How Every Spiritual Tradition Describes the Same Inner Transformation

"The heart isn’t just a vessel that needs to be cleaned. It’s a furnace where a specific transformation must occur. This transformation is the entire point of spiritual practice, and every mystical tradition describes it using slightly different imagery but pointing to the same essential process."

https://medium.com/@tangjie_41782/the-he...6a51fdda83

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTHYaS59fg

"The paper highlights the connections between ancient Egyptian mummification practices and the foundations of alchemy, positing that mummification serves as a precursor to alchemical theory. It discusses various perspectives, including Chinese interpretations of alchemy, and suggests that the Egyptian notions of transformation significantly influenced the development of alchemical practices. Additionally, it examines the symbolic significance of gold in relation to divinity and the religious complexities surrounding the practices of mummification."

Reflections on Egypt and Alchemy 2

By Edmund Meltzer

https://www.academia.edu/8737203/Reflect..._Alchemy_2

"Spanning the world’s artistic, scientific and religious traditions, alchemy has embraced and continues to embrace the complete spectrum of existence. From metallurgy to metaphysics, alchemy engages the technical, fine and hieratic arts in order to provide a living phenomenology of the one, single, elusive process that acts through all things. Ultimately—in its guise as « ars transmutationis »—alchemy penetrates to the heart of the transfiguring spiritual intensity that underpins the perfection of life, from mineral to human. Despite this profoundly all-embracing purview, however, alchemy continues to be conceived as either proto-chemistry or proto-psychology. The present volume seeks to redress this false dichotomy by exploring alchemy as a quintessentially integral phenomenon."

Alchemical Traditions: From Antiquity to the Avant-Garde by Aaron Cheak

https://www.academia.edu/379294/Alchemic...vant_Garde

The archaeology of alchemy and chemistry in the early modern world: an afterthought

By Marcos Martinon-Torres

"The archaeology of alchemy and chemistry during the early modern period has often been misrepresented and misunderstood, largely due to historical biases that emphasize the mystical and philosophical aspects over the practical scientific endeavors. Recent archaeological studies highlight the importance of early laboratories and practical experiments in understanding the roots of modern chemistry. This paper aims to challenge existing misconceptions and underscore the contributions of historical alchemical practices to scientific knowledge."

https://www.academia.edu/15364175/The_ar...terthought

What Impact did Islamic Studies of Alchemy and Astrology have upon Western thought

By Kent B Huzen

A basic but, fundamental change in Europe in the 12th Century was the rise of a new form of learning that included astrology and alchemy. The focus of this seminar is on the 10th and 13th century which marked a period of remarkable intellectual achievements in Dar al-Islam, which some historians have termed the “Golden Ages”, which would, during this era, be transmitted throughout much of the Western world. Kieckhefer identifies two key factors which transformed European intellectual life in the later middle ages, the first of which was the development of universities out of the earlier cathedral schools and the importation of Arabic learning, including the transmission of Aristotelian philosophy and science from Arabic culture. Both these developments are inextricably linked to the superior intellectual and cultural traditions that had developed in the Islamic empire since its expansion."

https://www.academia.edu/40417488/What_I...rn_thought

By Christtoff Schulz

"This study explores the concept of alchemy through an anthropological lens, emphasizing its cultural significance across various societies. By analyzing the motivations behind the pursuit of alchemy—from material wealth to spiritual fulfillment—the research highlights the contextual variations in alchemical practices over time, with a focus on the Chinese tradition where alchemical concepts were applied to achieve physical immortality. The paper underscores the transformative power of alchemy as a cultural trait and discusses recent interpretations that link alchemical traditions to contemporary scientific inquiries." 

https://www.academia.edu/19613588/A_Stud...s_Cultures

Antoine Léon Albert Poisson was born in Paris in 1868. In 1888, he began studying medicine. In 1891, at the age of 23, he published what would prove to be his most important book, Théories et Symboles des alchimistes (Theories and Symbols of Alchemists), which has been reprinted many times since. He is sometimes considered a young adept. Upon his return from military service, he contracted typhoid fever and then tuberculosis, and died of complications in 1894 at his parents' home on Rue Saint-Denis, without ever having ceased his quest.

https://archive.org/details/albert-poiss...lchimistes

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Poisson

By Igor Kaliberda.

https://tinyurl.com/4c5bnv3s

Albert Poisson (1868–1893), was a Romantic author, particularly interested in alchemy. In 1891, at the age of 22, he published what would become his most famous book: Théories et symboles des alchimistes (The theories and symbols of alchemy), which saw several editions. He died of TB in 1893, aged 24,

This is a Russian translation of Marc Haven's introduction to Poisson's L'initiation alchimique (13 lettres inédites sur la pratique du Grand Œuvre), Paris, Édition de l'Initiation, 1900.

Poisson's Theories Et Symboles Des Alchimistes can be found here:

https://archive.org/details/albert-poiss...lchimistes

Preliminary Notes on Ibn Arabi and Alchemy: How Ibn Arabi Peoples the Cosmos

Sean McLoughlin

"This piece of writing is an attempt to apply alchemical symbolism and alchemical stages of transformation to Ibn Al-Arabi’s seed ideas, especially the ascent through the 7 spheres, the perfect human, and the common notions of zahir and batin. In this writing I imagine the perfect human as the alchemical stone and explore Ibn Arabi's unique attribution of a prophet to each of the planetary spheres as a method of projection and peopling the sacred cosmos."

https://www.academia.edu/125244562/Preli...the_Cosmos