Occult Botany: Cartesianism, Mechanical Philosophy, and Alchemical Theory in the Works of Pierre Le Lorrain, abbé de Vallemont
December 2025
Nuncius / Istituto e museo di storia della scienza
DOI:10.1163/18253911-bja10188
Authors:
Justin Niermeier-Dohoney


"In 1705, Catholic cleric Pierre Le Lorrain, abbé de Vallemont, published Curiositez de la nature et l’art de Vegetation , which described experimental methods for enhancing botanical growth. As a Cartesian, Vallemont had developed theories about the natural processes of plants through a mechanical, corpuscular natural philosophy. Yet, Vallemont had also hoped to reconcile these observations about plants with what he described as “occult physics” in these materialist terms."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication..._Vallemont

Explore Jungian psychology resources available from the Pacifica Graduate Library

https://pacifica.libguides.com/Jung/alchemy

Sat Sanga with HH Krishna Kshetra Swami
Topics: The Alchemical Foundations of Bhakti: The Spiritual Master, Diksa, and the Transformation of the Soul
Song: Janma-lila (verses 65–74), from Srila Locana Dasa Thakura’s Sri Caitanya Mangala — The Loving Pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
Go-druma Bhavan, Mayapur, India
November 29, 2025


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6GvZfetPA

Review of Ahmad Y. Al-Hassan: Studies in Al-Kimiya’: Critical Issues in Latin and Arabic Alchemy and Chemistry

By Gabriele Ferrario

"The review evaluates Ahmad Y. Al-Hassan's work on Arabic and Latin alchemy and chemistry, highlighting the contributions made in presenting operational insights into medieval industrial chemistry. While the book provides valuable research on Arabic alchemical practices and their impact, it is marred by editorial inaccuracies and inconsistencies, which detract from its scholarly potential. The author discusses the significance of figures like Ǧābir ibn Ḥayyān and examines various chemical processes and technologies within the medieval Islamic context, ultimately concluding that the text could have fostered a more robust academic debate if presented with greater rigor."

https://www.academia.edu/34100952/Review..._Chemistry

"(Two Volume Set) The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great by Arthur Edward Waite, published in 1967. Limited, but this is an unnumbered set. Hardcover with original slipcase with shelfwear to ends of slipcase."

https://www.transmutationpublishing.com/...ard-waite/

"At McGill University in Canada, Dr Matteo Soranzo is analysing medieval manuscripts written by the 15th century alchemist Cristoforo da Parigi. Matteo’s work is highlighting how culture shaped, and continues to shape, scientific ideas and priorities."

https://futurumcareers.com/the-history-o...of-alchemy

"Merton College, Oxford, 5 December 2025, 5pm. Join the Oxford Medieval Manuscripts Group for the final event in their Michaelmas Term ’25 programme in the Mure Room at Merton College at 5pm on Friday 5 December (Week 8) where Sergei Zotov (Warburg Institute, London) will speak on ‘Between Science and Allegory: Alchemical Images as Vessels of Knowledge’"

https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/lecture-sergei...ember-5pm/

"The Alchemical Path is a podcast for therapists, healers, and seekers exploring the soul of transformation. Hosted by Elizabeth Mann, MSW, LICSW, Reiki Master, each episode dives into creative, unconventional, and sacred approaches to healing."

https://thealchemicalpath.alitu.com/1?order=newest

The Alchemical Structure of the Major Arcana: 22 Stages of Inner Transmutation
26 novembre 2025

BY NICOLE LAU


"The twenty-two cards of the Tarot's Major Arcana are not random images—they are a precise map of the alchemical process, a visual codex of transformation that guides the soul from ignorance to enlightenment, from lead to gold, from the Fool's first step to the World's completion. Each card represents a stage in the Great Work, an alchemical operation, a psychological transformation. Together, they form a complete curriculum for the transmutation of consciousness—the same journey described in alchemical texts, Kabbalistic diagrams, and mystical initiations across cultures and centuries."

https://mysticryst.com/fr/blogs/the-myst...nsmutation

"Manuscript on paper (watermarks hidden in gutter) of alchemical texts including works by Albertus Magnus, Johannes Andreae, and Paracelsus. With treatises on the Philosopher's Stone and alchemical recipes."

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/33319492