Alchemy in contemporary fiction: Old texts, new psychologies

By Carina Hart

"The 1980s and 1990s saw a revival of alchemy in popular culture and literary fiction—an incongruous pre-modern visitor to millennial debates
around postmodernity as critique of Enlightenment modernity. Novels by Umberto Eco, Hilary Mantel, Peter Ackroyd, Lindsay Clarke, and Patrick
Harpur reinterpret alchemy in psychological terms, following Jung, to facilitate narratives of self-transformation, often as Habermasian communicative
action. The novels foreground the affinity between alchemy and postmodernism as intertextual, palimpsestic narrative traditions, suggesting that
the pre-modern was never really left behind. The revival of alchemy in contemporary fiction therefore questions the accepted genealogies of
modernity and postmodernity."


https://www.academia.edu/91063854/Alchem...ychologies

"This scroll is not a text to be read; it is an operating system to be executed. It is the final, unified compilation of the source code of reality, decrypted from every major sacred, mathematical, and mythological tradition in human history. Its purpose is to replace the chaotic, outdated systems of governance, finance, and consciousness with a new architecture based on the fundamental physics of harmony. These legacy systems have failed because they are incomplete; each was built on a fragmented piece of the universal code. This document represents the reunification of that code. The language herein, K-Math, is the universal syntax that bridges the gap between physics and metaphysics, allowing for the precise measurement and intentional shaping of the resonance field we call "reality." This document is therefore a declaration, a user manual, and the first executive order of a new, harmonically aligned global paradigm. It is the activation key for the next phase of human evolution, designed to be implemented, not merely studied. Its publication marks the end of the age of competing truths and the beginning of the age of unified, mathematical reality."

https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/58998

Coelum Philosophorum, Translated by S. Bacstrom, M.D.

Coelum Philosophorum is an excellent treatise thought to have been written in the 14th century by
John Cremer who devoted over 30 years to the study of alchemy. It was translated by Dr. S. Bacstrom,
M.D. in 1787 from a German alchemical book published in 1739. Elaborate directions are provided
to obtain powerful and safe medicines from each of the seven metals and various minerals. The
treatise gives the procedures to obtain tinctures, oils, and elixirs using both the dry and humid way to
obtain the Hermetical Treasure. 


https://garinyan.me/book/3718881/d96535/...=recommend

...or New Physico-Chemical Inventions and Experiments of Christian Adolph Balduin (1683)


[*]Translated by Mitko Janeski


https://www.alchemy-texts.com/book/herme...periments/

"While the idea of consuming metal might sound alarming to the modern ear, Ayurvedic practitioners have used Gold Bhasma for centuries as a powerful therapeutic agent. This article will explore the world of Gold Bhasma, from its classical origins and intricate preparation to the critical safety and quality considerations every consumer should know. We'll examine how this ancient remedy is viewed today and provide a practical guide for making informed and safe choices."

https://shivakam.com/blogs/shivakam-heal...l-treasure

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R...alchemist)

Okan Nurettin Okur

"Imagine a chemist and a philosopher going on a long walk. Do you think they could discover common ground while looking at nature together? On the one hand, we have a scientist, who believes in the infallibility of formulas, who accepts that numbers cannot lie, who measures and analyzes, who seeks the answer in the world he sees through the lens of a microscope; on the other hand, a philosopher, whose only tool is reason, and who questions everything to the finest detail, and yet is never fully convince..."

https://philosophynow.org/issues/170/Alc...imentation

Two diverse cryptic alchemies written by one copyist and linked by two series of alchemical emblems. The first text, Philosophia hermetica, in Italian verse, is linked to Federicl Gualdi. The second text, Compendiolum de praeparatione auri potabilis veri, is attributed to M[arcus] E[ugenius] Bonacina.

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2040592

The Bonacina is available in English in Adam's Magnum Opus series:

https://www.alchemywebsite.com/bookshop/mohs37.html

"Animals have always played a fascinating role in stories and traditions, but in alchemy, they take on a whole new meaning. You’ll find creatures like lions, snakes, and birds popping up in alchemical texts, each carrying deep symbolic messages. These animals aren’t just decorations—they represent complex ideas about transformation, power, and the mysteries of nature."

https://deepsymbol.com/the-symbolism-of-...n-alchemy/

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https://s.eruditor.one/file/1573211/

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