>'Nature, always portrayed as female, becomes an elusive antagonist who must be vexed, prodded, tortured into confessing her secrets.' - [[Roszak, Theodore (1992) The Voice of the Earth]] Vulgar alchemists hoped to use occult means to harness the forces of the universe [[Anima Mundi]]. It was a brute force attempt at control instead of communion with. By the Middle Ages, this had spun off into a school of [[Natural Magic]] of which followers claimed to have miraculous powers. Still, they attempted to distance themselves from [[Demonic Magic]]. ## Sources: - [[Roszak, Theodore (1992) The Voice of the Earth]] - [[Anima Mundi]] - [[Spiritual Alchemy]] - [[Demonic Magic]] - [[Natural Magic]]