Welcome back to the laboratory and to the second season of the podcast! This week hosts Astra, Fel, and Han travel back to medieval times and discuss magick during a time of heavy catholic influence, metallurgy, and medicine among many other topics including influential scientists, occultists, leech books, witch hunts!

A delightful historical concoction to explore that won't blow your head off.

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Resources:

The Genius of Medieval Science: https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-science-medicine-dark-ages-discoveries/

Brief Biography of Jabir-ibn-Hayyan: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abu-Musa-Jabir-ibn-Hayyan

Leech-Book Experiment: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4542191/

Brief overview of the Hortus deliciarum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_deliciarum

Discussion of potential scientific bias of medeival remedies: https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/9-weird-medieval-medicines

Alchemy Digital Occult Library (a great starting point): https://digitaloccultlibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/alchemy/