"Stacey McEwan‘s A Forbidden Alchemy is a Peaky Blinders-esque romantasy, blending an alchemical magic system with class warfare and slow burn romance. It’s a true page-turner, with some interesting world-building and a solid collection of characters – be prepared for Patrick’s brother Donny to steal your heart!"

https://www.theaureview.com/books/book-r...ey-mcewan/

"During the 16th and 17th Centuries, mystics and Rosicrucian adepts used the enigmatic language of alchemical symbols to reveal the secrets of nature to those who sought a deeper understanding of the cosmos both within and outside of themselves. Great minds like Robert Fludd, Robert Boyle, Benjamin Franklin, and Isaac Newton did not call themselves scientists but rather natural philosophers--those who sought to reveal the secrets of nature through their own connection with Cosmic laws and principles. Often described as the precursor to modern chemistry, alchemy was much more than a literal search for converting base metal into gold; nor was it simply a means of reducing plant matter into medicinal elixirs and tinctures. In this workshop with Ingrid Young, discover the meaning of such symbols as the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, and the AZOTH. Uncover the meaning of phrases such as Ora et Labora, the Great Work, and "the rubification of the soul." Learn why alchemy was once considered a sacred path that had to be kept hidden from the curious, why later scientists scoffed at its value, and how today, we have embraced a greater mystical understanding of what was once considered the secret art.

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https://www.meetup.com/rosicruciansnewme...310966362/

Woodcut from Leonhard Thurneyssers Quinta Essentia, Leipzig, 1574.

https://www.mediastorehouse.com/granger-...05811.html

Whole text here:

https://archive.org/details/quintaessentiada00thur

Mostly bibliographical additions.


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

"In this exploration, we will uncover the symbolic meanings behind alchemical dissection. It was not only about physical examination but also about the transformation of the self. The act of dissection represented a journey inward, a means of peeling back the layers of the psyche to reach a state of enlightenment and inner harmony. This aspect of alchemy reveals its deeply spiritual nature, where the boundaries between the physical and metaphysical blur."

https://oxlinn.com/2385/alchemical-disse...-revealed/

"Rachel Lott’s sparkling translations transform Silesius’s angelic German epigrams into English gems. A treasury of Christian wisdom distilled in golden verse.” —Prof. Rachel Fulton Brown, University of Chicago.

https://www.rachellott.com/poems-and-tra...ers-stone/

"From the prophetic early paintings of the 1980s to her groundbreaking digital works of the 1990s, the exhibition charts Treister’s evolution through key projects including those of her time-travelling alter ego Rosalind Brodsky, and the influential HEXEN 2.0 series, a Tarot deck and group of alchemical diagrams connecting cybernetics, surveillance, countercultural movements and internet histories. Her recent project, HEXEN 5.0 (2023-25) continues this trajectory, critically examining AI, the climate crisis, and quantum science."

https://modernartoxford.org.uk/whats-on/...e-treister

"This teaching shows you how words shape your reality and how to use this vibrational portal to shift your life. Join us to remember your sacred word and activate the manifestation method that has always been within you."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLklc6VAz8w

" In the Rosarium philosophorum (1550), Mary’s coronation marks the final stage of the Great Work—the rubedo, when matter and spirit are perfected. Jung saw this image as the psyche’s journey to wholeness, the exaltation of the feminine, and a symbol of individuation."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5SGm0C6Qjs

"My main premise is that the Voynich is not a ciphered natural language or random nonsense. Instead, it functions as a symbolic operator system — a structured framework of actions and processes, encoded in both glyphs and imagery. Rather than treating the text as phonetic writing, I approach it as a grammar of symbolic functions (operators). This means the glyphs are not “letters” in the traditional sense, but instructions that align with alchemical, cosmological, and Hermetic tradition."

https://www.voynich.ninja/thread-4924-po...l#pid70841