Hoʻomaka ka hana alchemy i ka wā kahiko, akā ʻo ka huaʻōlelo ponoʻī mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 17. Mai ka ʻōlelo Arabic kimiya a me kahi huaʻōlelo Peresia mua ʻo al-kimia, ʻo ia hoʻi "ke akamai o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā metala"-ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻololi i kekahi metala i kekahi.
Ma ka noʻonoʻo alchemical, ʻo nā metala nā archetypes kūpono e hōʻike ana i nā waiwai kumu o nā mea āpau. He mea pono nō hoʻi ia—hiki i ka poʻe alchemist ke hoʻohuli i nā metala kumu e like me ka hao a i ʻole ke kēpau i gula, kālā a keleawe paha ma ka hui ʻana me nā mea ʻē aʻe a hoʻomehana iā lākou i ke ahi.
Ua manaʻo ka poʻe Alchemist ua hōʻike kēia mau kaʻina hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka mea: Ua manaʻo ʻia ke alakaʻi he ʻano pohihihi o Saturn; Hao, Mars; Ke keleawe, Venus; a laila. Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi "elixir o ke ola" i kēia lā ma waena o nā mea olaola a me nā biotechnologists e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ka makahiki a me nā mea ola.
Aia kekahi kanaka alchemist kahiko i kapa ʻia ʻo Paracelsus ka mea i manaʻo he hiki ke hana i kahi "holoholona kūpono" i hana ʻia, a i ʻole kanaka, i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Homunculus. Wahi a Paracelsus, "Loaʻa iā Homunculus nā lālā a me nā hiʻohiʻona o kahi keiki i hānau ʻia e ka wahine, koe wale nō ka liʻiliʻi."
Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻo Alchemy e kekahi mau lāhui o ka Ancient Age, mai Kina a hiki i Helene kahiko, e neʻe ana i ʻAigupita i ka wā Helene. Ma hope mai, ma ka waena o ke kenekulia 12, ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ia i ʻEulopa ma o nā unuhi Latin o nā kikokikona Arabic.
ʻEhā mau pahuhopu nui ma ka alchemy. ʻO kekahi o lākou ka "hoʻololi" o nā metala haʻahaʻa i ke gula; ʻo kekahi e loaʻa ka "Elixir of Long Life", he lāʻau lapaʻau e ola ai nā maʻi āpau, ʻoi aku ka ʻino loa o nā mea āpau (make), a hāʻawi i ke ola lōʻihi i ka poʻe i ʻai.
Hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia nā pahuhopu ʻelua ma ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Philosopher's Stone, kahi mea pohihihi. ʻO ke kolu o ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i ke ola kanaka, ka homunculus.
Aia nā mea noiʻi e ʻike i ka Elixir of Long Life ma ke ʻano he mea i hana ʻia e ke kino kanaka ponoʻī. ʻO ke kumu o kēia mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo "Adrenochrome" he adrenaline glands mai ke kino kanaka ola. Aia nā ʻōlelo e pili ana i kēia mea pohihihi ma ka moʻomeheu Tai Chi Chuan.
ʻO Elizabeth Báthory, ka Countess Koko kaulana, he wahine hanohano Hungarian 17th-century nāna i pepehi i nā kaikamahine ʻōpio he nui (600 ma nā moʻolelo āpau), ʻaʻole wale ma ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana iā lākou, akā ma ka lawe ʻana i ko lākou koko no ka ʻai ʻana a me ka ʻauʻau ʻana i mea e mālama ai i kona ʻōpiopio.
Hōʻike mua ʻia ka huaʻōlelo homunculus ma nā palapala alchemical i pili iā Paracelsus (1493 - 1541), he kauka a me ke akeakamai Swiss-German, he kipi o kona manawa. I kana hana “De natural rerum” (1537), he papa kuhikuhi o kāna hana no ka hana ʻana i kahi homunculus, ua kākau ʻo ia:
“E popopo ka hua manu o ke kanaka iloko o ka kukubita i sila me ka popopo loa o ka venter equinus [manue lio] no na la he kanaha, ai ole ia, a hiki i ka manawa e hoomaka ai e ola, nee, a e hoonaukiuki, a hiki ke ike ia aku. … Inā i kēia manawa, ma hope o kēia, hānai ʻia a hānai ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā me ke akahele a me ke akahele me [kahi] arcanum o ke koko kanaka… e lilo ana ia, ma ia hope aku, he pēpē ʻoiaʻiʻo a ola, nona nā lālā a pau o ke keiki i hānau ʻia e ka wahine, akā, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi.
Aia kekahi mau koena o nā palapala kahiko i ola a hiki i kēia lā i loaʻa nā mea hana e hana ai i kahi homunculus, a he mea kupanaha loa.
Aia kekahi mau ala ʻē aʻe e hana ai i kahi homunculus, akā ʻaʻohe mea e like me ka paʻakikī a i ʻole ka palaka e like me kēia. Ke neʻe nei i loko o ka mysticism, ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka esoteric a me ka enigmatic ka hoʻokumu ʻana o kēia mau monsters, a hiki i ka mea i hoʻomaka ʻia e hoʻomaopopo maoli i ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Ma hope o ka manawa o Paracelsus, ua hoʻomau ka homunculus i nā palapala alchemical. ʻO Christian Rosenkreutz “Mare Kemika” (1616), no ka laʻana, hoʻopau ʻia me ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻano kāne a wahine i kapa ʻia ʻo Homunculi.
Hōʻike ka ʻōlelo hoʻohālikelike i ka mea heluhelu ʻo ka pahuhopu hope loa o ka alchemy ʻaʻole ʻo ka chrysope, akā ʻo ka hanauna hana o nā ʻano kanaka.
I ka makahiki 1775, ua kaulana ʻo Count Johann Ferdinand von Kufstein, a me Abbé Geloni, he kahuna pule Italia, ua hana lākou i ʻumi homunculi me ka hiki ke ʻike i ka wā e hiki mai ana, a von Kufstein i mālama i loko o nā ipu aniani ma kona hale moe Masonic ma Vienna.
He mau kauā maikaʻi loa ʻo Homunculi, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomāinoino kino wale nō, akā i nā mana kilokilo he nui.
I ka hapanui o nā hihia, he mau kauā kūpaʻa ʻo homunculi, ʻo ka pepehi ʻana ma ke kauoha inā kauoha ka alchemist. Akā, he nui nā moʻolelo o nā alchemist e mālama pono ʻole i kā lākou hana ʻana, a hiki i kahi e huli ai ka homunculus i kona haku i ka manawa kūpono loa, pepehi iā lākou a lawe mai i kahi pōʻino nui i ko lākou ola.
I kēia lā, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike maopopo inā ola ʻo Homunculus. Manaʻo kekahi ua hana ʻia lākou e ke kupua a i ʻole ke kilo, a ʻo kekahi e ʻōlelo ana he hua ia o ka hoʻokolohua ʻepekema pupule.
Nui nā ʻike o Homunculus i nā makahiki, ʻoiai i kēia mau lā. Wahi a kekahi, ua like lākou me nā kānaka liʻiliʻi, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e wehewehe iā lākou me he holoholona lā a i ʻole nā monsters. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia lākou he wikiwiki a maʻalahi, a hiki iā lākou ke piʻi i nā paia a me nā kaupaku me ka maʻalahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Homunculus he naʻauao loa, a hiki iā ia ke kamaʻilio me nā kānaka. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hoʻi lākou he kolohe loa, a hauʻoli lākou i ka pāʻani ʻana i nā kānaka.
I ka hopena o ka moʻolelo, ʻaʻohe ala e ʻike maopopo inā aia ʻo Homunculus. He mea pohihihi kona ola ana. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke kanaka, ua hoʻohauʻoli i nā kānaka no nā kenekulia, a ua hoʻoikaika i kekahi poʻe ʻepekema e hoʻāʻo e hana i ia mea.
No laila, inā paha e ola ana ka Homunculus a ʻaʻole paha, he manaʻo hoihoi maoli nō ka manaʻo, a ʻoiaʻiʻo nō e hiki ke ola ia mea ma kahi o ka honua; a ʻo nā moʻolelo a me ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou i nā makahiki he ʻoiaʻiʻo paha.
