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  The Online Books Page
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-17-2023, 11:21 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Dozens of useful links to alchemical texts online:

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/we...lchemy&c=x

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  Explore Hermetic Amsterdam
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-17-2023, 11:19 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Guide to esoteric libraries and other resources in Amsterdam.

https://www.amsterdamhermetica.nl/hermetic-amsterdam/

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  Chakra teachings of the ancient alchemists rediscovered
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-17-2023, 11:16 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Knowledge regarding the chakras, the principal human energy centres, is found mainly in Indian teachings. Substantial knowledge about them also existed in the West, however. The ancient alchemists called the chakras „seals of the planets“ and described several phases of energetic transformation they can undergo. Apart from healing, the result of that process of „Durchlichtung“ („lightening“) is nothing else but, in today’s language, a fundamental cultivation of one’s personality and consciousness."

By Ulrich Arndt


https://www.horusmedia.de/2002-planeten/planeten-en.php

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  Gichtel: Awakening To Divine Wisdom: Christian Initiation Into Three Worlds
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-17-2023, 11:14 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Translated by Arthur Versluis.

"Johann Georg Gichtel (1638-1710) is one of the greatest mystics in the school of Jacob Boehme, and this is his introduction to mystical practice based on devotion to Sophia, or Divine Wisdom. Includes full color illustrations from the original publication that show the inner transmutation of the body through spiritual practice. First and only English translation. Translated by Arthur Versluis."

Apparently rights-free.

https://archive.org/details/awakening-to...drm_202202

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  The Alchemy of the Voice at Ephrata Cloister
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-17-2023, 11:04 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Jan Stryz, Michigan State University

"No physical experimentation with metals or stones is involved in the alchemy that I will examine here. But under the direction of their founder and "Father," Conrad Beissel, the choral group at Ephrata cloister did engage in work that can be defined as alchemical. The principles that governed the composition of the tunes mirrored alchemical relations; the dietary regulations imposed on choral group members aimed at the spiritualization of the voice; and the relations between Beissel and the group members were tinctured with the drama of the alchemical love and war that played out within him. In the wilderness of Pennsylvania, during the mid-eighteenth century, Beissel invented his own idiosyncratic version of alchemy from those pieces of Boehmean theosophy he absorbed as a young man in Germany."

http://esoteric.msu.edu/printable/Alchemyprintable.html

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


See also:

LIGHT DAWNING: Gichtel, Boehme, Ephrata, and the Origin of Rosicrucian Mysticism in the New World.
Holmes Publishing Group, 2005. 1558184686. Original translation and commentary on the work of J.G. Gichtel, his influence on Ephrata, and that group's relationship to Jacob Boehme. Much of the first part is an allegorical interpretation of the Chymical Wedding, one of the Rosicrucian source documents of the early 17th century. Part Two is on the dichotomy of "True and False Magic". Rare illustrations. Hand made, custom bound with special papers, and patapar [grease-resistant paper].

https://www.jdholmes.com/pages/books/468...-new-world

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  James Nasmyth and the Philosopher’s Stone
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-16-2023, 05:36 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - Replies (2)

Antonia Laurence-Allen

"Nasmyth’s painting ‘The Alchemist’ tells a tale of an old man and a youthful student, whose knowledge and energy combine to overcome the Spanish Inquisition."

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/james-nas...hers-stone



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  Alchemical Theses in Czech
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-15-2023, 06:58 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

https://is.muni.cz/th/i7lnx/?vysl=38943;lang=en

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  Thesis: Experiments in Chinese alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-15-2023, 06:56 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

June Paradise Maul

Full text:

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/50291

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  Alchemy in the Making: From ancient Babylonia via Graeco-Roman Egypt
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-15-2023, 06:54 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Results of the European Research Council project:

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/724914/results

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  Thesis: Alchemy in India and China
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-15-2023, 06:52 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

by Deshpande, Vijaya Jayant

"As the title "Alchemy in India and China" suggests, this thesis deals with some comparative aspects of Indian and Chinese alchemy. However, it should be noted that a comprehensive study of alchemy in these two countries is not the aim of this work."


https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/94355

https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/essay...-and-china

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