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  Pill-boxes
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025, 10:22 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

''SAPO STARKEI'' for one.
This is most likely ''Starkey'', that is to say George Starkey (1628–1665),
for a chemical-pharmaceutical preparation attributed to George Starkey's recipe,
used as a medicinal or alchemical soap.

''PILULAE BECKERI'' for the other.
This phylactery refers to pills composed according to the recipe of Dr. Johann Jacob Becher (or Beeker), 1635–1682,
based on purgative or mercurial substances, intended to “cleanse the body of bad humors”
according to the galenic and chemical medicine of the time. 


https://www.proantic.com/en/1642114-east...boxes.html



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  How Ancient Cultures Discovered the Power of Fe, Mg Zn, & Ca
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025, 10:14 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Imagine an ancient Egyptian priest grinding malachite — a bright green copper-based mineral — into a paste. He believed this paste would link the wearer to the gods. On the other side of the Silk Road, a Chinese alchemist prepared cinnabar. This alchemist thought cinnabar held the key to eternal life. In India’s Ayurvedic temples, healers prescribed bhasmas — calcinated mineral mixtures — to restore the body’s basic energies."

https://www.wbcil.com/blog/mineral-alche...formation/

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  Wiki: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025, 10:07 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

A nice guy and a great champion of Western Esotericism as an academic discipline who left us far too young.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Goodrick-Clarke

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  Video: The Voynich Manuscript as a Map of Qi Cultivation
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025, 09:58 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

A groundbreaking interpretation of the Voynich Manuscript as an alchemical work that outlines the process of cultivating and transforming the body, mind, and soul.

Text drawn heavily from:

The Voynich Manuscript & Qi Dao by Shi-Yin Wong

https://www.amazon.com/Voynich-Manuscrip...B0FJG54Z9L

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  Forthcoming project: Clavis Artis
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025, 09:48 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"We are creating the first full transcript and translation of Clavis Artis, brought into direct dialogue with the richly illustrated Trieste manuscript. This project will make one of the most intriguing alchemical texts of the early modern period accessible to a wider audience for the first time. The goal is to illuminate how both versions interact — text and image revealing different layers of meaning in the alchemical process."

https://tinyurl.com/yc27777u

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  The Magus: Kundalini & the Golden Dawn by Neven Paar
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025, 09:37 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"The Magus: Kundalini and the Golden Dawn is the culmination of my Spiritual journey through the Western Mystery Tradition after experiencing a full and sustained Kundalini awakening. Once I joined a secret and esoteric school called the Golden Dawn, I was introduced to Ceremonial Magick—a Spiritual Alchemy practice geared towards Chakra tuning and cleansing—whose ultimate purpose is personal transformation and Enlightenment."

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  Alchemical Symbol Dream Meaning & Interpretation
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-29-2025, 09:31 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

AI alert! There's even an AI interpretation app. Interesting though...


https://mirrorwithin.com/dream-dictionar...al-symbol/

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  Fiction: The Perfumer's Trials by MC Dulac
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-28-2025, 03:36 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"Violet Langford has agreed to continue with the Perfumer’s Challenge, a mysterious tournament held at Elysium House in Regency England. Together with her handsome rival, Tristan Harris, Violet is determined to uncover the secrets of the eerily enchanted estate. But Violet and Tristan will have to compete against each other in three new contests. As Violet learns more about her patron, Lady Eleanor, she is drawn into a dream-like world of ancient perfumes and beguiling elixirs."

https://www.amazon.com/Perfumers-Trials-...3903?psc=1

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  The Years of the Wizard by Rachel Morris
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-28-2025, 03:33 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"All things were believable back then – wizards, alchemy, fairies, angels. This is the story of those magical times. A lyrical and highly atmospheric exploration of the lives of Tudor and Renaissance magicians, men from Dee to Kepler to Bruno, who were also scientists, astrologers, mathematicians and alchemists. Their studies, books and ideas still permeate scientific history, as well as literature and film from Philip Pullman to CS Lewis."

https://www.paperplus.co.nz/shop/books/n...the-wizard

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  Movie: As above, so below
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-28-2025, 03:30 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"As Above, So Below is a 2014 American horror film[6] written and directed by John Erick Dowdle from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Drew. The film stars Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert, and Ali Marhyar. The title refers to the popular paraphrase of the second verse of the Emerald Tablet. The film is presented as found footage of a documentary crew's experience exploring the Catacombs of Paris in search of the philosopher's stone, only to be confronted by supernatural forces hidden deep beneath the city. It was loosely based on the nine circles of Hell from Dante Alighieri's epic 14th-century poem Divine Comedy. It was the first film to get permission to shoot in the real Catacombs of Paris."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Above,_So_Below_(film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fNvpeg4c8

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