{"id":212876,"date":"2024-10-01T18:06:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T16:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=212876"},"modified":"2024-10-01T01:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T23:18:34","slug":"alchimistes-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/alchimistes-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Qui \u00e9taient les Alchimistes et que reste t&rsquo;il d&rsquo;eux \u00e0 Paris ? Voici leur myst\u00e9rieuse histoire !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L&rsquo;alchimie&#8230; On en entend souvent parler mais <strong>de quoi s&rsquo;agit-il<\/strong> exactement ? Avant de partir sur <strong>leurs traces<\/strong> avec notre visite guid\u00e9e du <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/visite\/le-paris-des-alchimistes#0\">Paris des Alchimistes<\/a><\/strong>, on vous en dit plus sur leur <strong>intrigante qu\u00eate<\/strong> ci-dessous !<\/p>\n<h2><b>Les Alchimistes, des utopistes ?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Le but principal de l&rsquo;alchimie est de<strong> r\u00e9aliser la pierre philosophale<\/strong>, qui permettrait de changer les m\u00e9taux vils (comme le plomb) en m\u00e9taux nobles (or et argent) : c&rsquo;est ce que l&rsquo;on appelle <strong>Le Grand \u0152uvre<\/strong>. L&rsquo;autre grande recherche de l&rsquo;alchimie est celle de <strong>la panac\u00e9e, <\/strong>un rem\u00e8de m\u00e9dical qui <strong>gu\u00e9rirait tous les maux<\/strong>\u00a0et un \u00e9lixir qui permettrait de<strong> prolonger la vie humaine. <\/strong>Si, depuis l&rsquo;Antiquit\u00e9, personne n\u2019a jamais r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 trouver ces <strong>recettes magiques<\/strong>, \u00e0 force de chercher les alchimistes ont fait des<strong> d\u00e9couvertes inattendues ! <\/strong>Parmi elles, on compte la cuisson au <strong>\u00ab\u00a0bain-marie\u00a0\u00bb <\/strong>par Marie la Juive,<strong> l&rsquo;alcool<\/strong>, la cure de\u00a0la syphilis avec du mercure et celle du chol\u00e9ra avec de l&rsquo;arsenic, ou encore <strong>la p\u00e2te de porcelaine<\/strong> (jusque l\u00e0 inconnue en Occident)&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57338\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Article-Chimie-Encyclopedie.jpg\" alt=\"histoire-alchimie-paris\" width=\"550\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Article-Chimie-Encyclopedie.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Article-Chimie-Encyclopedie-394x300.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Article-Chimie-Encyclopedie-200x152.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Article-Chimie-Encyclopedie-220x167.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Article-Chimie-Encyclopedie-120x91.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les signes alchimiques, page de L&rsquo;Encyclop\u00e9die de Diderot et d&rsquo;Alembert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Le plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre des alchimistes\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>L&rsquo;alchimiste le plus connu est sans doute <strong>Nicolas Flamel<\/strong>, qui v\u00e9cut entre 1340 et 1418, et que l\u2019on retrouve dans de nombreuses <strong>fictions populaires<\/strong> comme le \u00ab\u00a0<em>Da Vinci Code<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb de Dan Brown, \u00ab\u00a0<em>Harry Potter<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb et m\u00eame \u00ab\u00a0<em>Les aventures de Spirou<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb ! On peut toujours voir <strong>sa maison<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/paris-insolite-secret\/top-100-des-lieux-insolites-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">la plus vieille de Paris<\/a>) au 51 rue de Montmorency dans le 3\u00e8me arrondissement. Pourtant rien ne prouve qu\u2019il a bel et bien \u00e9t\u00e9 alchimiste ! Mais la <strong>l\u00e9gende<\/strong> veut qu\u2019il ait laiss\u00e9 plusieurs <strong>indices<\/strong> sur des fa\u00e7ades du quartier (gravures, hi\u00e9roglyphes, sculptures) autour des Halles dont il avait financ\u00e9 la construction&#8230; Peut-\u00eatre pour que les apprentis alchimistes puissent continuer sa qu\u00eate ?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62118\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nicolas_Flamel._Line_engraving._Wellcome_V0001935-e1489078095884.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait de Nicolas Flamel \u00a9 Wellcome Library, London\" width=\"600\" height=\"973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nicolas_Flamel._Line_engraving._Wellcome_V0001935-e1489078095884.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nicolas_Flamel._Line_engraving._Wellcome_V0001935-e1489078095884-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nicolas_Flamel._Line_engraving._Wellcome_V0001935-e1489078095884-308x500.jpg 308w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nicolas_Flamel._Line_engraving._Wellcome_V0001935-e1489078095884-200x324.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nicolas_Flamel._Line_engraving._Wellcome_V0001935-e1489078095884-220x356.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nicolas_Flamel._Line_engraving._Wellcome_V0001935-e1489078095884-120x194.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait de Nicolas Flamel \u00a9 Wellcome Library, London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Une empreinte myst\u00e9rieuse \u00e0 Paris<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Actuellement, certaines personnes affirment voir des<strong> symboles <\/strong>alchimistes sur la cath\u00e9drale <strong>Notre-Dame de Paris<\/strong>, comme le dragon &#8211; qui porterait sur son front la pierre philosophale \u2013 ou un chien et une chienne, symbolisant le fixe et le volatile. D&rsquo;autres aper\u00e7oivent des signes sur <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/tour-saint-jacques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">la tour Saint-Jacques<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/histoire-belles-fontaines-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">la fontaine Saint-Michel<\/a><\/strong> (toujours le dragon) ou encore l&rsquo;\u00e9glise<strong> Saint-Etienne du Mont<\/strong>&#8230; En l\u2019absence d\u2019\u00e9crits formels, on peut aussi voir dans cette discipline un <strong>message plus spirituel :<\/strong> la transmutation des m\u00e9taux serait en fait une image de notre <strong>mutation int\u00e9rieure<\/strong>, de notre qu\u00eate de la sagesse et de l\u2019harmonie. Une <strong>philosophie passionnante<\/strong> que nous vous proposons d&rsquo;approfondir gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 notre prochaine visite insolite du <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/visite\/le-paris-des-alchimistes#0\">Paris des Alchimistes<\/a><\/strong> !<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57343\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cEOU9Zt6fzxPxclqWG4PESTOCIQ-e1477494819918.jpg\" alt=\"histoire-alchimie-paris\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cEOU9Zt6fzxPxclqWG4PESTOCIQ-e1477494819918.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cEOU9Zt6fzxPxclqWG4PESTOCIQ-e1477494819918-451x300.jpg 451w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cEOU9Zt6fzxPxclqWG4PESTOCIQ-e1477494819918-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cEOU9Zt6fzxPxclqWG4PESTOCIQ-e1477494819918-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cEOU9Zt6fzxPxclqWG4PESTOCIQ-e1477494819918-120x79.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le dragon de la fontaine Saint-Michel \u00a9 Claude Roy Photographie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cr\u00e9dit photo de une<\/strong> :<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/visite\/le-paris-des-alchimistes\/\"><strong>D\u00e9couvrez tous les secrets du Paris des Alchimistes gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 cette visite insolite !<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&rsquo;alchimie&#8230; On en entend souvent parler mais de quoi s&rsquo;agit-il exactement ? Avant de partir sur leurs traces avec notre visite guid\u00e9e du Paris des Alchimistes, on vous en dit plus sur leur intrigante qu\u00eate ci-dessous ! Les Alchimistes, des utopistes ? Le but principal de l&rsquo;alchimie est de r\u00e9aliser la pierre philosophale, qui permettrait [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":75200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Qui \u00e9taient les Alchimistes et que reste t&#039;il d&#039;eux \u00e0 Paris?","_seopress_titles_desc":"Qui \u00e9taient les Alchimistes et que reste t&#039;il d&#039;eux \u00e0 Paris ? 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