11 May 2020 Ancient Alchemists and Modern Scientists: In Search of Creating the Homunculus By Roberto Volterri History & Tradition 0 To mimic the Creator and create life ex nihilo – almost from nothing – has been the ambition of some men, none more so than Philip Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (1493 - 1541), a 16th-century doctor and alchemist, better known as... Read More