#ColdWitch History Lessons

Prague: The Alchemy Capital of the World

Alchemy: The medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir.If we've learned anything from The Witch Who Came In From The Cold, it's that magic lies just around every corner in the city of Prague. Sure, it seems like an easy thing to make up in a fantasy espionage story but turns out Lindsay Smith and Co. had a good deal of facts for their fiction! Lucky visitors to the city can now go on a tour of all the magical haunts of Alchemists of yore...

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From across the world, alchemists, astrologers and healers came to study in Prague to learn the secrets of the ancient arts. Stepping back in time, we will follow in the footsteps of the Medieval Alchemists and enter their mystical medieval house and the old original Alchemy laboratory of Prague....
We have private access to the Alchemy House which contains an underground complex and the laboratories of the Alchemists. England’s Dr John Dee and Edward Kelly went to Prague to learn its golden secrets...

Secret stair cases reveal underground chambers where it now revealed these practitioners would do their best to achieve "the three great Alchemic accomplishments, or magisteriums of the Great Work." Learn more about Prague's Alchemical history here!Be it in real life or fiction - there something about Prague that has made it a focal point for magic and history. It might have never seen someone turn lead into gold, but we can only imagine the secrets its streets and tunnels hold...

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