"alchemical is a mixed media presentation of speculative literary fiction, essays, articles, graphic narratives, and original artwork.

We are currently OPEN for submissions."


https://www.alchemicaljournal.com/

https://www.chillsubs.com/magazine/alchemical

"George Starkey, a major contributor to the development of science and medicine, was the only physician in London who possessed a cure for the Great Plague in 1665.

This book reviews the history of chemistry, alchemy and medical science in Europe, the tensions between the rational thinkers and the Church on the eve of the Enlightenment, and the achievements of men like Starkey, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton.

Shelley reviews the development of chemistry and medicine during the Scientific Revolution, with a special focus on the contributions and influence of the "American Philosopher" George Starkey, concluding with the dramatic account of the events leading up to Starkey's own death by the Plague."

https://books.apple.com/us/book/science-...1312659935

Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum is a rare 1624 alchemical emblem book written by Daniel Stolcius von Stolzenberg and published in Frankfurt by Lucas Jennis.

Author: Daniel Stolcius (a disciple of the alchemist Michael Maier).
Publication Year: 1624 (Frankfurt, printed by Lucas Jennis).
Content: It features over 100 copperplate engravings paired with original Latin poems that explain the symbolic and meditative tradition of alchemy.
Significance: It serves as a major sourcebook for 17th-century hermetic philosophy, reusing several plates from earlier alchemical works by Maier, Lambspring, and Basil Valentin

Text and illustrations here:
https://www.shishigami.com/lexicon/conte...arium.html

and here:
https://www.scribd.com/document/14216502...cisis-1624

"THE MASTER OF FLUID LIGHT AND MOLTEN METALS, PHILIP POCOCK HAS MADE THE CIBACHROME TECHNIQUE HIS OWN, WITH HIS PSYCHEDELICALLY SURREAL EXPOSURES AN ILLUSION COME TO LIFE. WRITING AS HIS OWN CRITIC, HERE HE HOLDS A MIRROR UP TO HIS ART"

https://www.authormagazine.com/art/alche...lip-pocock

"Wasserstein der Weisen" is a famous early 17th-century German alchemical text written by Johann Siebmacher and first published in Frankfurt in 1619 by Lucas Jennis. Author: Johann Siebmacher (often appearing under pseudonyms or anagrams like Huldrich Bachsmeier von Regenbrun). Publisher/Editor: Lucas Jennis. Subject: Alchemical processes, the identification of the prime matter (Materia), and the creation of the universal tincture (Universal-Tinctur or philosopher's stone). Contents: The main tract is often accompanied by related alchemical writings, including texts attributed to figures like Johann von Mesung and Via veritatis (The Way of Truth).

Available to download here. Use downward arrow symbol on left-hand side of page:

https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek...NXHOLFLFKB

"This extraordinary image belongs to the visual world of Aurora Consurgens, one of the most fascinating works associated with medieval alchemy. Surviving manuscripts of the Aurora Consurgens tradition reach back to the 15th century, including the celebrated Zürich manuscript traditionally dated to around 1420–1440."

English translation of the Aurora Consurgens available from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Aurora-consurgens...B0DTR7CCP2

   

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NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers Community

"In this presentation, we will explore Jung's concept of the "religious function of the psyche"—the natural human tendency to seek meaning, wholeness, and experiences of the numinous through dreams, symbols, myths, and spiritual experience."

https://tinyurl.com/2tpbzpxv

The Catalogue of the Ripley Corpus: Alchemical Writings Attributed to George Ripley (d. ca. 1490)
Jennifer M. Rampling
University of Cambridge, UK

"The period 1471 to 1700 saw the accretion of a large corpus of alchemical works associated with the famous English alchemist George Ripley, Canon of Bridlington (d. ca. 1490). Evaluation of Ripley’s alchemy is hampered by uncertainty over the composition of the corpus, the dating and provenance of individual texts, and the difficulty of separating genuine from spurious attributions. The Catalogue of the Ripley Corpus (CRC) provides a first step in ordering these diverse materials: a descriptive catalogue of approximately forty-five alchemical treatises, recipes and poems attributed to Ripley, with an index of all known manuscript copies."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication..._d_ca_1490

Collectanea de lapide philosophiae Images — Public Domain Photos & Prints

Date and Origin: Created in England during the second half of the 16th century.
Format: A paper codex containing 122 folios.
Languages: Written using a mix of Latin, English, and Greek.Illustrations: Contains hand-painted ink and watercolor drawings, including plants, birds, and the iconic The Sun and Dragon imagery.
Legacy: Collected by physician Sir Hans Sloane, whose vast personal collection helped establish the British Museum.

https://picryl.com/topics/collectanea+de...ilosophiae

"Applying eScriptorium’s Handwritten Text Recognition techniques to premodern Italian and Devanāgarī manuscripts;"

"we explored how Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) could be used to transcribe premodern manuscripts from Penn’s collections. HTR uses machine learning techniques to build models that can transcribe handwritten manuscripts."


https://tinyurl.com/4d8y8jcz