Welcome, Guest
You have to register before you can post on our site.

Username
  

Password
  





Search Forums

(Advanced Search)

Forum Statistics
» Members: 19
» Latest member: Carol Spicuzza
» Forum threads: 3,697
» Forum posts: 4,278

Full Statistics

Online Users
There are currently 9 online users.
» 0 Member(s) | 5 Guest(s)
Applebot, Baidu, Bing, DuckDuckGo

Latest Threads
The Sword of Gnosis
Forum: Reviews and book notices
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
8 hours ago
» Replies: 0
» Views: 10
Alchemical Lydgate by Joe...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
8 hours ago
» Replies: 2
» Views: 20
Guercino: Astati, il mago...
Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-19-2026, 09:35 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 36
Articles on alchemy from ...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-19-2026, 09:22 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 47
Sean Jefferson’s The Alch...
Forum: Reviews and book notices
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-19-2026, 09:05 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 432
Poussin's Shepherds
Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-15-2026, 08:52 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 97
William of Conches: Dialo...
Forum: Reviews and book notices
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-15-2026, 08:41 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 90
John Dee's Aphorisms On A...
Forum: Reviews and book notices
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-15-2026, 08:26 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 97
The Arabic Influences on ...
Forum: Reviews and book notices
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-15-2026, 08:23 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 101
New translation of Dee's ...
Forum: Reviews and book notices
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
10-15-2026, 08:18 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 86

 
  The Alchemists by Pietro della Vecchia
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-19-2023, 01:11 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - Replies (1)

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



Attached Files Thumbnail(s)
   
Print this item

  Another by Teniers the Younger
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-19-2023, 01:04 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

From the Metropolitan, New York.



Attached Files Thumbnail(s)
   
Print this item

  The Alchemist In His Laboratory
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-19-2023, 12:55 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

Unknown artist - circle of Teniers.



Attached Files Thumbnail(s)
   
Print this item

  Alchemical Symbols on Stećak Tombstones
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023, 02:34 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Stećak is the official name for approximately 70,000 mysterious medieval tombstones scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border areas of Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. To understand the meaning of the many symbols of alchemy and theurgy on the stećak tombstones, a researcher of medieval religions must relate to a world in which spirituality and Hermetic philosophy play a central role."

https://amerdardagan.wordpress.com/2017/...osophorum/

Print this item

  Academic Dictionaries site
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023, 02:19 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Dozens of academic dictionaries online at:

https://en-academic.com/

including a dictionary of Latin abbreviations:

https://abbr_lat.en-academic.com/

Print this item

  Portrait of the alchemist - between secrecy and revelation
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023, 10:25 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Alchemy is a science that lives from its secrets and cultivates them in image and writing. Hermaphrodites, phoenixes, lions, eagles, ravens, kings and queens populate the dreamlike worldscapes of the alchemical imagery. An overview of the significance of the portraits of great alchemists."

https://www.aurorapharma.com/en/alchemist-portraet/

Print this item

  The artist Rubens and alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023, 10:24 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Rubens 'Theoretical notebook'...consists in a booklet or, in Michael Jaffé’s words, a «vade mecum», in which the Flemish master registered and developed art theoretical insights based on hermetic and esoteric traditions".

https://www.academia.edu/44287312/Rubens...tury_Italy


Rubens' 'Theoretical notebook':

https://www.heritage-kbf.be/collection/c...l-notebook


Rubens and Spontaneous Generation (some alchemical references):

https://jhna.org/articles/matter-as-an-a...eneration/

Print this item

  Dee, Silvius and Diagrammatic Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023, 10:04 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

The Royal Typographer and the Alchemist: John Dee, Willem Silvius, and the Diagrammatic Alchemy of the Monas Hieroglyphica

Stephen Clucas
Birkbeck, University of London, UK



"John Dee’s Monas Hieroglyphica (1564) was a work which involved a close collaboration between its author and his ‘singular friend’ the Antwerp printer Willem Silvius, in whose house Dee was living whilst he composed the work and saw it through the press. This article considers the reasons why Dee chose to collaborate
with Silvius, and the importance of the intellectual culture – and the print trade – of the Low Countries to the development of Dee’s outlook. Dee’s Monas was probably the first alchemical work which focused exclusively on the diagrammatic representation of the alchemical process, combining diagrams, cosmological schemes and various forms of tabular grid."


https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/96658964.pdf

Print this item

  Plantin Moretus Museum Antwerp
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023, 10:01 AM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

The Plantin–Moretus Museum (Dutch: Plantin-Moretusmuseum) is a printing museum in Antwerp, Belgium which focuses on the work of the 16th-century printers Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus. It is located in their former residence and printing establishment, the Plantin Press, at the Vrijdagmarkt (Friday Market) in Antwerp, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. It offers an exceptional insight into how printed books were produced in the 16th and 17th centuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin%E2...tus_Museum


Video tour with commentary in German with not-too-bad automatic translation available
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMu0prR6-XE


Video tour without commentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=MZE0tFtTZis


Guidebook here:
https://museumplantinmoretus.be/sites/pl...klein_.pdf


   

Print this item

  Twelve Labours of Hercules, Twelve Elements of Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 10-18-2023, 07:25 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

At Scribd:

https://fr.scribd.com/document/115795502...of-Alchemy


A video on a similar theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B6xKos54Zc

Print this item