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17th century alchemist's scroll giving instructions for the 'elixir of life'
Daily Mail ^
| 17 December 2017
| Sophie Inge
Posted on 12/17/2017 2:27:40 PM PST by mairdie
An incredibly rare 17th century alchemist's scroll giving instructions for the elixir of life has sold for a magical 585,000 [pounds].
The delicate manuscript was an illustrative methodology of 15th century scientist George Ripley's recipe for the philosophers' stone which made a potion that supposedly granted the drinker eternal life.
It also gave instructions for turning base metals into gold.
Although the instructions were impossibly cryptic - there is one reference to using dragon's blood - it didn't stop scholars of the time, including Sir Isaac Newton, giving it a go.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: alchemy; epigraphyandlanguage; georgeriple; godsgravesglyphs; isaacnewton; magic; magnumopus; middleages; ohsomysteriouso; philosophersstone; renaissance; sirisaacnewton
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To: Pollster1; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; pax_et_bonum; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
Thanks Pollster1.
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posted on
12/17/2017 4:51:18 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: SunkenCiv
The recipe for Kickapoo Joy Juice?
42
posted on
12/17/2017 4:53:13 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: mairdie
"George Ripley's recipe..."
He was from the ghetto.
43
posted on
12/17/2017 4:59:44 PM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv; redhead
The recipe for Kickapoo Joy Juice?Boy! What a recipe THAT could be!
44
posted on
12/17/2017 5:00:33 PM PST
by
Monkey Face
(Some people just suck the nice right out of me. ~~ FB)
To: BenLurkin
>>The recipe for Kickapoo Joy Juice?
Boy, does that take me back to childhood!
45
posted on
12/17/2017 5:04:20 PM PST
by
mairdie
To: Fungi
"If they knew how, they would have done it, shut their mouth, and gotten rich." Same thing today.
Just turn on the TV after 11PM and watch the parade of people selling
*you* their *secret* on how to get rich in real estate (or fill in the blank.)
The real play is selling the get rich scheme.
46
posted on
12/17/2017 5:17:07 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: tet68; mairdie; Salamander; 50mm
"If its got toad in it, its got to be good." How 'bout chocolate coated Crunchy Frog?
47
posted on
12/17/2017 5:20:04 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: shibumi
Well said. After my post, I thought about the same thing with all those infomercials. Nothing beats work and an idea. Thank you.
48
posted on
12/17/2017 5:32:14 PM PST
by
Fungi
(Eat a fungus or two today.)
To: Fiddlstix
I just noticed that the upper left corners of our FRProfiles have a lot in common... ‘-)
49
posted on
12/17/2017 5:32:56 PM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)
To: mairdie
50
posted on
12/17/2017 5:36:13 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: shibumi
.
>> “The real play is selling the get rich scheme.” <<
Precisely!
.
51
posted on
12/17/2017 5:38:01 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: mairdie
Someone send the directions to the kids at 8chan. They’ll figure it out. ;)
52
posted on
12/17/2017 5:45:25 PM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: Fungi
“Those who speak don’t know. Those who know don’t speak”
Lao Tzu
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posted on
12/17/2017 5:57:43 PM PST
by
RedStateRocker
(Nuke Mecca, deport all illegals, abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF.)
To: BenLurkin; Monkey Face
I remember the first time I saw cases of that, it was at a local gas station. And of course, it was based on Li'l Abner's moonshiner neighbors.
54
posted on
12/17/2017 6:21:49 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: TXnMA
55
posted on
12/17/2017 6:24:10 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: editor-surveyor; Fungi
As long as we’re at it...another one that always gets me is this:
Gold & Silver are the only worthwhile investments.
You need to divest currency and buy Gold now!
So send *ME* your worthless currency (or an electronic
facsimile thereof) and I’ll sell you my valuable Gold.
Well, I don’t know about you guys, but If I was sitting
on a pile of gold and truly believed that it was the only
commodity worth having, then I’d be damned before
I’d sell it to some stranger for worthless script.
56
posted on
12/17/2017 6:34:01 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: mairdie
I just saw dragon’s blood listed elsewhere as an ingredient yesterday. I looked it up, it’s from a plant
57
posted on
12/17/2017 6:39:00 PM PST
by
b4me
(God Bless the USA)
To: b4me
58
posted on
12/17/2017 6:51:29 PM PST
by
mairdie
To: AFreeBird
“Nectar of the gods.”
Be careful what one wishes for. Everlasting (mortal) life might not be all that it is cracked up to be!
Rush - Xanadu (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF9cpIlSdqo
“A thousand years have come and gone
But time has passed me by
Stars stopped in the sky
Frozen in an everlasting view
Waiting for the world to end
Weary of the night
Praying for the light
Prison of the lost - Xanadu”
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posted on
12/17/2017 7:11:34 PM PST
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
To: shibumi; tet68; mairdie; 50mm
60
posted on
12/17/2017 9:59:13 PM PST
by
Salamander
(And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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