Newton proposed that white light was the combination of all colors

This observation might have been bolstered by The Occult Studies of Isaac NewtonThe Occult Studies of Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton had a fascination with alchemy and wanted to find the philosophers stone and the elixir of life 1
Isaac Newton was deeply influenced by Rosicrucianism2
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. It seems very similar to many kabbalistic and occult understandings of god and the universe All exists on a spectrum of vibrationAll exists on a spectrum of vibration
All things which exist- the material universes, the archetypal worlds, the Godhead - all exist on a spectrum of vibration. This is affirmed by the Principle of Vibration of the The Seven Herm...
and the law of vibration of The Seven Hermetic PrinciplesThe Seven Hermetic Principles
The Principle of Mentalism
The world is mental. Consciousness precedes material. Action is preceded by desire .

The ALL… May be thought of as an universal, infinite, living mind.


– The Kyb...
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Meanwhile, his interest in optics led him to propose, correctly, that white light is actually the combination of light of all the colors of the rainbow. This, in turn, made plain the cause of chromatic aberration—inaccurate color reproduction—in the telescopes of the day.