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  Qatar Digital Library
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 1 hour ago - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

With search term alchemy:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/search/site/alchem...-filters=1

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  In Russian: Flamel, Alchemy and the Wheel of History
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 1 hour ago - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Translator's foreword to the Russian edition of Flamelian corpus (Azbooka. St-Petersburg, 2001, 2010)

https://www.academia.edu/109728729/Flame...n_Russian_

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  Alchemy and the Golden Dawn
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 1 hour ago - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

The Quest for the Quintessence: The Path of Alchemy and the Golden Dawn

By Em Share

The Quest for the Quintessence:
The Path of Alchemy and the Golden Dawn
A comparison between the alchemical processes used to create the Stone of the Philosophers and the initiatory processes of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn used to stimulate the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Included here is a suggestive inquiry into the use of alchemical principles, processes and philosophy to analyze the initiatory rituals of the O.S.O.G.D.

https://www.academia.edu/4175809/The_Que...olden_Dawn

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  True and False Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 1 hour ago - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

True Alchemy and The False Alchemy Invented By Freemasons: Historiographical Deconstruction of Speculative Hermeticism

By Ivan Paduano

"This academic essay analyzes, through the lens of modern the history of science and Western esotericism, the complex and paradoxical relationship between historical alchemy, a discipline based on rigorous laboratory practice, known as chrysopoeia and forerunner of modern chemistry, and the so-called "spiritual alchemy", an allegorical superstructure devoid of any empirical implication. The central nucleus and the provocative thesis of this study revolve around a fundamental historiographical misunderstanding: what in the contemporary imagination is widely and erroneously considered as the "true" alchemy, understood as a purely interior, psychological and theurgical path, is actually a "false" and retrospective invention."

https://www.academia.edu/165870289/True_...ermeticism

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  Complete book in Russian: Kabbalah & Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-22-2026, 12:18 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Kabbalah and Alchemy complete

By Konstantin Burmistrov

https://www.academia.edu/41896107/Kabbal...y_complete

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  Albertus Magnus's Account of Transmutation
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-22-2026, 12:11 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

ALBERT THE GREAT'S ACCOUNT ON ALCHEMICAL TRANSMUTATION

By Mario Loconsole

"This article deals with the most relevant philosophical side of Albert the Great's analysis of alchemy, aimed at clarifying what alchemical transmutation consists in and whether this process can ultimately be accomplished by men. The Dominican master handles the problem differently in the earlier commentary on Lombardus' Libri Sententiarum and in works like the De mineralibus, in which a more mature idea of the connection between art and nature is developed. In this respect, Albert's interpretation intersects with Avicenna's De congelatione, a fundamental text for the Latin medieval debate on alchemy, whose reception has shaped his understanding of the alchemical art. The Dominican master gradually assumes a more lenient position towards the claims of the alchemical process of transmutation, which he explains by resorting to the similitudes between alchemy and medicine and the comparison of artificial transmutation with natural processes such as the generatio ex putrefactione and the natural formation of minerals."

https://www.academia.edu/53388860/ALBERT...NSMUTATION

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  Recent Developments in the Historiography of Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-22-2026, 12:07 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Some Recent Developments in the Historiography of Alchemy

By Marcos Martinon-Torres

"The number of researchers and publications devoted to the history of alchemy has seen exponential growth and diversification in recent decades, to such an extent that some scholars speak of a “New Historiography of Alchemy.” On the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, this paper outlines some highlights of the literature since 1990, with a view to identify current trends but also challenges for the future. Some of the most important changes identified are a marked awareness of the risks of presentism, a shift from ambitious histories to contextualised microhistories, a heightened recognition of the internal diversity of historical alchemy, and a greater emphasis on its practical dimensions and its role in the Scientific Revolution. Among the challenges, the paper underscores the potential risks of an excessive historiographical fragmentation, the need for further interdisciplinary training and cooperation, and the responsibilities of alchemy historians towards students and the general public alike."

https://www.academia.edu/2565075/Some_Re...of_Alchemy

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  Mythological Motifs in Eastern & Western Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-22-2026, 12:00 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

The Golden Quest: A Comparative Study of Common Mythological Motifs in Oriental and Occidental Traditions of Alchemy

By Urmi Chanda

"The beginnings of alchemy mark an interesting period between mythical time and historical time. Between the primitive understanding of nature and the development of science, alchemy bridges a gap with magic and mythology. It may have had its share of brickbats in the modern times, but alchemy has allured and intrigued the minds of some of history's best men. These men tried to make sense of and replicate nature in their labs, aiming for perfection symbolized by gold. In exoteric terms, they sought to create the pure, precious metal and in esoteric terms, they sought a pure consciousness. This fascinating branch of knowledge was best explained and understood through myth and allegory. This paper attempts a comparative study of mythological motifs, tenets and tales in order to understand the common ground of all aspirants of the Golden Quest."

https://www.academia.edu/11986601/The_Go...of_Alchemy

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  Alchemy and Rudolf II
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-21-2026, 12:22 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - Replies (1)

"It is difficult to think of a theme in Bohemian and Central European history in the early modern age that is so popular and at the same time still today so little understood as that of the alchemy that is associated with the reign of the Emperor Rudolf II (1552–1612). The blame for this can by no means be laid solely at the door of the wellknown film from the early 1950s, for it only took over the oversimplified picture of “Rudolfine alchemy” as it was developed in Czech and German historiography in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. This picture mixed legends with facts that could be historically documented, and which were consequently frequently interpreted incorrectly."

Alchemy and Rudolf II
By Artefactum Publishing house ÚDU AV ČR
Ivo Purš, Vladimír Karpenko (eds.) 

Preface only:

https://www.academia.edu/37691263/Alchemy_and_Rudolf_II

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  Medieval Alchemy in Hebrew: A Noted Absence
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-21-2026, 12:18 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Gad Freudenthal, “Medieval Alchemy in Hebrew: A Noted Absence,” in Gad Freudenthal, ed., Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 343-358

"The full history of alchemy in Arabic and Hebrew remains to be written; the following remarks are no more than a few signposts. 3 It hardly needs saying that alchemy was a flourishing discipline in the Arabophone cultural area, both on the level of practice and on that of theory. 4 I begin with a short account of what we know of Jewish practice of alchemy in Islamic cultural contexts."

https://www.academia.edu/36409684/Gad_Fr...11_343_358

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