17:06:39 +0000

[…] Let the semen of a man putrefy by itself in a sealed cucurbite with the highest putrefaction of the venter equinus [horse manure] for forty days, or until it begins at last to live, move, and be agitated, which can easily be seen…If now, after this, it be everyday nourished and fed cautiously and prudently with [an] arcanum of human blood…it becomes, thenceforth, a true and living infant, having all the members of a child that is born from a woman, but much smaller.(1) […]

By: Peter Kinnon

Peter Kinnon — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 02:03:20 +0000

Nice blog, MS

But actually I’m looking for a homunculus image for the cover of my upcoming latest book “The Intricacy Generator: Pushing Chemistry and Geometry Uphill”.

I am looking for permission from the originator or assurance that it is in the public domain.

Are you able to help?

Pete
pete@ps.gen.nz

If of interest my previous works “Unusual Perspectives: An Escape From Tunnel Vision””The Goldilocks Effect: What Has Serendipity Ever Done For Us?” are free downloads in e-book formats from the “Unusual Perspectives” website.

By: Max Hartshorn

Max Hartshorn — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:30:01 +0000

You'd think so. Though it's apparently used by alchemists to denote "warm, fermenting horse dung" (see this reference)

By: Habib Harsh

Habib Harsh — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:21:20 +0000

Womb. Not horse manure. A horse womb.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:21:07 +0000

Dude. Nicely stated. I’d hate to get slapped by somatoform homunculus. Send you into outer space.

By: Louis Carl

Louis Carl — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:26:17 +0000

wonderful text. It makes me think about try some experiments. But I can’t deny it is bizarre, and against some natural rules or something. Like it would need a price, if suceed, thats my fear. Thanks for the text anyway!