"I am Christian Fassbender, an avid book enthusiast since the moment I first learned to read. After years of reading & collecting books, I transitioned to become a bookseller in 2021. Like many in this field, it has inspired me in ways I would have never expected."

https://desertwindrarebooks.com/

"Dr Dee: An English Opera is an opera created by theatre director Rufus Norris and musician and composer Damon Albarn. Its debut performance was at the Palace Theatre, Manchester in July 2011, as part of the 2011 Manchester International Festival. The opera is based on the life of John Dee, medical and scientific advisor to Elizabeth I."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Dee

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/m...dee-review

https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Dee-Damon-Alba...B00630HJBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4juXgHIZ6E



"Carole Jahme talked to Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory, and director Rufus Norris about the life and legacy of this colourful, controversial Renaissance man John Dee."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/vide...-dee-video

An opera about John Dee by saxophonist John Harle.

"John Dee and his "scryer", Edward Kelly, are preparing for the climactic phase of their experiments in summoning Angels, who Dee believed would be able to reveal to him the secrets of the universe. In such seances, it was traditional for the Magus (Dee) to conduct the ritual, and the Scryer to look into the stone. The Magus would then record what the Scryer saw and heard. Much of the libretto of Angel Magick derives from Dee’s meticulous notes of these sessions.
The opera is in seven parts, marked by the naming of seven planets, and their appropriate angels."

https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/...ohn-Harle/

https://www.johnharle.com/angel-magick.htm
(embedded videos can be viewed on YouTube).

Keynes MS. 63, King's College Library

Verses at the end of B. Valentine's mystery of the Microcosm

An English translation of a work by the pseudonymous author posing behind the fictive identity of Basilius Valentinus, supposedly a fourteenth or fifteenth century Benedictine monk.


https://newton.dlib.indiana.edu/text/ALC...682%2C4653

Tantalising snippet here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVxWRu94mKk

"During the reign of John III, more than a hundred years after the publication of Nicolaus Copernicus' revolutionary work, some scholars still believed in the geocentric model of the cosmos. This view of the universe was reflected in other fields of science and art. Proof of this is the opera-ballet ‘Seven Planets’ (‘Musicalische Opera und Ballet von Zusammenkunst und Wirckung derer Sieben Planeten’), which premiered in Dresden during the carnival in 1678. Its author was probably Christian Bernhard, a composer who studied in Gdańsk at the time of Jan Heweliusz's activities there. The piece is based on the patterns of French court ballet, whose protagonists were historical, allegorical, mythological and fantastic characters. The ‘Seven Planets’ feature personifications of the celestial bodies known to contemporary audiences: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon. The appearance of each of them is accompanied by a procession of dancers in various roles, such as kings, beggars, sorcerers, shepherds, suitors, horsewomen, and even the seasons and points of the compass. The piece shared the fate of many occasional compositions of the time and has probably not been performed since its premiere. The baroque orchestra Cornu Copiae, conducted by Karolina Habało, together with dancers from the Varsavia Galante ensemble, bring the forgotten Dresden opera-ballet back to life. The artists have decided to present a slightly more contemporary vision of the work, inspired by the content of its prologue. In the prologue, Cupid declares himself the true ruler of the universe. Therefore, in the dance sequences, which are enriched with French music of the period, we will not see multitudes of colourful figures from the past, but rather contemporary scenes of a loving relationship between two people." (DeepL)

Attributed to either Bontempi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Andrea_Bontempi

or Bernhard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Bernhard

Short score here:
https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansi...f/159793/1

Instrumental score here:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Ballett_von_Zusam...ni_Andrea)

Libretto and illustrations here (entry of the Alchemists at page 42/58):
https://shorturl.at/EklUc

Set designs presumably by Harms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Oswald_Harms

See more of Harms' work here:
https://dn790005.ca.archive.org/0/items/...00harm.pdf

Reference in Ivanna Spencer's book here:
https://www.google.je/books/edition/Seve...frontcover

Related thesis by Jeffrey Cooper here:
THE SEVEN PLANETS IN BACH, BUXTEHUDE, AND A DRESDEN BALLET OF 1678
https://uh-ir.tdl.org/items/c3467548-c17...fe10c54586

In Chinese.

[font=arial, 华文细黑]Chinese mineral medicines, rooted in ancient alchemical practices, constitute one of the three major categories of traditional Chinese medicine. Primarily composed of inorganic compounds, they serve as significant subjects of study in the realm of inorganic element chemistry within Chinese pharmaceutical education. Through a narrative tale, this paper introduces several essential Chinese mineral medicines, illustrating their chemical transformations during the preparation process. [/font]


https://www.dxhx.pku.edu.cn/EN/Y2024/V39/I9/94

https://www.deepl.com/en/translator

"The Chamber of Reflection started in Europe, likely during the 18th century. It is believed to have origins in alchemical practices, where reflection and meditation were important. Throughout time, this chamber became a key part of Masonic rituals."

https://masonicfind.com/chamber-of-refle...reemasonry

"Nick Pelling has posted a summary, a review and a few comments for Bryce Beasley‘s study of the western alchemical herbals. Pelling’s post includes a question you might like to think about."

https://voynichrevisionist.com/2025/02/0...l-herbals/

"The last one-third of the book is in medieval Arabic. The middle one-third of the book is a translation of the medieval Arabic into modern German. The first one-third is intro and commentary in German. The medieval century in which the medieval Arabic was written is uncertain."

By Julius Ruska

https://archive.org/details/arabische-al...adiq__q127


For Ruska, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Ruska

ARTICLES:
The Alchemy in Spiritual Progress Part 4
Alchemy: the Cosmological Yoga Part 4
Feminine Alchemy



https://www.esonet.org/wp-content/upload...2-No.4.pdf