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I research HISTORY OF ALCHEMY and The Occult in the History of Scientific Discoveries. Through the whole Middle Ages and Renaissance, science was perceived as magic, and scientific research and experimentation were considered witchcraft by the authorities of the time. That is why researching the history of early science involves the study of occultism. In my academic quest, I focus on the Imaginary, Spirituality, Occultism, Hermetism, Kabbalah, Alchemy, Science, Magic and Religion in Europe (III-XVIII CE) and America (XVI-XVIII CE).

Currently: I work on my PhD Dissertation Alchemical Patterns in European Thought and the Occult Origins of Scientific Discoveries from Carolingians to Early Modern Period.

Past research: focused on the most mysterious manuscript in the world, The "Voynich Manuscript."

In addition, I prepare my upcoming book: Medicine, Alchemy, Science and the Occult in European Thought, (2012) Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK,

as well as the Proceedings Volume for the Conference I have organized in 2012 at Purdue: Science and the Occult from Antiquity through the Early Modern Period, (2013) Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.