![]() ![]() He presented the idea as a literal and serious possibility of alchemical science, a practice interested in all manners of manipulation beyond known natural laws, including the search for the fabled “Philosopher’s Stone,” which could purportedly turn lead into gold and grant eternal life. The unconscious desire implicit in this bizarre interspecies experiment - for a man to be able to create life without the aid of a woman - was apparently lost on Paracelsus. ![]() Paracelsus first coined the term “homunculus” - the Latin portmanteau meaning “little man.” The 16th Century occultist used the word to describe a miniature, fully-formed human that he believed could be produced through the “putrefaction” of isolated human sperm within a horse’s womb (yes, you read that correctly). This article is part of PS2 Week, a full week celebrating the 2000 PlayStation 2 console.
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