I have known contemporary self-styled alchemists who stick to the old tradition of not teaching in public - only a few students, and only maybe. All that was shared at the time was some talk and... a very interesting "elixir".
Haha, disruptors annoy most people. I used them for years while teaching, to see who was paying attention.
In terms of morphogenesis, I think we need to investigate more carefully existing phenomena:
flow without pumps.
strikingly similar to cell migration - gastrulation - during embryogenesis.
Now that sounds like the real stuff. ;-) HaHa!
Who was this alchemist, is he/she known by name? Probably not, as it would be a contradiction.
Very good! A former teacher of my husband was throwing chalk at his students. What kind of teaching did you do yourself?
Thanks for the links, always interested in phenomena. Will watch them later on.
When I was young we were experimenting with witch board and glass shifting. It worked pretty well. We had a blast. I always wanted to make a post about it. Maybe I put it into the next one. We'll see. I hope to find my way out of blogging one day, though.
Pleased to meet you!