"For centuries, alchemists tirelessly sought to create a transparent material that was at the same time flexible, i.e. the ‘malleable glass’ of ancient times. The intensive work of our forefathers in alchemy was in fact not in vain, because it led to the transmutation, not of base metals into gold, but rather of a secret, hermetic, cryptic and often obscure field of activity into modern chemistry and polymer science, with all its astonishing contemporary success."

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Th...1c76c0ac72

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202...nts-151123

Secluded Alchemist - Laboratory Amongst The Leaves (Full)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y68IKONHS_c

A good, brief, general article including musical ciphers:

https://www.audiocipher.com/post/types-of-ciphers

"Mystical items abounded: a miniature, leaden devil, said to have been cast out during an exorcism; magic mirrors for scrying; talismanic handbells inscribed with Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew to ring during alchemical rituals; the fabled Codex Gigas, or “Devil’s Bible,” sat among strange tomes holding spells and incantations to summon angels or wake the dead."

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/m...lect-call/

THE ALCHEMICAL PROCESS | Prayer of the Heart - Addendum 1 - extract

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9g4z6c

"Clavis Artis stands out as a particularly mysterious work among the enigmatic texts of the alchemical tradition. Written in German and Latin, it is often attributed to the late 17th or early 18th century. The manuscript serves as both a practical guide and a philosophical treatise on alchemy, but what makes it truly remarkable is its rich collection of illustrations."

https://vaulteditions.com/blogs/news/cla...nd-alchemy

"In the vast landscape of human thought, two seemingly disparate realms—religion and science—have long vied for the hearts and minds of seekers of truth. Their dialogue is as old as civilization itself, rooted in humanity’s desire to transform chaos into order and the unknown into meaning. This essay explores the interplay between these domains by invoking two powerful archetypes: the blacksmith and the alchemist."

https://note.com/noctiskodaira/n/n00da1aac6bfc

"In a previous life as a historian of science and manuscript scholar, Type & Forme’s Dr Anke Timmermann realised that the holdings of alchemical manuscripts in Cambridge libraries would benefit from a thorough catalogue identifying both texts and images for future research – a new tool utilising bibliographical and scholarly research from the past century as well as Anke’s own insights into the usefulness of particular types of information on sources for historians of alchemy."

https://www.typeandforme.com/index.php/2...immermann/

"The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of mystical and philosophical texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary figure who bridged the wisdom of ancient Egypt and Greece. These writings explore profound themes such as the nature of the divine, the creation of the universe, the immortality of the soul and the path to spiritual awakening. With its symbolic and enigmatic language, the Corpus Hermeticum has influenced many authors, from medieval alchemists to Renaissance thinkers, shaping the Western esoteric tradition. But what exactly do these pages contain?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxeXLvgX3Rw

"Frater Jack Kausch and Frater Robert Gordon discuss the utopian elements of Rosicrucianism and how they relate to spiritual communities of the early modern period (inlcluding Ephrata and the Harmonist Society) and into the present day with places such as Auroville and New Hermopolis."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjAt7JqxYGI