English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton produced works exploring chronology, biblical interpretation, and alchemy. Some of this could be considered occult. Newton's scientific work may have b
An 1874 engraving showing a probably apocryphal account of Newton's lab fire. In the story, Newton's dog, Diamond, started the fire, burning 20 years of research. Newton is thought to have said: "O Diamond, Diamond, thou little knowest the mischief thou hast done."
Isaac Newton's diagram of part of the Temple of Solomon, taken from Plate 1 of The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended (published London, 1728)
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Michael Maier was a German physician and counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg. He was a learned alchemist, epigramist, and amateur composer.
Copper engraving of Michael Maier, from Symbola avreae mensae dvodecim nationvm (Matthäus Merian, 1617)
Image taken from the hermetic splendid book Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier
Discursus XXXI, Epigramma XXXI, from Atalanta fugiens, 1617
Toad on a Bosom - Atalanta Fugiens, 1618