The Age of Alchemy: The Secret History of Chemistry from Ancient Magic to Modern Science 

"For readers of Sam Kean and Bill Bryson, The Age of Alchemy uncovers a vibrant, interconnected world of forgotten artisans, scholars, and experimenters who, across millennia and continents, transformed mystical alchemy into modern chemistry."

https://tinyurl.com/2p9k8jbw

See also our thread BBC Radio broadcast: The Age of Alchemy:
https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/sh...p?tid=3185

"This video starts with the Emerald Tablet — about three hundred words, translated into Latin in the twelfth century over an Arabic source from around 750 to 800, which says that the father of the work is the Sun and the mother the Moon. It goes to the Splendor Solis, the most reproduced set of images in Western alchemy, whose oldest version is dated 1532 to 1535 and whose author is unknown: the name Salomon Trismosin attaches only to later copies, and there is no independent evidence he existed. Then to the sentence these writers repeat for six centuries — our gold is not the gold of the common people — and to the green lion swallowing the sun. Put together, they say one thing consistently. The sun in those books is not what lights the room. It is what decides where you look. And the first instruction, in every version of the work, is to put it out."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnw9z6K0CrY

"One of Rachel Entwistle’s most loved pieces, the Ouroboros Green Onyx Necklace combines sculptural form with ancient symbolism — designed to be worn every day, layered effortlessly, and treasured for years to come. Limited restock available for summer."

https://www.facebook.com/RachelEntwistle...937568558/

"Three pieces by Gurdjieff/De Hartmann (The Big Seven, Sayyid No.13, and The Struggle of the Magicians Excerpt No.1) set to a variety of mostly Hermetic-Alchemic images. Best viewed full-screen and in 1080p."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUkni2EFm8

Conscious Effort and Endocrine Alchemy: Exploring Hormonal Transformation through Three Steps Rhythmic Breathing and the Gurdjieff System

by Mukesh Parmar

"This descriptive research article examines how conscious breathing practices, particularly S.N. Tavaria's Three Steps Rhythmic Breathing (3SRB), influence the secretion and quality of hormones via the endocrine system. Drawing parallel insights from G.I. Gurdjieff's esoteric teachings as documented in P.D. Ouspensky's In Search of the Miraculous, the study proposes that sustained inner effort and rhythmic breath can transform not only emotions and thoughts but also the very chemistry of the human organism."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication...eff_System

"Maurice Nicoll's Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky comprise the most extensive published explanations of their esoteric Christianity. Its five-volumes provide some of the clearest commentary on their worldview on record. It is read by Fourth Way adherents and non-adherents alike due to its psychological insights and inspirational tone. Although indexes were previously available for these mammoth volumes none provided in one place for each chapter and verse or category for the entirety of Nicoll's commentary. "

https://www.academia.edu/128925290/Refer..._and_Magic

"Gurdjieff declared that when the alchemists spoke of transformation of base metals into precious ones, they signified the “transformation of coarse ‘hydrogens’ into finer ones in the human organism . . . ” to make souls. Scholars have somewhat rehabilitated this manner of interpretation for early modern alchemy. Further, Gurdjieff’s terminology owes much to strands in contemporary Western science which had been hailed by alchemists as vindicating their belief in the possibility of transmuting one element into another."

https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/publication...rald-azize

"After years of anticipation, Dataland—the first museum entirely dedicated to the art of Artificial Intelligence—is ready to open. Conceived and curated by Refik Anadol Studio, a pioneer in data aesthetics and media art, Dataland is located in the cultural heart of Downtown Los Angeles, inside Frank Gehry’s The Grand LA building and right next to institutions such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Broad, and MOCA."

https://tinyurl.com/uwsbr825

"How alchemy developed across Hellenistic Egypt, China, India, the Islamic world, and Europe as a rich tradition that united experiment, medicine, cosmology, and spiritual transformation. We look at major alchemical ideas, key historical figures, and the practices that shaped both occult traditions and the emergence of modern chemistry. This episode also examines the major scholarly debates around alchemy, showing why historians no longer see it simply as failed science or pure mysticism, but as a complex way of understanding matter, knowledge, and the transformation of the self."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKh4KS_tnVc

In Arabic.

https://thehistoryprofessor.com/ar/artic...le-207034/

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