Real Life Homunculus Experiment Shows Gruesome Results. Real Or Hoax?

Real Life Homunculus Experiment Shows Gruesome Results. Real Or Hoax?

A homunculus is a representation of a small human being. Popularized in sixteenth-century alchemy and nineteenth-century fiction, it has historically referred to the creation of a miniature, fully formed human. The concept has roots in preformationism as well as earlier folklore and alchemic traditions.

The homunculus first appears by name in alchemical writings attributed to Paracelsus (1493–1541). De natura rerum (1537) outlines his method for creating homunculi:

That the sperm of a man be putrefied by itself in a sealed cucurbit for forty days with the highest degree of putrefaction in a horse’s womb, or at least so long that it comes to life and moves itself, and stirs, which is easily observed. After this time, it will look somewhat like a man, but transparent, without a body. If, after this, it be fed wisely with the Arcanum of human blood, and be nourished for up to forty weeks, and be kept in the even heat of the horse’s womb, a living human child grows therefrom, with all its members like another child, which is born of a woman, but much smaller.

In 2015 a Russian YouTuber posted a video documenting his process of creating and growing his own homunculus following the ancient method of alchemy, and while most viewers dismissed it as a weird entertaining experiment, rumors soon began to surface around the video comments, claiming that the experiment is totally authentic.

Watch the video below:

A clip of another homunculus experiment:

As of now, there is no proof yet to prove the success of the said homunculus experiment. but there are many who tried to duplicate the experiments themselves, just to prove the goofiness of those rumors.

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