In this class we talked about the story of St. Francis, a rich merchant who left his family, and found the most important thing in life is perspective. He saw the benefit of living in poverty and reveled in the perspective it gave him. Francis became canonized less than 2 years after he died, which is incredibly quick in comparison to others. I also enjoyed talking about the alchemy of distillation and purification. We talked about the four stages: conjunction, coagulation, putrefaction, and washing and their relation to the bible.