Station: [42] Alchemy

“This story remains a mystery and cannot be explained entirely: as an educated man, Rutger von der Horst dedicated time to the studies of alchemy. This secret science fascinated the people of the time. Was it possible to find the so-called „philosopher’s stone”? Was it possible to create gold? Nowadays we know that the answer to these questions is „no”, but also that alchemy also covers natural philosophy and that it deals with the improvement and perfection of the human being and the world; these thoughts, too, are at their core nothing more than a transformation. Was it Rutger von der Horst’s goal to create gold from lead or was he more interested in creating effective medicine? As mentioned before, this part remains a question and a mystery…”