"From a miniature belonging to a magnificent Iskandar Anthology (Persia, Šīrāz, 1410-11, folio 66v; Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), the cosmology, the symbolism of the seven colors (haft rang) and the alchemical progression are analyzed in the mystical tale Haft paykar (Seven princesses) by the Persian poet Abū Md. Ilyās b. Yūsuf Niẓāmī Ganǧawī (d. ca. 570-610 / 1174-1222). This inner path of transmutation through colors (ch.:pp.: black: HP26:180-181; yellow: HP27:196-197; green: HP28:214; red: HP29:234; blue: HP30:266-267; sandalwood: HP31:291 and white: HP32:315) ends, in tune with the Iranian tradition (Mazdeism, Zoroastrianism, išrāqī illuminative wisdom), with the color white, symbol of the purity of the soul and enlightenment."


In Spanish:
https://www.revistamirabilia.com/issues/...-haft-rang

https://www.deepl.com/translator

   

Matthew Smith in conversation with Juan Ayala.

"I had the privilege of sitting down with Juan Ayala of the Juan on Juan podcast to record a fascinating conversation ranging from round house building to alchemical architecture and the intriguing concept of occulted scaffolding--tune in to find out! I learned a lot from this sage brother and new friend in the podcast world."

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

By Francesco Fecondo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba_3EUAhBPs


Text and translation of Dorn's text here:

https://www.academia.edu/9292230/Transcr...hilosophia

A Mercurial Monarch and His Magical Metropolis: Rudolf II’s Prague and Its Alchemical Association

Charlie Smith

University of Cambridge


https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/cey/a.../3043/2564

By George B. Kauffman.

Full text.


Part I:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10...214684.pdf


Part II:
https://files.core.ac.uk/pdf/2612/81636986.pdf

Part III:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10...214693.pdf

The Alchemist. Oil on cardboard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Sorolla

   

https://artpaintingartist.org/the-alchem...naya-sims/

   

Self-portrait as an alchemist (1680)

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Nice copy, rights-free:


https://archive.org/details/worksofthoma...8/mode/2up

Collection of papers including Principe, Kahn etc. sponsored by DACALBO project (Digital archive concerning alchemy in Byzantium and in Greek-speaking communities of the Ottoman Empire), Thales, National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013


https://dacalbo.hpdst.gr/sites/dacalbo.h...LCHEMY.pdf