"Deciphering the Voynich Manuscript: A Renaissance Botanical Shorthand Catalogue"

By Avishai Roif

"The Voynich Manuscript (Beinecke MS 408) has long defied decipherment as a linguistic text. This study proposes a paradigm shift: it is a coded botanical catalogue from Renaissance Italy."

https://www.academia.edu/143738752/Decip..._Catalogue

"St. Leon is the tale of a French aristocrat, Count Reginald de St. Leon, who loses his wealth gambling and experiences guilt that drives him almost to madness. He accepts the secret of the elixir of life and of the power of multiplying wealth from a dying stranger, ultimately causing him to wander separated from humankind."

https://archive.org/details/stleontaleof...1/mode/2up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Leon_(novel)

Munis Baxtiyorova

Roman alchemy laid foundational concepts that influenced the development of chemistry and medicine. Its practices and philosophical ideas contributed to the evolution of scientific methods and the understanding of material transformation.

https://prezi.com/p/7he4jxw5logk/the-art...ient-rome/

"Egyptian Blue—the world’s first synthetic pigment—glows under infrared light. Scientists discovered it emits near-infrared luminescence… almost like a hidden signal. Why did the Egyptians create a pigment that reacts to invisible light? Some historians think it symbolized rebirth, others suspect ritual energy. But the strange part? Modern sensors can detect traces of it thousands of years later. A color… that refuses to die."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zxQj4Tlr8w

New.

https://www.youtube.com/@HermeticLaboratory

"The quest for the Holy Grail has persisted through the centuries like a recurring dream, embodying a longing for the restoration of the divine feminine. Hidden within the Grail legends lies an initiatory path that can heal the separation between masculine and feminine. Grail Alchemy is a practical workbook that draws on this hidden wisdom to help us achieve full consciousness of the soul and bring the light of the Grail into the world."

https://www.innertraditions.com/books/grail-alchemy

"The book dives into a sweeping mix of mysticism, history, and personal exploration, stitching together the Templars, the Holy Grail, ancient myth, and futuristic tech into one long thread. The prologue sets the tone at once. A Templar kneels in the shadow of Chartres Cathedral, guarding a secret of cosmic fire, and this becomes the spark for a journey through symbols, consciousness, and something the author calls the AetherForge, a device meant to unite energy and mind in a single pulse at 432 Hz. The book spreads out from there, touching Rosicrucians, Freemasonry, brain-computer interfaces, and the search for a universal pattern that ties everything together. It is part memoir and part esoteric treatise. All of it sits on the author’s belief that the Grail was never a cup. The Grail is a transformation of the self."

https://literarytitan.com/2025/12/16/the...mic-unity/

In this issue of the Rosicrucian Digest, we present Rosicrucian Alchemy.

https://www.rosicrucian.org/rosicrucian-...an-alchemy

"In The Alchemical Dream, a film produced by Sacred Mysteries and directed by Sheldon Rochlin, visionary author and counterculture luminary Terence McKenna relates some of the curious history of European alchemy, and the attempted creation of a religious utopia based on alchemical principles. Dressed as the famed Hermetic magician John Dee, McKenna strolls wistfully through the crumbling ruins and sweeping castle vistas of Eastern Europe discussing the lost secrets of alchemy. He gives us a tour of the last remaining alchemical laboratory in Heidelberg, and tells a fascinating story of political intrigue and bohemian experimentation in the 16th century."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzj0QrJIYvY

"The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry, founded as the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry in 1935, holds meetings and a yearly Graduate Workshop, publishes the journal Ambix and a biennial newsletter Chemical Intelligence, and offers prizes and grants to scholars."

https://www.youtube.com/c/societyforhist...stry/about