Interestingly, what idea the modern person has of the homunculus? The majority was heard for certain about artificially created person rather about incredibility of such event. Therefore they with confidence carry the homunculus to stories about all mysterious and unknown. It is possible to argue on whether the truth it or not, but the homunculus after all treats the person directly.
Medieval alchemists very actively distributed the myth about the person created by them from a flask. Quite often accused of the people of alchemists in connection with the powers of darkness which are allegedly giving them knowledge.
The homunculus – the truth or a lie?
The greatest distribution of myths about the homunculus is connected with opening of spermatozoa. There was it about four hundred years ago. However, then the information on spermatozoa was very scanty. Many scientists seriously considered during this period that a large number of the spermatozoa, and so indefinitely are the share of each spermatozoon. From here the theory about the homunculus in alchemy and about a possibility of cultivation of the person in a flask at a podkarmlivaniye was born its various substances and human blood.
When similar myths extended in the national environment, the human fear outweighed everything. Alchemists could be extolled violently and hate furiously at the same time. And when in masses the rumor about really brought homunculus from a spermatozoon was spread, at people the panic began.
It is worth emphasizing that even in modern conditions to bring the person out of a spermatozoon in the unnatural way it is impossible. And business at all not in a flask or chemicals. For full development of future person it is necessary to create the atmosphere similar to a female body. So far nobody managed to create such medicine. The fact that people continue to believe in creation of the homunculus strikes with the persistence. There passed several centuries, and the myth continues to live life.
Probability of creation of the homunculus in the history
Ambitious young people with enviable persistence try to discover in ancient books a word meaning the homunculus and the description of experiments of the alchemists trying to create the homunculus. Of course, it is possible to find in the Internet much everything, for example, the description of ways how to grow up the homunculus in house conditions. In medieval manuscripts the description of how one Spanish scientist of those years managed to grow up the homunculus remained. Judging by record, there was this event in the 13th century. Subsequently many scientists proved also the participation in creation of the homunculus thanks to own experiments. For example, some of them sincerely believed that for creation of the homunculus it is necessary to pick up correctly composition of substances for a flask and it is correct to warm up it. These manipulations will be resulted by reaction which will allow to receive new life. Still was considered that homunculi will be able to live and survive only under special conditions, and as the main forage they need human blood. If to observe all requirements, then the homunculus can develop up to 30.5 cm in 40 days. In many descriptions of ways of cultivation of the homunculus it was told about use of a magnet and horse manure in those days.
Who such homunculus for the modern person?
It is worth paying attention to disputes on a role and features of the homunculus. Assurances of opponents about presence of the same soul at the homunculus, as well as at the ordinary person were a dispute subject generally. There were also fears concerning distribution of a new trend in science in those days. Many scientists and ordinary people connected appearance of people of the zombie who could execute any order of the owner implicitly with creation of the homunculus. It also guarded commonalty most of all. And therefore it was simpler to announce all alchemists in conspiracy with a devil, than to allow a situation when creation would decide to interfere with plans of the Creator. And now there are disputes on whether there is a homunculus today.
The subject about homunculi, from the moment of the emergence in the first myths about the artificial person, rose people during different eras more than once. Today to the homunculus the keen interest is shown again. Interest of people is generally connected by similar subjects with crisis times, with lack of other explanations of the unclear phenomenon.
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