Kayla Perez.

In the Afro-Mediterranean world, alchemy served as a vessel for women's medical expertise amidst a shifting landscape of medical authority. The procedural grammar found in alchemical manuscripts underscores the significance of embodied practices in reproductive health.

"Abstract: This working paper reframes the interpretive difficulty surrounding medieval and early modern alchemical imagery not as obscurity to be decoded, but as displaced procedural knowledge. Examining alchemical manuscripts alongside women’s medical practice in the fourteenth–sixteenth-century Afro-Mediterranean world, it demonstrates that alchemical imagery preserves a procedural grammar organized around sequence, containment, regulated heat, rest, and regeneration. Verbatim evidence from the Trotula corpus and documentary material from the Cairo Geniza shows that this grammar governed household reproductive medicine transmitted through embodied practice rather than discursive text. As medical authority became increasingly institutionalized, this knowledge was reclassified and displaced from legitimate medicine while surviving within alchemy under new philosophical interpretations. The paper proposes a methodological shift from symbolic decoding to procedural analysis, restoring women’s medical labor to the history of early scientific knowledge."


https://www.academia.edu/161247769/Alche..._Centuries

Yeats's Theories on Spirituality in "Magic," "Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places," Per Amica Silentia Lunae, and A Vision

by SueJean Joe

2021, Yeats Journal of Korea 


Abstract: This essay aims to look into Yeats's theories on spirituality in his four essays: "Magic," "Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places," Per Amica Silentia Lunae, and A Vision. Before moving on to the main discussion, this article briefly examines the several factors that helped shaped Yeats's thoughts on spirituality, not least of which was his exposure to folklore and his father's repudiation of established religions. Such childhood influences led Yeats to join first the Theosophical Society and then the Golden Dawn in search of alternative forms of spirituality. It also contributes to Yeats's unique theories on spirituality that is based on Irish traditions such as Irish folklore and legends. Then, this essay discusses Yeats's prose writings, starting from his 1901 essay, "Magic" to A Vision, which can be considered as the culmination of his lifelong search for spirituality in order to talk about how Yeats tried to formulate his thoughts on spirituality over time.

https://www.academia.edu/49502630/Yeatss...d_A_Vision

Of Gods and Stones: Alchemy, Jung, and The Dark Night of St. John of the Cross

By David Odorisio

"The journey from nigredo to rubedo parallels spiritual progression in John of the Cross' teachings. This exploration ultimately highlights how difficult experiences can lead to transformative self and god-images in one’s spiritual path."


https://www.academia.edu/12338674/Of_God..._the_Cross

The Star in Man: C. G. Jung and Marie Louise von Franz on the Alchemical Philosophy of Gerard Dorn

By Thomas Willard

https://www.academia.edu/53289838/The_St...erard_Dorn

Alchemy and Modern Science

by Finn Michael Brown


The techniques and instruments developed by alchemists were crucial for early chemical experimentation. The glassware and methodologies pioneered during the Renaissance still underpin laboratory practices.

https://www.academia.edu/38078108/Alchem...rn_Science

Classical and contemporary works animated by the sophianic fire.

https://rubedo.press/publications

"There is no better evidence that in Byzantium, the occult was ordinary, than in the history of Byzantine alchemy: a way of thinking that shaped a thousand year empire. In Byzantium, working on matter meant working on souls, cities, and empires: imperial perfume labs, iatrosophika, musical theory, and Graeco-Egyptian riddles all operated within the same grammar of transformation. Metals, resins, letters, and musical notes are treated as different alphabets of one shared language, read both in the laboratory and in the sanctuary."

https://thyrathen.substack.com/p/a-reade...ne-alchemy

"An ageing Byzantine empress with flawless skin is an odd place to begin the history of “spiritual alchemy,” yet Zoe Porphyrogennētē’s perfume laboratory turns out to be a key to the Byzantine imagination. This essay invites readers into Zoe’s myrepseion, a perfume workshop glowing with braziers, rare resins from India and Egypt, and an icon that answers her questions by changing colour. Through Michael Psellos’ meticulous records, we watch a pious and politically sidelined woman build a private laboratory of scent, sacrifice, and divination in the heart of the imperial palace."

https://thyrathen.substack.com/p/spiritu...m-revealed

Originally attributed to "Qianzhenzi of Shaoshi Mountain" (Shaoshi Shan Qianzhenzi Shu), it was presumably compiled during the Song Dynasty.

Consisting of one scroll, it is included in the Methods Category of the The Dongzhen Section within the Taoist Canon (The Daozang). 


https://longhumountain.com/blogs/the-gre...collection

"In this episode, panelists discuss the profound connections between modern medicine, alchemy, and the fear of death. Topics include the spiritual consciousness required for true healing, the role of synergists in enhancing medicinal properties, and the importance of personal presence and intention in alchemical practices. The conversation also delves into practical applications and methodologies in making flower essences and working with plant materials, emphasizing the sacred nature of these processes. Join this enlightening discussion to understand how alchemy bridges the physical and spiritual realms for holistic healing."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59KEv-Yi2pQ