Hudsons Alchemy

More than a decade ago, David Hudson, a farmer in Phoenix Arizona, stumbled upon the fabulous Philosophers Stone while trying to mine and refine gold on his farm. He realized with some excitement that he had discovered a repeatable formula. Even better, his formula could be scaled-up from a laboratory to a chemical plant. This was something that had eluded alchemists for at least three thousand years. 

Hudson s discovery is now a controversial subject at the forefront of pharmaceutical and industrial technologies based on high spin state mono-atomic or single atom elements of iridium, rhodium and gold. He has developed high spin mono-atomic states for many of the transition elements including gold. 

David Hudson quietly patented his process in England, Australia and other countries around the world. He was unable to do so in the USA. The patent application fell foul of standard US Department of Defense objections relating to superconductivity, a technology of national importance. 

Another explanation is that the process simply did not work, although this is normally not a basis for rejection. A convenient conspiracy theory is that the US Government realized that Hudson might have rediscovered the Philosophers Stone and concluded it was far too important for humanity to allow any individual a patent. An X-Files variation of this conspiracy theory holds that the US military does not want anyone else in control of the substance. David Hudson points out in good humor that his failure to patent the process in the USA at least meant that no one else could. 

Ultra fine metallic colloids of gold, platinum and silver are one form of pure metals used medicinally. To be effective, these colloid molecules need to have a diameter of between one to ten nanometers. These colloids give rise to some surprising claims. Gold colloids reputedly help the nervous system and relieve depression, anxiety and arthritis. Silver colloids are reputedly effective against over six hundred and fifty viruses, bacteria, fungus and yeasts. Many recommend care with silver because the element can build up in body tissue and become toxic to the bacteria required for normal body function. 

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For a colourful study of a colourful figure see Joscelyn Godwin, Athanasius Kircher. A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Kiowledge (London Thames and Hudson, 1979). A more specific study of Jesuit alchemy is Martha Baldwin, Alchemy and the Society of Jesus in the Seventeenth Century, Ambix, (1993) 42-52. 

Philalethes, Eirenaeus. "An exposition upon Sir George Ripley s vision." In Alchemy the secret art, ed. Stanislas Klossowski de Rola. London New York Thames Hudson Avon, 1973. 

Rola, Stanislas Klossowski de. Alchemy the secret art. London, New York New York Thames Hudson Avon Books, 1973. 128p. ISBN 0-500-81003-6... 

Topics are Female alchemists Aelia Laelia Crispis Practical alchemy Historical alchemy related sites in the Czech Republic Image and Will in alchemy Gender in alchemy David Hudson - the White Powder Gold The use of blood in Alchemy The Symbolism of the Rose in Alchemy The Caduceus and Religion Relevance of Alchemy Islamic alchemy Armand Barbault The Golem Abraham the Jew and Flamel Alchemical fiction Animal alchemy Differences between Alchemy and Magic ... 

Arthurian symbolism and alchemy Astrology and alchemy Bosch and alchemy Hudson lecture. Each appears separately in this bibliography... 

Klossowski de Rola, Stanislas. Alchemy The Secret Art. 1973. Reprint, New York Thames and Hudson, 1985. 

Hudson, David Superconductivity and Modem Alchemy - Has the Philosopher s Stone Been Found Lecture and workshop in Dallas Texas, February 1995 Ibn Bishrun, Bakr Treatise on Alchemy written to Ibn as-Samh, a fellow student of al-Majriti Maslamah, in Ibn Khaldun s Muqaddimah (or Prolegomena) translated in The Muqaddimah by Franz Rosenthal, RKP, London, 1958 Iltigius, De Patribus Apostohcis ... 

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