Guthrie Stewart: 2 books

Alchemy – a subject of much speculation and a lot of confusion. Is it all about turning lead into gold, or is it more than that?This book guides you through the arrival and growth of alchemy in England in the medieval and Tudor periods.On the way we meet famous people like Roger Bacon...

Religion is universal human culture. No phenomenon is more widely shared or more intensely studied, yet there is no agreement on what religion is. Now, in Faces in the Clouds, anthropologist Stewart Guthrie provides a provocative definition of religion in a bold and persuasive new theory. Guthrie...