Opus and Sermo: The Relationship Between Alchemy and Prophecy (12th-14th Centuries)

Chiara Crisciani

Early Science and Medicine, 13 (2008) pp. 4–24.


"The subject of this paper is the relationship between alchemy and prophecy in the Latin culture of the period between the initial diffusion of alchemy in the West in the 12th century and the 14th century."

https://www.academia.edu/6139923/Opus_an...Centuries_

"Extract from Urszula Szulakowska, The Alchemy of Light: Geometry and Optics in Late Renaissance Alchemical Illustration (Leiden: Brill, 2000) An examination of Dee's text "Monas Hieroglyphica" in the context of his interest in magic mirrors and cabbalism."

https://www.academia.edu/14894398/John_D...roglyphica

"This paper presents a comprehensive glossary of terms deciphered from the Voynich Manuscript, offering linguistic and semantic insights into its enigmatic text. The glossary is the result of detailed analysis and contextual comparisons, providing translations and explanations of key terms used throughout the manuscript. It establishes connections to medieval Latin, botanical terminology, and medical lexicons, situating the manuscript within the broader framework of medieval science and pharmacology."

https://www.academia.edu/126875300/The_V...y_of_Terms

"This chapter discusses studies on Newton's alchemy. By the time of his death in 1727, Newton had already become an icon of reason in an age of light, recognized for discovering the laws governing gravitational attraction, unveiling the secrets of the visible spectrum, and laying the foundations for the branch of mathematics known today as calculus. However, during the very years when Newton was discovering the hidden structure of the spectrum, he was also conducting private chymical research to find the “inimaginably small portion” of active material that governed growth and change in the natural world, or as Newton says, nature's “secret fire,” and the “material soule of all matter.” The chapter also sets out the book's purpose and provides an overview of the subsequent chapters."

https://www.academia.edu/95027894/The_En..._s_Alchemy

"At the end of the 1990s an ancient manuscript was found at the historical archive of the municipality of Montemonaco, a small hamlet sitting at the very foot of Mount Sibyl, in central Italy. The parchment sheet contains a most rare sentence of acquittal rendered in 1452 by a judge of the Papal States in favor of the «Priors, population, municipality and all the men in the land of Montemonaco». They all were charged with momentous «spiritual» crimes: they allegedly assisted and supported a number of foreign alchemists who dared climb the steep slopes of the Sibillini Mountain Range to reach the «Lake of the Sibyl» and perform their magical, fiendish rituals to consecrate spellbooks to the demons. Montemonaco was already mentioned by fifteenth-century author Antoine de la Sale as a main location that provided a convenient access to the renowned legendary sites of the Sibyl's Cave and the Lake of Pilate: a hamlet that was visited by scores of foreign travellers who wished to make personal, forbidden encounters with the dark legends, known throughout Europe, which lived on the high cliffs of Mount Sibyl and Mount Vettore. The manuscript retrieved in Montemonaco is a fascinating trove that fully confirms the might and fortune of the sibilline lore across the fifteenth century, as it opens an unprecedented window on a real, astounding legal case: a trial involving the Apennine Sibyl, held before a papal court."

https://www.academia.edu/142891647/OF_AL...ONTEMONACO

"The Comte de Saint-Germain, an enigmatic 18th-century adventurer, alchemist, and courtier, was also a highly accomplished violin virtuoso and classical composer. In occult circles and esoteric lore, it is frequently rumored that he encoded alchemical formulas and mystical secrets within his musical scores. [1] (https://www.maritawoywodcrandle.com/st-germain), [2] (https://www.wqxr.org/story/composer-alch...r-immortal), [3] (https://www.academia.edu/124042971/The_C...nt_Germain)"


Scores here:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Comte_de...ollections

Performances here:

Comte de St. Germain: Musique Raisonnée (Album): This is the most comprehensive modern studio recording available, performed by the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble featuring soprano Julianne Baird and tenor Mark Bleeke. It includes his vocal arias (such as "Per pieta bel Idol mio" and "Padre perdona, oh! pene") as well as movements from his Six Sonatas for Two Violins and Seven Solos for a Violin. You can find this collection streaming on Apple Music and Amazon Music. [1] (https://music.apple.com/us/album/comte-d.../491178636), [2] (https://www.amazon.com/Comte-St-Germain-...B006OJJSE0)

L'Incostanza Delusa Suite (EP): A historic recorded suite of his music containing baroque movements like the Gavotte, Sarabande, Gigue, Pastorale, Minuetto, and Sicilienne. It is available to stream via The Comte De St. Germain on Spotify and Apple Music. [1] (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-co.../413519598), [2] (https://open.spotify.com/album/17YTjDlRo0vLQnH5eUOmMI), [3] (https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MWucUkBhFYE51WoEPfaso)

Ensemble Phoenix Spielt Graf Saint Germain: A chamber music recording released by Ensemble Phoenix, featuring his complete Sonata N° 1 for two violins and harpsichord/cello. Movements from this rare project are widely accessible on YouTube via community uploads. [1] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHa_mDyGBhw), [2] (https://www.discogs.com/artist/2569397-C...XXVtJM3h2z)

Sonata for Violin & Basso Continuo in C Minor: A specialized piece performed and recorded by the early music ensemble Solisti Ekateriny Velikoy (The Catherine the Great Soloists), which can be heard on YouTube. [1] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP0EK9wHgeY)

"The Search for Unlimited Energy by Arundell Overman is a book that explores personal experiments blending alchemy, inner discipline, and the generation of vital or magical energy. The author documents a personal journey and formula to discover unlimited personal and spiritual energy.Alchemy and Discipline. The text bridges traditional esoteric alchemy concepts with mental and physical focus.Inner Power: It investigates human potential, esoteric practices, and consciousness expansion."

https://tinyurl.com/27uwcuca

"Better Living Through Alchemy is a two volume series. Volume I presented here for the first time is divided into two parts, Origins of Alchemy and Spiritual Elements in Alchemy. "

https://tinyurl.com/39v8uttb


Better Living Through Alchemy is a two volume series. Volume I presented here for the first time is divided into two parts, Origins of Alchemy and Spiritual Elements in Alchemy.

"Better Living Through Alchemy Praxis continues to expand on the work LynnOsburn first presented in Better Living Through Alchemy. The Philosophy, Theory and Practice of Alchemy is elaborated in great detail focusing on the application of Philosophy in the development of Theory that guides the Practice in the Alchemical Theaters of the World. The Occult Technology at the heart of Alchemy Praxis is described thoroughly step by step. How to initiate the opening and use this hidden technology in each of us Artists is revealed for the first time without veiled and cryptic words. How and why Philosophical preparations of Alchemical medicines expand the personal evolution of the Artist by fueling the esoteric technology activated by the Artist following the steps presented here. How to see and navigate the World Theaters Above and Below is revealed. Plus several detailed methods for making Alchemical medicines are published here for the first time. The documentation is supported by copious photos of the various steps and alchemical products she has made in her Laboratory."

https://tinyurl.com/4e4c9t8a

The Art of the Unknown: A Visual Treasury of the Esoteric, Uncanny and Unexplained (Art in the Margins)

by S. Elizabeth (Author) 

The Art of the Unknown brings together nearly 200 artworks that delve into the limits of perception and belief, for example: 

    William Blake’s celestial visions
    Léon Spilliaert's mysterious paintings
    Penny Slinger's spectral photographs
    Daniel Martin Diaz’s symbolic diagrams

Uniting historical artists with contemporary creators who continue to push at the boundaries of reality, this book asks: what worlds exist alongside our own—and how do artists give form to what can’t be seen?

The Art of the Unknown is an enthralling journey for anyone fascinated by mystery and the esoteric, inviting you to look again at the forces that persist just beyond the threshold of ordinary reality, and to discover how artists have long attempted to make the invisible visible. 

https://tinyurl.com/5jn3d2ud

16 September - Astrology, Alchemy and Solomonic Magic in the Byzantine and Orthodox World

"Through imperial astrology, allegorical poetry, alchemical manuscripts, the Hygromanteia, texts circulating between Greek- and Arabic-speaking worlds, and zodiacal imagery in Orthodox churches, Sasha Chaitow traces the place of these traditions within Byzantine life and their continuation into the present as a lesser-known parallel to Western occultism: a living body of knowledge and practice that was never occulted in the Greek East."

Saturday 19 September 2026, 5:00 pm UTC 

[i]Meeting ID: 854 7166 2238  |  Passcode: 502520 [/i]

https://astromagia-org.zoom.us/j/8547166...AnDatScs.1