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  Successful Decoding Results in the Voynich Manuscript
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-15-2025, 11:18 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

The Doorway to Deciphering: Methodology and Analysis of Successful
Decoding Results in the Voynich Manuscript.
Alisa Gladyševa(Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania).

Despite all the unsuccessful decipherment research methods that others have tried to apply, there was no solution in reading the Voynich manuscript. This research describes recent successful decoding methodology from the very doorway to deciphering the whole Voynich manuscript. In particular, the investigation of background information and detailed analytical studies of the characters of the Voynich manuscript, words that were written in plain way, which have been performed to define the algorithm of the encoded text. It gives emphasis on the importance of this research for its successful decipherment.

https://www.academia.edu/125523657/The_D..._Gladyseva

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  Thesis full-text: Medieval Haṭha-Yoga & Hindu Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-15-2025, 11:15 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Medieval Haṭha-Yoga and Hindu Alchemy: A Jungian Approach to Tantric Immortality

By James Kennard, Ph.D

"This hermeneutic study explores the esoteric context and complementary ritual discourse of Medieval Haṭha-Yoga and Hindu alchemy, from a Jungian depth psychological perspective. Its comparative approach draws on the essential values, fantasy images, and key concepts of esotericism, to describe a deeper web of relationship within culturally diverse traditions of alchemy. The Tantric vision of immortality is a symbolic expression of the ultimate soteriological value of living- liberation and self-realization. This highest aim is pursued through the corresponding materials and ritual processes of Haṭha-Yoga and Hindu alchemy. Haṭha-Yoga internalized and corporealized Hindu alchemical materials and processes, which sought to create an elixir of immortality. Original Haṭha-Yoga depicts a circular process of psychophysical regeneration, which gives birth to the golden and immortal yogic body. A psychodynamic interpretation is oriented through this spagyric cycle of transformation, through which the yogic body is serially ripened, and the self is realized."

https://www.academia.edu/45449412/Mediev...mmortality

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  Sanskrit recipes for imitation gems
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 12:07 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

By Dagmar Wujastyk

https://www.ayuryog.org/blog/making-gems...syakajjala

[Image: false_ruby_92.jpg?itok=HAe4UDy_]

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  Timeline of Sanskrit Alchemical Literature
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 12:03 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

By Dagmar Wujastyk.

Click rightward arrows on landing page.

https://www.ayuryog.org/AlchemyTimeline

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  Arion Roşu, Sanskrit Scholar
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 11:58 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Arion Rosu (1924-2007) was a Romanian scholar and historian in the study of Ayurveda and traditional Indian medicine, and also in the study of Sanskrit alchemical texts.

"It is not my aim to introduce the whole work of Arion Roşu, which includes nearly one hundred monographs, articles and bibliographies and more than sixty critical reviews, notes and bibliographic records in these few lines. Any reader can easily refer to the bibliography of Roşu’s works drawn up by Eugen Ciurtin in The Human Body, at the Crossroads of Multiple Indian Ways of Knowing, Papers Presented to Arion Roşu by his Colleagues and Friends on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday (Studia asiatica, vol. IV-V, 2003- 2004 Bucarest, Paris: De Boccard:15–22). However, I would like to draw attention to the importance of the collection of books and of offprints that Roşu left to the Institute of Indian Studies of the Collège de France."

https://www.ayuryog.org/blog/arion-ro%C5...UxOYgFqkcw

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  Short Video: Living Through Alchemy: The Union of Spirit and Soul
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 11:44 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"This video delves into the hidden wisdom of 'Better Living Through Alchemy,' revealing the timeless pursuit of the Philosopher’s Stone not as a quest for gold, but for inner transformation. It teaches that the true “Key to Life and Death” lies within our own consciousness — the Quintessence or hidden “Star” that animates all life. By reuniting the Sun’s masculine spirit with the Moon’s feminine soul, we restore balance between intellect and intuition, mind and heart. A powerful reflection on how modern society’s loss of this sacred balance has led to spiritual estrangement — and how reclaiming it opens the path to true alchemical awakening."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OogcSZOpNM

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  Video Series: The Hermetic School
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 11:34 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

In Portuguese with some in English.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheHermeticScho...shelf_id=2

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  Using alchemical bracelets
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 11:31 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"These aren't just stylish accessories; they are thoughtfully crafted pieces imbued with the intention of fostering personal growth. Drawing inspiration from the ancient art of alchemy, which sought to transmute base metals into gold, these bracelets aim to transmute our inner selves – transforming challenges into strengths, anxieties into peace, and limitations into boundless potential."

https://mountauk.com/blogs/mystic-energy...PTVvPjqbex

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  A Theophrastus Sampler, Part V: the ‘Secretum Magicum’
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 11:29 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"Today’s sharing from the Blue House of Via-HYGEIA, is a little surprise treat, as we continue our exploration of the core philosophy of Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a.k.a. Paracelsus. Here, with an extract from Gottfried Armold’s ‘Unparteiische Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie‘ (Impartial History of the Church and of Heresy, in two volumes 1699/1700); a chapter dedicated to Paracelsus, in which Arnold discusses and defends Paracelsus’ books and publishes after a whole treatise: the ‘Secretum Magicum‘ (the subject of this sharing). From Volume IV, Section II, chapter XXII, page 148 to 168."

https://via-hygeia.art/a-little-aureolus...m-magicum/

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  Movie Director: Guillermo del Toro
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-14-2025, 11:27 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Guillermo Del Toro stated that “Cronos,” “Mimic,” “Blade II,” and “Hellboy” each reflect key structural or thematic elements of the “Frankenstein” mythos. He emphasized that these films share core motifs such as misunderstood creatures, flawed creators, and the consequences of scientific ambition... In “Cronos,” the central character’s transformation through an alchemical device portrays themes of forced evolution and unintended suffering."

https://bharatbarta.com/guillermo-del-to...-analysis/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronos_(film)

https://www.imdb.com/fr/title/tt0104029/...r_mismatch

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