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  At the Beinecke: Alchemical miscellany
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 01:50 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Contributor:
    Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311.
    Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365.
Published / Created:
    [ca. 1550]
Publication Place:
    North Italy (Genoa?)

    Manuscript on paper of a collection of extracts from various alchemical and medical writers. Includes John of Rupescissa, Liber de confectione veri lapidis; and Arnold of Villanova, De perfectione operis alkimie. Compiled by one Johannes Baptista F., along with Mellon MSS 34 and 36.


https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/17449722

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  Alchemy and the Lost Antideluvian Knowledge
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 01:44 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"According to the Book of Enoch and other Second Temple texts, the Flood was not only a judgment on human wickedness, but a divine intervention to purge the world of knowledge that had been misused. The Watchers, fallen heavenly beings, had descended and taught humanity things they were not meant to know—sorcery, astrology, the use of roots and herbs, weapon-making, seduction, and the crafting of spirits. While not all of these arts were evil in themselves, the motives behind their dissemination and the corrupt state of the world ensured that they led to ruin. When the Flood came, that knowledge was not accidentally lost. It was intentionally erased by God. But humanity, ever unwilling to accept divine boundaries, preserved whispers of it through myth, mystery, and hidden teachings. Alchemy, with its promise of transformation and divine power, did not arise out of purity or wisdom. It was the continuation of a rebellion that the waters of judgment were meant to drown."

https://johndaniels.substack.com/p/alche...tideluvian

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  At the Beinecke: Alchemical Recipes
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 01:41 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Title:
    Alchemical recipes
Published / Created:
    [ca. 1740]
Publication Place:
    Germany [possibly Alsace] 


https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10466839

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  Maslama al-Majriti: The Euclid of al-Andalus
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 01:24 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

His works include:

Rutbat al-Ḥakīm (“The Rank of the Sage”): Composed after the year 1009, this work is alchemical in focus. It provides formulas and instructions for refining precious metals and outlines the preparation of mercuric oxide on a quantitative basis.

https://en.islamonweb.net/Maslama-al-Maj...enaissance

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  Gaia Alchemy : The Reuniting of Science, Psyche, and Soul
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 01:21 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"During the scientific revolution, science and soul were drastically separated, propelling humanity into four centuries of scientific exploration based solely on empiricism and rationality. But, as scientist and ecologist Stephan Harding, Ph.D., demonstrates in detail, by reintegrating science with profound personal experiences of psyche and soul, we can reclaim our lost sacred wholeness and help heal ourselves and our planet."

https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books...1591434252

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  Khunrath: Confession concerning the Physico-Chemical Chaos
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 01:10 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Translated by Mitko Janeski

With audiobook option.


https://www.alchemy-texts.com/book/confe...cal-chaos/

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  Audiobook: Herbert Silberer's Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 01:00 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"Herbert Silberer’s Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts (1917) explores the deeper meanings behind alchemical texts, Rosicrucian allegories, and mystical traditions, arguing that these works are not simply about chemical experiments but are symbolic accounts of inner transformation. Using both Freudian psychoanalysis and spiritual interpretation, Silberer demonstrates how myths, dreams, and esoteric emblems express unconscious drives as well as higher religious aspirations. He presents an old alchemical parable as a case study, then analyzes it through multiple layers—psychological, mystical, and natural-philosophical—before synthesizing these perspectives into a vision of regeneration, introversion, and the ultimate goal of union with the divine."

https://altrusiangrace.bandcamp.com/albu...-audiobook

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  The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 12:56 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Of particular interest are the alchemical associations and the authors' work on the gematria or numerology of each card. For the first time a complete alchemical system is given for the whole deck."


The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn: Divination, Meditation and High Magical Teachings - Revised Edition Revised Edition, Kindle Edition
by Chris Zalewski (Author), Pat Zalewski (Author) 


https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Tarot-Gol...merReviews

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  Title page - 1678 edition of the Musæum Hermeticum
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 12:51 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

The title page of the 1678 edition of the Musæum Hermeticum is rich with occult and alchemical symbology, depicting the journey toward the Magnum Opus, or the Great Work of creating the Philosopher’s Stone. The complex engraving combines allegorical figures, alchemical principles, and cosmological concepts to illustrate the Hermetic motto, “As Above, So Below.”

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-Mus...r-alchemy/

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  Jewellery: Common Era
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-25-2025, 12:48 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"When I founded Common Era, I was drawn not only to the beauty of ancient adornment, but to jewelry’s power as a conduit—to guard, to guide, to carry meaning unseen. The Esoterica collection emerged from that calling: amulets and talisman jewelry rooted in real arcane traditions, symbols passed down through Gnostic wisdom, protective rituals, and pages of magical lore that have survived the ages."

https://commonera.com/blogs/the-common-c...ed-symbols

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