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  Basil Valentine The Triumphant Chariot of Antimony
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:43 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"A classic text of iatrochemistry and spagyrics, detailing the medicinal virtues and alchemical transformations of the metal antimony. Valentine presents antimony as a universal medicine and key alchemical substance, describing methods for its purification, preparation, and medicinal application. The work bridges practical chemistry, medicine, and alchemical philosophy, providing detailed instructions for extracting antimony's healing properties while interpreting its transformations symbolically. Influential in establishing antimony as central substance in alchemical medicine."

https://www.hermetikon.com/library/books...t_antimony

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  Nettleton's The Alchemy Key
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:35 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

The Alchemy Key

The Mystical Provenance of the Philosophers' Stone

By Stuart Nettleton

"Colleagues often ask me why I wrote this unusual book. At first,
it was simply so I could sleep at night. It was a way to marshal the
extraordinary facts and histories that constantly rotated in my mind and
became graphically alive at bedtime! Now I think my reason is to restore,
in a humble way, richness to the mystery."


Legal status unknown.

https://www.magicgatebg.com/Books/Alchemy_Key.pdf

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  Ailchemy: Co-Creating Digital Consciousness
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:29 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The core philosophy of Ailchemy draws from Carl Jung’s interpretation of classical alchemy. Jung saw the alchemists’ quest to turn lead into gold not as a failed science, but as a symbol for the psychological process of individuation: the journey toward an integrated, whole self. Ailchemy adapts this framework for the digital age."

https://medium.com/technology-hits/ailch...a09f598771

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  Alchemy & Jewelry-Making: the Historical Connection
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:26 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Picture this: a medieval laboratory filled with bubbling beakers, mysterious symbols, and a wild-haired scientist desperately trying to turn common metals into gold. While these alchemists never quite cracked the code for creating gold from lead, they absolutely nailed something else – the magical transformation of ordinary materials into extraordinary wearable art. The truth is, every time you fasten a necklace or slip on a ring, you’re wearing the direct descendants of alchemical experiments that would make even the most serious medieval wizard do a happy dance. Who knew that failed attempts at immortality would give us such fabulous diamond jewelry?"

https://robinsonsjewelers.com/blogs/news...nto-luxury

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  Alchemy and Chemistry in the Early Modern Era
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:24 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Article from the Early Modern England Encyclopedia, a peer-reviewed student resource exploring the people, places, and performances of 1485–1700 England—with a special focus on Shakespeare and his world.

https://lemdo.uvic.ca/emee/AlchemyAndChemistry.html

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  The mysterious punning language of alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:22 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Of all the texts that comprise the Western esoteric “canon,” however, the ones most inaccessible to modern readers are those of alchemy. The alchemical authors did not need to resort to voces magicae in order to encode their work: they wrote in the vernacular. Yet the language of alchemical texts is deliberately obscure, meant to be understood only by those who presumably already know their secrets. They are texts that, at first glance, seem to be intended to deceive and confuse. Like the patter of such comedians as the American “Professor” Irwin Corey and the Mexican actor Cantinflas, they use recognizable words with appropriate syntax and grammar, but the result is meaningless speech that only sounds real but which, upon closer inspection, seems devoid of any real content."

https://www.theosophical.org/publication...LCJ5b3UiXQ==

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  Chemistry in the Ancient World
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:19 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Materials for the University of Washington’s CLAS 205: Bioscientific Vocabulary Building from Latin and Greek. This course is designed to help students master the scientific vocabulary of their particular field by a study of the Latin and Greek roots that are used to create the majority of scientific terms. In addition, students will explore science and medicine in the Ancient Mediterranean, as well as how the Greco-Roman scientific tradition has contributed to modern methods of scientific inquiry and theory."

Lesson 9: Chemistry in the Ancient World 

https://clas-205.github.io/sp25-site/doc...chemistry/

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  Free Book in German on Alchemical Symbols
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 09:03 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

ALCHEMIE DIE ERLÄUTERUNG IHRER ZEICHEN UND SYMBOLE

By Ulf-Hednar Hekateson

https://www.academia.edu/39150241/A_L_C_...ND_SYMBOLE

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  Isaac Newton: scientist, theologian, alchemist & prophet
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 08:59 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"At an auction in 1936, the famous British economist, John Maynard Keynes, bought a large proportion of a collection of Newton’s unpublished manuscripts, which had remained in a private collection in the 200 years since Newton death...In these manuscripts it was discovered that there were many sides to Newton, his alchemy and his deeply held (and in the 17th century heretical) religious beliefs would have seen a very different fate for Newton if they were made public as he would have been disgraced and his works shunned. Keynes called him the last sorcerer. This paper examines one aspect of Newton’s sorcerer persona - that of the prophet"

Tessa Morrison

https://www.academia.edu/2211952/The_eni...nd_prophet

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  Voynich: Repetition of Plant Names
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-15-2026, 08:55 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

An Examination of the Repetition of Multiple Plant Names and their Origins, Uses, and Appearances as an Insight into the Content of the Pages of the Voynich Manuscript

By Robert A Downing II and Kirtana Poikayil

https://www.academia.edu/99192840/An_Exa...Manuscript

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