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  Mellon MS 100 (Flamel)
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-20-2023, 09:50 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - Replies (2)

Fully digitized at the Beinecke:

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2067976

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  The Winter King and the Alchemical Renaissance of Bohemia
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-17-2023, 07:32 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - Replies (1)

A lecture by Terence McKenna, the "Timothy Leary of the '90s", "one of the leading authorities on the ontological foundations of shamanism", the "intellectual voice of rave culture", about Friedrich V Elector Palatine, the Winter King.


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

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  Sveta Dorosheva
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-16-2023, 10:42 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - Replies (1)

Self-taught Ukrainian artist and illustrator inspired by mediaeval and Renaissance themes. The illustration below is entitled 'Alchymia'

   


https://www.svetadorosheva.com/project/a...-emblemata

https://www.svetadorosheva.com/about-me

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  Lyke de Vries on the Paracelsian Impetus
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-15-2023, 12:16 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Book Chapter from 'Reformation, Revolution, Renovation'.

https://brill.com/display/book/978900424...000003.xml

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  Versluis: Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-11-2023, 04:08 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Uploaded by the author so OK to download.
This site seems safe to download material from.

"In American Transcendentalism and Asian Religions, I detailed the immense impact that the Euro-American discovery of Asian religions had not only on European Romanticism, but above all, on American Transcendentalism. There I argued that the Transcendentalists’ discovery of the Bhagavad Gita, the Vedas, the Upanishads, and other world scriptures was critical in the entire movement, pivotal not only for the well-known figures like Emerson and Thoreau, but also for lesser known later figures like Samuel Johnson and William Rounseville Alger. That Transcendentalism emerged out of this new knowledge of the world’s religious traditions I have no doubt. But there were also pre-existing traditions in western Europe that contributed a great deal to the emergence, not only of Transcendentalism, but also of what has come to be known as the American Renaissance, that extraordinary period during the midnineteenth century when so much of American literature came into being."

https://dokumen.pub/the-esoteric-origins...62287.html

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  Dr. Tim Deschaines videos
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-11-2023, 10:20 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

I have not looked at these so cannot comment. Just came across them on Youtube:

Part One:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJbizNwVdsE

Part Two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DK8OZXqQwY

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  Thesis on women in the Hartlib circle
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-10-2023, 02:55 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"A godly Sybilla, an erudite wife and a burdensome sister: the
formation and representation of women’s reputations within the
Hartlib Circle 1641-1661" by Evan Bourke.


"This thesis analyses the formation and representation of the reputations of
three women: Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh (1615-1691); Dorothy Moore
Dury (c.1612-1664); and Jean Appelius (fl.1638-1648), whose connection to the
Hartlib circle has been undervalued."


Some alchemical references, including Johann Moriaen.

https://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/bitstr...sequence=1

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  Forshaw on Khunrath
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-10-2023, 02:51 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

https://www.academia.edu/99921670/A_Nece...1560_1605_

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  The post-human homunculus in alchemical and visual texts
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2023, 11:25 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The phenomenon of the homunculus as an aspect of creating life in the
laboratory is a documented attribute of Western premodern and medieval Arabic
alchemy. Early alchemical texts can be seen to reveal the archetypes and myths
present in the contemporary practice of creating life in the laboratory. Current
genetics research endeavours to create ever-more complex genetic chimeras
using human DNA and the creation of such creatures can be seen to constitute a
return to the homunculus mythology. The extent to which this creature, this
genetic homunculus, manifests in contemporary society is revealed in popular
visual culture and the arts to be a prominent feature of the contemporary psyche.
Ontological means of negotiation of a genetically engineered being falls to
arguments of natural versus artificial in terms of post-humanism. The
homunculus is shown to be impossible to arbitrate in terms of a transcendent
mythology in this sense and the provided examples from visual culture reveal
that this marvel is, as a result, myriad in teleological outcomes."


Andrew Smith MA dissertation. Full-text download.

https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/ha...tation.pdf

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  A Commentary on The Sceptical Chymist of Robert Boyle
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-05-2023, 11:23 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

'The purpose of this work is to elucidate Robert Boyle’s "The Sceptical Chymist" to the contemporary reader – in particular one with a knowledge either of philosophy or of chemistry.'

Thesis by Conleth Loonan. Full-text download.

https://www.academia.edu/36039831/A_Comm...xt_of_1661

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