This is in the courtyard of a twelfth century alchemist.

I was thinking that the Sun is kind of the ultimate alchemist.

I was thinking that the Sun is kind of the ultimate alchemist. (Laughter)

The Alchemist () is a novel by Paulo Coelho first published in the year 1988.

History Litmus was used for the first time about 1300 AD by Spanish alchemist Arnaldus de Villa Nova.

MELBOURNE In the sixteenth century, the alchemist Paracelsus offered a recipe for creating a living being that began with putting sperm into putrefying venter equinus.

c. 1310 Pseudo Geber, an anonymous Spanish alchemist who wrote under the name of Geber, publishes several books that establish the long held theory that all metals were composed of various proportions of sulfur and mercury.

MELBOURNE In the sixteenth century, the alchemist Paracelsus offered a recipe for creating a living being that began with putting sperm into putrefying venter equinus. This is usually translated as horse manure, but the Latin venter means abdomen or uterus.