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  Fiction: The Prometheus Engine
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-07-2025, 05:37 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"Mark Piggott's The Prometheus Engine is an epic fantasy filled with magic, war, and alchemical mystery, all wrapped in Arthurian legend."


https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9781959860525

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  Chicago: Alchemical Herbalism Open House
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-07-2025, 05:34 PM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

"Come join us at the CCPH herbal pharmacy & library to explore the intersection of herbalism, medicine making & alchemy!"

Sunday, February 23 · 4 - 6pm CST. Doors at 3:45pm


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alchemical-...4868798819

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  Original Wood alchemy symbols board
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-07-2025, 05:31 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Laser engraved board made from high quality 1/2" beech solid wood (wood of the gods)."


https://www.etsy.com/listing/1505429130/...ie-tableau

   

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  20 Strange Books No One Can Explain
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-07-2025, 05:22 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Some books challenge our minds, while others leave us completely baffled. We’ve got cryptic manuscripts and texts filled with unknown symbols that have puzzled scholars and historians for years. These 20 books are filled with indecipherable languages and remain some of the most perplexing things ever."


https://citystatezipcode.com/20-strange-...n-explain/

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  Kevin B. Turner: The Secret Fire of Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-07-2025, 05:19 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - Replies (1)

"A spiritual journey of alchemical initiation in both Eastern and Western traditions

• Describes the initiatory stages of Kriya Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism with high-level yogis and lamas

• Shares the author’s experiences of spontaneous dream initiations, astral travels, Kundalini awakening, and an out-of-body journey through the Bardo to a past life—which led him to pursue spiritual studies in Asia

• Reveals the profound parallels between Western Alchemy’s search for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Indo-Tibetan quest for Spiritual Liberation"



https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Fire-Alche...B0CY9LKM98

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  Adam's Translation Series
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-05-2025, 10:22 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Just a reminder about Adam's incredible translation series.

"In December 2022 Adam McLean embarked on a project to translate into English a number of alchemical writings that have not been available before.
He has translated items from Latin, German and French. These are issued in inexpensive paperbacks through Amazon. Over 100 of these books have been issued by September 2024. More are in preparation."


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


Also, several of the Magnum Opus titles are available on Kindle:

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

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  Video: The Rāwal - A sect of Muslim yogis in Colonial India
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-05-2025, 08:15 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"This lecture looks at the emergence of Muslim branches of Nāth yogis and presents the first stage of an ongoing research on one of them, the Rāwal, which are referred to as a group of ascetics, astrologers and itinerant healers. Their members were renowned for treating cataracts, and according to colonial sources, some regularly visited Europe in the early 20th century to perform this operation."

Fabrizio Speziale is Professor at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and a member of the Center for South Asian and Himalayan Studies, Paris-Marseille. In one recent article, he examines the accounts of the alchemical techniques associated with yogis in Persian texts (“Beyond the “wonders of India” (‘ajā’ib al-hind): Yogis in Persian medico-alchemical writings in South Asia.” Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 85, 3, 2022).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feSWfl0Vyhg

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  Free Book: Revival Movements as Conflict Agendas
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-05-2025, 08:09 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Don't let the title put you off; there's a fascinating chapter 2 by Witalij Morosow.

"The history of alchemy in Imperial Russia represents one of the most unusual and intriguing facets of intellectual life in Eastern Europe. Playing an important role in shaping new Romantic views on fundamental questions of natural history, alchemical literature in Russia around 1800 was not just associated with the search for the elixir vitae or the pursuit of gold-making. Much more importantly, alchemy provided a significant source of symbolic resources for the development of new forms of natural philosophy and theology that had not previously been widespread in Eastern Slavic Orthodox society."

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.100...-75117-2_1

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  Hartmann's Principles of the Yoga Philosophy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-05-2025, 08:03 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE YOGA-PHILOSOPHY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS AND ALCHEMISTS

BY FRANZ HARTMANN


CONTENTS
Foreword
Rosicrucian Rules
The Duties Of A Rosicrucian
The Secret Signs Of The Rosicrucians
Rosicrucian Jewels
Rosicrucian Symbols
Tabula Smaragdina Hermetis
Alchemy
The "Prima Materia"
The "Spiritus Universalis"
The Secret Fire
The Four Alchemical Rules
The Five Things Necessary To Observe In The Practice Of Alchemy
Axiomata Hermetica


https://fromthequarries.com/the-principl...lchemists/

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  Diamonds, Gold & the New Alchemy of Materials
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 02-05-2025, 07:54 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - Replies (1)

"Converting graphite into diamond requires extreme temperatures and pressures to break and reform chemical bonds, making the process impractical. A more feasible transformation...involves reconfiguring the atomic layers of graphite by shifting them against relatively weak van der Waals forces."

https://www.miragenews.com/diamonds-gold...s-1403072/

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