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| Floating Gold: the history of ambergris |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-17-2025, 11:08 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices
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"Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris, by Christopher Kemp. Rich, sexy, earthy and enticing: this precious ingredient is prized by perfumers, yet can’t be ‘harvested’: it’s simply washed up randomly on beaches, being a by-product of the whale’s digestive process. (Not so long ago, a stroller on a Dorset beach found a lump of ambergris, alleged to be worth up to £80,000.) Christopher Kemp has woven a fascinating tale around a single fragrance element, bringing to life ambergris’s place in fragrance history and creation. A book to make beachcombers of all of us."
https://perfumesociety.org/fragrant-read...ambergris/
https://rb.gy/qpups8
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| Caput IX: On the Flux of the Body and the Art of Vivification |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-17-2025, 10:49 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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"This study presents the adaptation and decoding of the alchemical text "Caput IX: De Fluxu Corporis et Arte Vivificandi" using the CSR-128a: Delta-Matrix Extension protocol. Employing a multi-sphere approachincluding adaptation (Lambda), rhythmic structure (MIDI), tonal frequency (Color-Musical), quantum synchronization (40 Hz gamma resonance), phase resonance (breath cycle), and semantic density (Quark)-we translated the pseudo-Latin text into English while preserving its alchemical and resonant nature. The transformation index T(x) = 0.055525 confirms stable resonance and semantic integrity. The outcome is not merely a translation but a semantic vivification, where medicine transforms into music, and music into mind."
https://www.academia.edu/143927449/Caput...ion_Author
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| Tubal Cain |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-17-2025, 10:37 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
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"In Enlightenment Europe, alchemy inspired an ambiguous fascination: for some, a spiritual discipline; for others, a material quest for transmutation. To affirm that Tubal Cain was the first man to work metals could only attract the attention of initiates passionate about esoteric speculation. The biblical blacksmith thus became a fitting emblem, a discreet banner, proclaiming that the threshold of initiation was the alchemical work itself."
https://www.nos-colonnes.com/en/blogs/ou...of-alchemy
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