{"id":187,"date":"2012-02-16T18:14:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leicester.truthjuice.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/02\/nick-marchmont-in-leicester-on-190312\/"},"modified":"2012-04-05T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T09:15:10","slug":"nick-marchmont-in-leicester-on-190312","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicester.truthjuice.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/02\/nick-marchmont-in-leicester-on-190312\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Marchmont &#8211; Alchemy and the birth of modern science in Leicester on 19\/03\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/download\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/alchemy_circle.jpg']);\"  href=\"https:\/\/leicester.truthjuice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/alchemy_circle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-188\" title=\"alchemy_circle\" src=\"https:\/\/leicester.truthjuice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/alchemy_circle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicester.truthjuice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/alchemy_circle.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/leicester.truthjuice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/alchemy_circle-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leicester.truthjuice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/alchemy_circle-1024x819.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>Nick Marchmont is an independent researcher with a lifelong interest in ancient cultures, vanished civilisations and old knowledge. He has been writing, developing and performing his Healing History talks since 2009 and is now a widely recognised entity with many friends and supporters.\u00a0 His presentations celebrate the skills of our ancestors and of all those whose activities have led us to the present moment. \u00a0Nick aims specifically to enliven the interest of all in the history, mystery and beauty of this, our particular place in time.<\/p>\n<p>More details can be discovered at <a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/out\/www.dr-rock.biz\/']);\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-rock.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.dr-rock.biz<\/a><br \/>\nNick also hosts Dr Rock&#8217;s Radio Show at <a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/out\/www.tnsradio.com\/']);\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.tnsradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.tnsradio.com<\/a> every Thursday evening from 1800 &#8211; 2000 hours<br \/>\nFor your personal enjoyment and outrage, mp3s of past shows are at <a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '\/out\/www.tnsradio.dr-rock.biz\/downloads']);\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.tnsradio.dr-rock.biz\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\">www.tnsradio.dr-rock.biz\/<wbr>downloads<\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alchemy and the birth of modern science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A colourful tale of some of history&#8217;s most spectacular edge workers.<\/p>\n<p>Banned by emperors, paid by kings,pursued by the inquisition: from before the dawn of history alchemists have explored the edges of the known.<br \/>\nWith origins in Egypt and Babylon, alchemy is the story of humankind&#8217;s earliest quest to understand and bring into balance the inner and outer<br \/>\nworlds. \u00a0Before their discovery by modern science, alchemical initiates manifested microscopes, submarines, gunpowder, alchohol, porcelain and<br \/>\nmuch, much more.\u00a0 Alchemists were the midwives of ideas and methods that were to become the science of our modern age. 2000 years ago, wherever 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