Stairway to Heaven: Chinese Alchemists, Jewish Kabbalists, and the Art of Spiritual Transformation 

"Stairway to Heaven is an incredibly broad ranging new study that stretches from ancient Egypt and Babylon to Jewish and Christian Kabbalists, Chinese Daoists, Hindu Tantra and Haitian Vodun and finally to 19th and 20th century European occult societies, uncovering a hitherto unrecognized common myth that has been employed the world over in roughly the same form since the earliest recorded texts."

https://www.amazon.com/Stairway-Heaven-A...0826428509

"In this episode of the podcast I am speaking with Thom Cavalli about Living Alchemy. Amongst other things we talk about how he got into Alchemy, how it brings a different imagination, Mercurius, Jung and Alchemy, von Franz, Edinger, Hillman and alchemical work. Thom Cavalli Ph.D. is a practicing clinical psychologist, author and lecturer on Jungian psychology. He is the author of two books “Alchemical Psychology” which has become a textbook for teachers and students on individuation and spiritual transformation and “Embodying Osiris: The Secrets of Alchemical Transformation”."

https://jonwilson9.substack.com/p/living...om-cavalli

https://www.amazon.com/Alchemical-Psycho...1585421405

https://www.amazon.com/Embodying-Osiris-...0835608808

"It is known as THE PHILOSOPHICAL HAND and belongs to the alchemical tradition associated with writings attributed to Johann Isaac Hollandus. A later version survives in the Alchemical and Rosicrucian Compendium, c. 1760 — Mellon MS 110, preserved at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library."

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdMFI6QgGHs/

"Damien Echols is an American author who first became known as one of three teenagers, the West Memphis Three, wrongly convicted of a triple murder in 1994. DNA evidence secured his release from death row in 2011, after which Echols authored several autobiographical and spiritual/magickal books... On death row, largely kept in solitary confinement, Echols studied and practiced Buddhism and was ordained in the Rinzai tradition of Zen by a Japanese Zen master. An avid reader, he became interested in ceremonial magick and spent his two decades in prison studying magick and esoterica...The Alchemy of the Broken Blade is a field manual for those walking through the fire. It is for anyone who’s been shattered—by trauma; by grief; by the long, slow erosion of purpose in a world that worships distraction; that demands everything and gives little back. The Alchemy of the Broken Blade weaves a path for personal transformation through ritual, discipline, and relentless presence...The Alchemy of the Broken Blade is a blending of Eastern (Zen) and Western (Hermetic) philosophies, braided together into a single spiritual process for transformation. Alchemy and Kaizen may seem worlds apart, but they share a root principle: transformation through presence. The core concept revolves around finding your personal “Way” (dō), a path of lasting transformation achieved through sustained practice. Alchemy says: Take yourself apart. Purify. Refine. Recombine. Buddhism says: Start where you are. Take one small step, then another. Both are doorways to becoming."

https://tinyurl.com/5apu4t7z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Echols

https://damienechols.com/

So recently I was looking up early 17th century alchemy in Scotland and realised that Holmyard has several pages on Alexander Seaton, allegedly a Scottish alchemist.

Naturally I tried searching for more information but there doesn't see to be anything from any sensible sources, has anyone seen anything?

"Caroline Wise leads an enchanting tour of the world-famous institution that inspired the modern occult revival. The British Museum is an iconic centre of magic, providing creative inspiration and the collaborative meeting place for history's most famous occultists. In her acclaimed tour, Caroline Wise leads a 2.5-hour walking journey through the beloved institution's magical past. Expect to learn about how, from the 1880s on, magicians met in the reading room, studied and translated seminal texts, saw pagan deities in the galleries, and were stirred by the newly discovered artefacts from Ancient Egypt. Inspired by manuscripts and finds from around the world, they created systems of magic that flourished and grew."

Fri 9 Oct 2026 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

British Museum (North Entrance), Montague Place London,, WC1B 3DG 

https://tinyurl.com/5dfdcdmw

"Simply keeping the mind clear and calm was, for many post-Tang Daoists, the path to eternal life and freedom. Through sheer serenity, practitioners believed they could attain immunity to hunger, eliminate sexual function, suspend breath and pulse, engage in astral travel, and command spirits and natural forces. In his meticulously researched study, Stephen Eskildsen examines how this perspective informed Daoist internal alchemists after the Tang dynasty (618–907), including prominent representatives of the Quanzhen tradition in the north and the Nanzong in the south."

https://www.amazon.com/Daoism-Internal-A...B0FP4B767P

INVENTORY OF THE MANLY PALMER HALL COLLECTION OF ALCHEMICAL
MANUSCRIPTS, 1500-1825
Finding aid prepared by Trevor Bond


https://ia801404.us.archive.org/25/items...0-1825.pdf

https://drsimonrobinson.com/alchemy-mysticism/

"The third novel in C.S. Lewis’s sci-fi Cosmic Trilogy, That Hideous Strength is a story about Mark and Jane Studdock, a newly-married, rather unhappy couple caught up into the cosmic battle between the N.I.C.E., a technocratic organization working toward world domination, and St. Anne’s, a community of Christians helping Elwin Ransom (the Pendragon heir of King Arthur) battle the demonic powers controlling the N.I.C.E. It is a tale of two cities and in this exploration of its epic narrative, I want to focus on the alchemical symbolism which Lewis introduces as one of the many ways he contrasts the Babelesque City of Man to the Heavenly City of God."

https://www.thesymbolicworld.com/content...s-strength