An excerpt from ‘Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay: Tales of Early Magic Realism in Bengali’, translated by Sucheta Dasgupta.

"Bottger was born in Prussia, which is presently part of the German nation, 217 years ago in CE 1682. He apprenticed at a hospital at the age of twelve. As a child, he had a fascination for the study of chemistry. In those days, chemistry and alchemy were one and the same subject. Bottger used all his leisure hours in alchemic research. In plain English, this meant he experimented with the reaction of iron, copper, etc., with various compounds to see if they could be converted to gold. These tests he carried on non-stop for several years on end. Seeing his sharpness and extraordinary knowledge, the owner of the hospital began sponsoring his laboratory work. After some years had passed, Bottger announced that he had discovered the means to prepare gold."


https://scroll.in/article/1058818/magic-...literature

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"Yin Mountain offers translations of three female Daoist poets from the Tang dynasty, a period often hailed as the “golden age” of classical Chinese poetry. While names like Du Fu, Li Bo (Li Bai), Wang Wei, and Hanshan are familiar in translated poetry from this era, the contributions of female poets, particularly those deeply rooted in Daoist principles, remain largely unexplored. The poetry of Li Ye, Xue Tao, and Yu Xuanji, influenced by Daoism, naturalism, mysticism, love, and everyday life experiences, weaves plain yet poignant language with vivid imagery."

https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/bo...ist-women/

https://www.amazon.com/Yin-Mountain-Immo...1645471128

Now available in English.

"For the first time, the divine work is presented in its entirety by authors with extensive experience in alchemy. The book Alchemy - the Divine Work conveys alchemy's history, philosophy and practice, and instructs the reader on how to become an alchemical master. Through this, one becomes a divine co-creator in both one's own refining process as well as that of the entire creation, like a true philosopher - a true lover of wisdom."



https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-Concernin...9198104535

"The presence of gold within these leaves, once merely a botanical observation, now emerges as a testament to the harmonious fusion of biology and precious metals. Let’s delve into the molecular intricacies that underpin this fascinating phenomenon, where nature’s greenery reveals its golden secret."


https://mast-producing-trees.org/unveili...us-leaves/

"The cultural transformations of the Enlightenment, or Early-Modern Era, involved the psychologicizing of alchemical mythologies in the secular poetics of Alexander Pope, whose Rape of the Lock acknowledges his debt to the French Rosicrucians. A century later, Goethe’s engagement with alchemy reflects the radical shift towards the Romantic era."

Alchemy shifting into the Enlightenment: Alexander Pope to Goethe - Prof Evans Lansing Smith

The cultural transformations of the Enlightenment, or Early-Modern Era, involved the psychologicizing of alchemical mythologies
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https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/ev...ing-smith/

"In 1923 there was published the Arabic text of K. al-Muktasab an alchemical work of the thirteenth century written by al-'Iraqi, with a translation and introduction by Dr. E. J. Holmyard. Jildaki, an alchemist of the fourteenth. century, wrote his great work, Nihayat al-Talab as a voluminous commentary on K. al-Muktasab. The present thesis is an attempt to examine the contents of the Nihayat and determine its place and value in the history of Islamic chemistry."

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1350029/

"This volume contains an introduction to William Butler Yeats' early occult short stories "Rosa Alchemica," "The Tables of the Law," and "The Adoration of the Magi." Panned by critics over the last century, the three stories contained in this volume are both controversial and difficult. The introduction explains the language of occultists and alchemists in terms of Jungian psychology and describes how alchemical doctrine influenced Yeats' writing and the largely alchemical mythology contained in A Vision. Yeats' desire for apocalypse is identified as a desire for the general population to see the divine through symbol and to discover the psychological nature of the occult and of religion. Following this, all three stories are glossed and annotated with comments on their use of alchemical themes, symbols, and ideals"


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https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/163/

"Glyn Parry’s masterful chapter ‘John Dee, Alchemy and Authority in Elizabethan England’, makes a persuasive case for the role played by pro- and anti-alchemical propaganda in the controversy over whether Queen Elizabeth should accept the sovereignty of the Protestant Low Countries in the 1570s and ’80s. Supporters of alchemy argued that Elizabeth should take the first step in assuming the role of an apocalyptic world-emperor, while opponents saw alchemy as a politically and socially destabilising influence."


https://historyofwomenreligious.org/marc...nham-2015/

"However we approach the subject of Alchemy, we are rewarded with a mystery, until the entire subject becomes an infinite regression of mirrored mysteries. And so, if we are not careful, we end up finding only the face of our own bias. The secret protects itself, even when it is displayed in plain sight. Fulcanelli serves as an example. The occult savants of Paris wanted to believe in the possibility of physical transmutation, therefore the suggestion that someone had actually done it grew into an obsession. A modern day Flamel, they thought, a renegade physical chemist who, like the Curies, had stumbled on a way to manipulate the radioactive “light” locked within matter. No matter that not a trace of such speculation could be found in Le Mystere; all alchemist wrote in code anyway. So the mystery focused on who was Fulcanelli? If his identity could be discovered, then the transmutation could be verified. Unfortunately, no one ever claimed the title and presented his proof."


http://www.vincentbridgeslegacy.com/the-...the-cross/