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  Alchemical Ayahuasca by Alan Francis Waugh
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 10:29 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"Human beings continue to search for a sacred elixir to transcend ordinary reality, heal themselves and make sense of their existence. For many who have experienced the Master Plant Ayahuasca - She is that sacred elixir. Alchemical Ayahuasca is the true story of Alan Waugh, a house painter from South London who on the brink of suicide, radically changes his life and in the process discovers the secret of healing."

https://www.shamansmarket.com/products/a...ncis-waugh

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  Othmer Collection: Liber Lucis
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 10:09 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"Found in its original plain binding of parchment, this work was most likely compiled by a practitioner of alchemy and medicine. Containing a handwritten copy of Liber lucis by John of Rupescissa (Johannes de Rupescissa) which contains a recipe for the philosopher's stone. Also includes alchemical notes and extracts from Turba philosophorium by Giovanni Agostino Panteo, Voarchadumia contra alchimiam attributed to Pseudo-Geber (Jābir ibn Hayyān), Summa perfectionis magisterii, the redaction of Secretum secretorum by Roger Bacon, and Rosarium philosophorum ascribed to Arnold of Villanova."

https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/02870x03b

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  Othmer Collection: Liber de secretis naturae
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 09:59 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia

The Book of the Secrets of Nature or of the Quintessence


"The Liber de secretis naturae seu de quinta essentia is the central work in the Pseudo-Lullian Alchemical corpus, a large collection of as many as 143 different texts that circulated as the work of Raymond Lull (Ramon Llull or Raimundus Lullus; 1232-1316), the famous Catalan philosopher, theologian, and mystic. "

https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/82ul4ik

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  Othmer Collection: Alchemical Miscellany
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 09:56 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"This manuscript is an important miscellany of practical and theoretical alchemical texts with a full-page drawing of alchemical instruments reflecting the activities of a fifteenth-century alchemist. The manuscript was written in Italy, probably Northern Italy, most likely in the third quarter of the fifteenth century, circa 1450-1475, based on the evidence of the script. Notably, at least part of the manuscript is a palimpsest (copied on previously used parchment, with the original script scraped and/or washed away). "

https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3arao9u

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  Othmer Collection: Liber Secreti Naturali
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 09:53 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"This manuscript is a diverse and well-organized recipe collection with more than 520 different recipes on topics ranging from alchemy and medicine to solutions for simple household problems such as fleas."

https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/wg1tm9j

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  Books by McCall Erickson
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 09:44 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"I'm a mystic who paid for her life with her life. An alchemist who plowed under every bit of her treasure on the path to inner gold.
This is the way it often is for those who can't not go the way of soul.
There is fire and flood and ferment and rot. Incredible heights and insufferable depths. It is treacherous, and it is beautiful. And you may or may not survive. But if you do, you can rise and say...
I am what the fire left behind."

Down from the Mountain: On Being Human after Spiritual and Alchemical Initiation 

"Down from the Mountain provides a shimmering template for returning to life and being human after undergoing the ruthless alchemical processes required to align with the core self."

The Second Half of the Mountain: A Guide to Personal Alchemy After Awakening 

"The Second Half of the Mountain offers a practical and magical approach to recognizing and working with the deeper and often confusing inner processes that happen after spiritual awakening."

https://mccallerickson.bearblog.dev/books/

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  McCall Erickson: Glossary of Alchemical Terms
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 09:37 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The following is a combined list of alchemy terms from the glossaries at the back of my books, The Second Half of the Mountain: A Guide to Personal Alchemy after Awakening and Down from the Mountain: On Being Human after Spiritual and Alchemical Initiation."

https://mccallerickson.bearblog.dev/alchemy-glossary/

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  William Blake's 'The Book of Urizen'
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 09:14 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - Replies (1)

"William Blake's The Book of Urizen uses alchemical symbolism and the four classical elements to depict the fallen, material world and the fragmentation of the human psyche."
https://archive.org/search?query=%22will...en&tab=all

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  Zotov: From Alchemical Tomb to Necromantic Ritual
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 08:59 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Former Frances Yates Fellow Sergei Zotov is a historian of science whose work focuses on Christian iconography and the visual cultures of alchemy and magic. In an exclusive case study blog from his forthcoming book on allegorical iconography in European alchemical manuscripts, he discusses the imagery of 'Le Véritable Dragon Rouge', a grimoire published around 1850 in several European languages."

https://tinyurl.com/2yccudr9

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  Cod. Sang. 1727 (St. Gallen)
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-29-2026, 08:54 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1727 is an early 17th-century alchemical manuscript housed in the Abbey Library of Saint Gall (Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen).

• Title: [Aureum Vellus oder Guldin Schatz und Kunstkammer, Books I–III] (The Golden Fleece).
• Origin: Created after 1599 in the 1st half of the 17th century, based on the work of Solomon Trismosin.
• Nature: A verbatim copy of the first three books of the alchemical compendium printed in 1598/1599 by Georg Straub in Rorschach.
• Focus: Explores the search for the Philosopher's Stone, transmutation, and alchemical transformation.

Key Features:
• Splendor Solis: Contains the third part featuring richly colored watercolor illustrations depicting the stages and symbolic mysteries of the Great Work.
• Portraits: Includes a notable pen and wash drawing depicting the famous physician and alchemist Paracelsus on page 116.

Facsimile here:
https://portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/43...e131031289

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