It seems strange that Isaac Newton, for all his scientific achievements, was so attracted to the occult. Yet his vision of the power of symbols has resonance today.
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Gregory, R. Alchemy of matter and of mind. Nature 342, 471–473 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/342471a0
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