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: 2,017
» Forum posts: 2,342

Full Statistics

Online Users
There are currently 7 online users.
» 0 Member(s) | 5 Guest(s)
Bing, Google

Latest Threads
Ancient Alchemists: The S...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:28 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 12
Magnetar Flares: Cosmic A...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:25 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 39
Tarot: The Book of Doors
Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:21 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 15
The Two-Headed Serpent
Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:17 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 13
Cornelius Drebbel - inven...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:10 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 344
Recording: Manly P. Hall ...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:04 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 79
CERN creates gold from le...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:02 AM
» Replies: 7
» Views: 114
Artist: Lavinia Munteanu
Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 11:00 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 13
Video: Survival Guide to ...
Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 10:54 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 12
Alchemical Inner Work: Re...
Forum: Articles on alchemy
Last Post: Paul Ferguson
Yesterday, 10:49 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 16

 
  Online course: Wild Alchemy Apprenticeship
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-16-2025, 06:29 PM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

"This apprenticeship is a sacred pathway for bringing earth-based wisdom back into the heart of our modern lives. Together, we're creating a new model of spiritual community, one that honors both individual sovereignty and collective wisdom... This 12-month training will enable you to not only to connect with your own wild magic — it will prepare you to share this work with your communities and clients."


https://www.alchemessence.com/?srsltid=A...l2HVOlSmw4

Print this item

  Alchemy & Kabbalah in the Tarot
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-15-2025, 06:15 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Samuel Aun Weor:

"The most ancient sciences in the world are Alchemy and Kabbalah, which are the practical, spiritual knowledge hidden in the depths of every great religion and mystical tradition."


https://tinyurl.com/37wjympn

Print this item

  M.R. Osborne: The Alchemy of William Blake
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-15-2025, 06:05 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"To better understand William Blake, it is necessary to understand his sources of inspiration. While much has been written about the influences of Paracelsus and Swedenborg on his work, a key influence on Blake was the self-taught sixteenth-century mystic Jacob Boehme. Blake and Boehme believed they had mystical experiences and visions that inspired their writing."


https://www.amazon.com/Alchemy-William-B...B0D8WMBJ5N

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.R._Osborne

Print this item

  Huntington Library: alchemical texts
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-15-2025, 05:56 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

The Huntington Library is one of the world’s great independent research libraries, with some 12 million items spanning the 11th to the 21st century.

Alchemical, medical and technical compilation: manuscript, 15th-16th centuries:


https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/colle...4/id/1100/

Print this item

  Neuromelanin
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-14-2025, 12:30 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Neuromelanin, a little-known pigment in the brain, may be far more than a biological curiosity. Its unique properties suggest a quantum potential that could revolutionize how we understand consciousness, energy, and even reality itself. Combining insights from esoteric thinkers like Rudolf Steiner and the enigmatic alchemist Fulcanelli, this article explores how neuromelanin and the cultivation of a polymathic mind could free humanity from the parasitic structures of hegemony."

Needs a Medium account.


https://trina-94180.medium.com/neuromela...591416df8b

Print this item

  A Cultural History of Chemistry
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-14-2025, 12:28 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2023

"From prehistoric metal extraction to medieval alchemy to modern industry, chemistry has been central to our understanding and use of the physical world as well as to trade, warfare and medicine. In its turn, chemistry has been shaped by changing technologies, institutions and cultural beliefs. A Cultural History of Chemistry presents the first detailed and authoritative survey from antiquity to today, focusing on the West but integrating key developments in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Arabic-Islamic and Byzantine empires."


https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-h...474294928/

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cultural-h...350552296/

Print this item

  Fiction: Eclipse by Keiichiro Hirano
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-14-2025, 12:22 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"Set in late 15th-century Europe, Eclipse follows a young Dominican friar traveling from Paris to Florence in search of pre-Christian manuscripts. His encounter with an ascetic alchemist draws him into a quest for enlightenment, disrupted by disasters culminating in a solar eclipse. Written as a memoir, the novel blends historical detail, medieval alchemical lore, and philosophical depth, challenging rigid worldviews. Originally published in 1998, Eclipse earned Hirano, then a 23 year-old undergraduate, the Akutagawa Prize, establishing him as a literary prodigy."


https://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Novel-Kei...023121491X


Japanese edition:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%97%A5%E8%9D...101290407/

Print this item

  For French/Flemish/Dutch speakers
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-13-2025, 08:45 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - Replies (1)

Excellent esoteric books publisher:

https://www.editionsbeya.com/


Including Thomas Vaughan complete works:

https://www.editionsbeya.com/collection/...-completes


   

Print this item

  Video: Christopher Warnock on his Dream of Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-11-2025, 10:26 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Christopher Warnock of Renaissance Astrology https://www.renaissanceastrology.com/ eventually discusses an actual dream he had about alchemy, but first has to give a lot of background about the medieval/Renaissance approach to both dreams and alchemy because the modern views are so different and we jump to them so automatically."


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



Please do visit the excellent https://www.renaissanceastrology.com/  

Print this item

  Jung’s Integration and Adaptation of Religious Daoism
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 01-10-2025, 09:34 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The impact and influence that a religious tradition can have amongst culturally out-group populations can be quite unexpected and can even “boomerang” back home in equally unpredictable ways. This article explores one example of a Chinese religion’s unexpected cultural influence within the Western psychiatric community using religious Daoism and its appropriation by analytical psychologist Carl Jung. Although elements of religious Daoism, such as Daoist Internal Alchemy or the Yijing, integrated into a system of psychiatric practices, its influence was not straightforward. It will be argued that Jungian ideas such as active imagination, individuation, and synchronicity were directly influenced or inspired by Jung’s exposure to religious Daoism through Richard Wilhelm, Daoist texts, and his own adoption of Daoist Internal Alchemy techniques, an influence which would reverberate through both Western and Chinese popular culture."

Ming Chen.


https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/1/69

Print this item