The Mad Alchemist

In short everyone is a mad alchemist, living and creating life out of chaos and prediction moment by moment.

Alchemy and The Mad Scientist:

Alchemy was known as the spagyric art after Greek words meaning to separate and to join together. Alchemy, a part of the Occult Tradition, is both a philosophy and a practice with an ultimately unknown aim, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of several substances described as possessing unusual properties.

The best-known goals of the List of alchemists were the transmutation of common metals into Gold" called Chrysopoeia or Silver (less well known is plant alchemy, or "Spagyric"; the creation of a Panacea (medicine) or the Elixir of life, a remedy that supposedly would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely; and the discovery of a Alkahest,universal solvent.

Alchemical symbolism has been occasionally used by psychologists and philosophers. Carl Jung reexamined alchemical symbolism and theory and began to show the inner meaning of alchemical work as a spiritual path.In his interpretation, alchemy was the vessel by which Gnosticism survived its various purges into the Renaissance. In this sense, Jung viewed alchemy as comparable to a Yoga of the East. The practice of Alchemy seemed to change the mind and spirit of the Alchemist. His interpretation of Chinese alchemical texts in terms of his analytical psychology also served the function of comparing Eastern and Western alchemical imagery and core concepts and hence its possible inner sources.

The Mad Scientist

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley, brought fourth the modern Mad Scientist archetype into the cosmic consciousness.



Shelley wrote the novel when she was 19 years old. The first edition was published anonymously in London" in 1818. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man (Sons of God), but larger than average and more powerful (Nephilim). In popular culture, people have tended to refer to Frankenstein's monster as "Frankenstein", despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic fiction and the Romanticism movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across Literature and Popular culture and spawned a complete genre of Horror stories and Film. It is arguably considered the first fully realized Science fiction novel. The novel raises many issues that can be linked to today's society.During a telling Shelley did of Frankenstein, she referred to the creature as Adam (Bible).

Shelley was referring to the First man or woman in the Garden of Eden, as in her epigraph:Did I request thee, Maker from my clay To mould Me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? John Milton, Paradise Lost. A possible interpretation of the name Victor derives from Paradise Lost by John Milton, a great influence on Shelley (a quotation from Paradise Lost is on the opening page of Frankenstein and Shelley even allows the monster himself to read it). Milton frequently refers to God as "the Victor" in Paradise Lost, and Shelley sees Victor as playing God by creating life. In addition to this, Shelley's portrayal of the monster owes much to the character of Satan in Paradise Lost; indeed, the monster says, after reading the epic poem, that he empathizes with Satan's role in the story.

Modern Prometheus is the novel's subtitle. Prometheus, in some versions of Greek mythology, was the Titan (mythology)" who created mankind. It was also Prometheus who took fire from heaven and gave it to man. Zeus eternally punished Prometheus by fixing him to a rock where each day a predatory bird came to devour his liver, only for the liver to regrow the next day; ready for the bird to come again. Prometheus was also a myth told in Latin but was a very different story. In this version Prometheus makes man from clay and water, again a very relevant theme to Frankenstein as Victor rebels against the laws of nature and as a result is punished by his creation. Prometheus' relation to the novel can be interpreted in a number of ways. The Titan in the Greek mythology of Prometheus parallels Victor Frankenstein. Victor's work by creating man by new means reflects the same innovative work of the Titan in creating humans. Victor, in a way, stole the secret of creation from God just as the Titan stole fire from heaven to give to man. Both the Titan and Victor get punished for their actions. Victor is reprimanded by suffering the loss of those close to him and having the dread of himself getting killed by his creation.

For Mary Shelley, Prometheus was not a hero but a devil, whom she blamed for bringing fire to man and thereby seducing the human race to the vice of eating meat (fire brought cooking which brought hunting and killing). Support for this claim may be reflected in Chapter 17 of the novel, where the monster speaks to Victor Frankenstein: "My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment." For Romance era artists in general, Prometheus' gift to man compared with the two great utopian promises of the 18th century: the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution, containing both great promise and potentially unknown horrors.

Mad scientists are usually among the first fictional characters in mainstream media(movies, TV, written stories) to introduce a newly-developed concept of science to the mainstream public. In the Pulp magazine era, mad scientists were building rocket ships to travel to the Moon, Mars, and other planets. When World War II popularized the existence of "radiation" and its mysterious consequences, mad scientists built nuclear bombs and radiation-powered machines and mutated monsters. By the time the 21st century debuted, mad scientists of the time were experimenting with Nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and similar sciences. As a fictional archetype, the mad scientist can be seen as representing the fear of the unknown, and the consequences that will result when humanity dares to meddle with “things that are best left unknown”. Similarly, the tendency of the mad scientist to place himself in the role of God may be an extension of the differences between religion and science. This is reflected by the recurring role of the mad scientist as a God-like creator, as many fantastic beasts and monsters have been birthed in their laboratories. In the 1931 film Frankenstein (1931 film), when the monster is brought to life, its creator cries out: “Now I know what it feels like to be God!”. This statement was considered controversial enough for the line to be Censorship.

The techniques of mad science also changed after Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Electricity was replaced by Radioactive contamination as the new tool to create, enlarge, or deform life e.g., Godzilla. As audiences became more savvy, Quantum mechanics, Genetic engineering, and Artificial intelligence have taken the spotlight e.g., Blade Runner.



However with the recent show Fringe, we are also given our new mad alchemist with Dr. Walter Bishop (Horse/Chariot) who worked for a secret government program which involved pseudo-science, nicknamed Fringe science, His son Peter in the Pilot as refers to his father being a Doctor Frankenstein.



The second episode in the series was entitled Same old story and this plot was centered around a scientist Dr. Penrose who was working with Dr. Bishop on manipulating growth hormones with the Pituitary gland. While there main objective was too be able to create and produce soldiers in 3 years.

And Penrose while denying the morality of the work and saying he had nothing to do with it actually was the father or creator of one of this genetically altered humans, making him one of many mad scientists we see in this series.




This episodes new technique method conquering the pseudoness was too read the retinal responses from a womans last images before death. This isnt the first time ive seen a similar theory of this on-screen either as it was accomplished in the already well commented on movie Wild Wild West (WWW/3).





The images were then identified and pinpointed too 1600 Block Street marked with a pyramid and a Bullseye.





Wild Wild West





Decapitated Head







Here in the opening sequence of the movie we are shown Cupid on the breast plate of a spiral (Stargate) hypnotic device used by Kevin Kline (K2) who is more like a mad engineer then a scientist.




Will 2k/Twin Pillars/Horse/Chariot



Will 2k almost the Hanged man




Kenneth Branagh plays Dr. Arliss Loveless, who also played Road to El Dorado with Kevin Kline (K2) in the year 2000 (MM), as Miguel (Who is like god) and as Victor (God/Creator) Frankenstein in 1994 adaptation.




Dr. Loveless an ex-Confederate scientist is also confined to a steam-powered wheelchair (Stargate).



Loveless's plans after hiding are to destroy the United States with his mechanized forces developed by the worlds top scientists that he has kidnapped, unless President Grant agrees to divide the United States among Great Britain, France, Spain, Mexico, and himself. Loveless demands that President Grant sign a surrender Treaty.





And Loveless's mechanical force is a giant spider (8/Octagon/Web).




Gene Wilder most known as Willy Wonka (MM) the Mad scientist of sugary treats also played Victor Frankenstein in the 1974 adaptation of the book.




And had a role in Wonderland as The Mock Turtle.



And in perfect synchronicity the past week saw the release of the new film I (Eye)-Gor, where the Mad Scientists assistant becomes the creator.





And of the more famous Mad scientists was Dr. Jeckyll who created Mr. Hyde, which also was parodied in Nutty Professor 1 & 11 by Eddie Murphy.

The first movie has Sherman Klump inventing a weight-loss potion and the second film see Klump working with the fountain of youth.

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And finally the recently released Babylon A.D starring Vin Diesel (XXX) also dwells into the depths of a genetically engineered messiah named Aurora who will perform a virgin giving birth too twins. However Aurora was a project paid for by a religious group who will now become solidified as they have produced a real miracle.

Aurora & Aurora-

Here is Aurora's father or creator mad scientist Dr. Arthur Darquandier, who was thought too be dead but as seen fully recovered himself.




Coca-Cola Airplane delivers Toorop and Aurora to New York .




Aurora announces here pregnancy and eventually kills herself to save Toorop,

where he is seen transformed and becomes the guardian of the Gemini twins who Aurora gave birth too.



And while writing this interesting enough i came across a top 10 Mad scientists according to Live Science article on yahoos front page.

#10

Johann Konrad Dippel

Born and raised in Germany's Castle Frankenstein, 17th-century alchemist Johann Dippel became noted as the inventor of Prussian Blue, one of the first synthetic chemical dyes, but most famous for his endless quest for elixirs of immortality. Rumors of his experiments on human corpses may have inspired Mary Shelley's legendary character that bore the castle's name.

#9

Wernher von Braun

At the age of 12, an intrepid Wernher von Braun loaded his toy wagon with some firecrackers and shot off across a crowded German street. It was a sign of things to come. The brains behind Hitler's V-2 rocket program arrived in the United States as a prisoner of war and went on to be its champion of space and lunar exploration. While putting people on the moon, von Braun also mastered scuba diving and philosophy.

#8

Robert Oppenheimer

The Manhattan Project's head honcho was never reserved about his sympathies for socialism and his conflicted feelings over dropping the atomic bombs, and was ultimately stripped of his academic and political power for it. Despite those controversies, he's also remembered as a man his grad students called "Oppie," who learned Dutch and Sanskrit just because, and quoted a Hindu holy text at the sight of the first atomic bomb test.

#7

Freeman Dyson

Respected nuclear physicist and prolific writer Freeman Dyson moonlights as a science fiction writer's dream. In 1960, he touted the idea that in the future humans may need to construct an artificial shell, now called the Dyson Sphere, that would encircle the entire solar system and make maximum use of the sun's energy. Dyson wholeheartedly believes in extraterrestrial life and thinks we'll make contact within the next few decades.

#6

Richard Feynman

Part of the Manhattan Project's team of geniuses that developed the atomic bomb, physicist Richard Feynman went on to become one of the most important scientists of the late 20th century. Far from the stuffy professor type, this free spirit explored music and nature, decoded Mayan hieroglyphics and picked locks in his spare time.

#5

Jack Parsons

When Jack Parsons wasn't busy co-founding the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he was practicing magic and calling himself the Antichrist. This mysterious bad boy of the space program had no formal education, yet still managed to develop a rocket fuel that would guide the United States through WWII and into space. Tragically yet appropriately dramatic, Parsons blew himself up during a lab experiment at his home in 1952.

#4

James Lovelock

This modern environmental scientist and inventor of the world-as-superorganism Gaia Hypothesis has been dispensing dire predictions about climate change and our world for decades now, many of which have come true. He's not shy about spreading one ultra-gloomy forecast; given the current ecological crisis, a massive die-off of about 80 percent of humans by 2100 is inevitable, he believes.

#3

Nikola Tesla

This is the guy you picture pulling down a giant electric switch in a shower of fiery sparks. Tesla, who is credited with the invention of the wireless radio and the AC generator that kick-started the electrical age was even born, fittingly, during a violent lightning storm in 1856. He was also known as a manic genius that slept little and loved to put on a good show, often using his own body as a conductor in public demonstrations.

#2

Leonardo da Vinci

Between painting the most revered masterpieces of Renaissance art, Leonardo da Vinci somehow still found time to tap into his inner eccentric. The Italian's scientific sketchbooks, most written in mirror-image cursive, are a fantasyland of oddball machines and brilliant designs, many which would never come to fruition and some that would be built many centuries later, like his rudimentary helicopter.

#1

Albert Einstein

He's certainly got the mad scientist hair thing down. One of the last century's most celebrated scientists, Albert Einstein turned physics on its head with his theories of relativity, and made enormous contributions to the fields of gravitation and quantum theory. He also liked to take his sailboat out on the water on windless days, "just for the challenge."