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![Alchemical Mercury: A Theory of Ambivalence by Karen Pinkus](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBekF4Q1E9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ea6281dab5f7c935a26fb1b9b26bb7b4d9f93a61/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Alchemical%20Mercury-%20A%20Theory%20of%20Ambivalence.jpg)
232 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
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How can we account, in a rigorous way, for alchemy's ubiquity? We think of alchemy as the transformation of a base material (usually lead) into gold, but "alchemy" is a word in wide circulation in everyday life, often called upon to fulfill a meta...
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![Alchemical Mercury: A Theory of Ambivalence by Karen Pinkus](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBekF4Q1E9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ea6281dab5f7c935a26fb1b9b26bb7b4d9f93a61/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Alchemical%20Mercury-%20A%20Theory%20of%20Ambivalence.jpg)
232 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
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Language: English
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How can we account, in a rigorous way, for alchemy's ubiquity? We think of alchemy as the transformation of a base material (usually lead) into gold, but "alchemy" is a word in wide circulation in everyday life, often called upon to fulfill a meta...