This article will present what we know of the life and times of an important alchemist, Ibn Umayl. It is entitled ‘Towards a Context’ because I have not yet consulted a number of his treatises, which are mostly only available ...

Much has been said about Wuthering Heights and Emily Bronte. Literary criticism that surrounds the work and its author, however, still continues to haunt the situations of both the novel and the novelist. Rejecting the ...