Surrealism and Operative Alchemy: The Secret Language at the Origins of the Surrealist Movement

by Patrick Lepetit

"Over the last century the symbols and strangeness of the surrealists have become world-renowned, but what isn’t so well-known is the hidden relationship between surrealism and alchemy. The works of both traditions not only had a decisive influence on each other but created a unique path for alchemy to leave its underground workshops to shine in the light of popular culture...Patrick Lepetit draws on rare primary documents to reveal the connections between surrealism, 20th-century alchemy, and 19th-century occultism."

https://tinyurl.com/2m5rcts5

"The man who styled himself Paracelsus (1483-1541) lived a turbulent life in turbulent times. Vastly ambitious, he professed a new therapeutic that was at once Christian and Germanic. Developed in dozens of treatises that cover fourteen stout volumes in the standard edition of his medical and philosophical works,1 it was specifically Christian because based on a view of Man and Nature that he found in the Bible and preached in lay sermons.2 In this view, God created diseases and remedies as part of Nature, the diseases had natural causes, and the cures were revealed to Man over time. By the end of time, which Paracelsus thought was fast approaching, all cures would be known, and they would be natural ones. The good physician only appeared to work wonders."

https://www.academia.edu/25804745/Parace...tal_Health

The Influence of Alchemy in Seventeenth-Century New England: A Historical Analysis of Alchemy in the Puritan Society of Massachusetts and Connecticut 

Greg Kaminsky

https://www.academia.edu/2230261/The_Inf...onnecticut

The Alchemy of Glass Counterfeit, Imitation, and Transmutation in Ancient Glassmaking

Marco Beretta

2009


"The book illustrates how glass played and important role in ancient technical and alchemical literature, and how the chemical operations devised to improve glass making inspired alchemists to better define the theoretical boundaries of their discipline and, more specifically, the notion of transmutation."

https://www.academia.edu/40144531/The_Al...lassmaking

Toleration of Alchemists as a Political Question: Transmutation, Disputation, and Early Modern Scholarship on Alchemy

Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang

2007, Ambix


"The debate over alchemy sparked intense reactions from both supporters and critics, illustrating its complex position in the intellectual landscape of the era. This interplay of ideas underscored the significant impact of alchemical thought on early modern philosophy."

https://www.academia.edu/83547762/Tolera...on_Alchemy

"Here is an image of the reconstructions we have made of some of the alchemical instruments that were used in the ‘Casa de destilar Aguas’ at the Monastery Palace of El Escorial. They were funded by Philip II, with advice from Cardinal Granvelle, who brought in technicians from Naples and the Netherlands to carry out the work. Other technicians, such as Richard Stanihurst, were also present, training the local master distillers. Full details can be found at: JOSÉ RODRÍGUEZ GUERRERO, (2024-2026), «El Uso y Experiençia de las Mediçinas (1593), un desconocido vademécum de Richard Stanihurst para la administración de sus fármacos en la Corte de Madrid», Azogue, 10, 2024-2026, pp. 578-617pp. 578-617.Available in: https://revistaazogue.com/numero-10/ "

Acknowledgements to José Rodríguez Guerrero

   

"Education, in its highest philosophical sense, is not the passive transfer of information from one container to another. It is the alchemical awakening of the human soul. It is teaching the mind to contemplate the cosmos with awe, the heart to feel the suffering of others with deep compassion, and the spirit to stand unbowed against the storms of life."

https://vocal.media/education/the-sympho...nt-servant

"This material describes an ancient, alchemical system of personal evolution known as the Enneagram: The Path of Accelerated Transformation. Unlike modern personality-based interpretations, this original version—rooted in the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff and J.G. Bennett—functions as a "perpetual motion machine" designed to generate love and "create soul".

https://audio.com/leon-1871554724748084/audio/final

Dozens of articles...

https://thalira.com/pages/spiritual-growth-guide

ALCHEMICAL WORKS, 2018–2024
Ceramic and bronze works

This group of ceramic and bronze works draws on Jungian psychology, mythological imagery and 16th- and 17th-century illustrated alchemical manuscripts. Some works borrow directly from alchemical diagrams and texts, while others fold symbolic forms into one another: eggs become vessels, vessels become bodies, and breasts become sources of nourishment, incubation and transformation.


https://www.chantalpowell.com/alchemicalforms