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  Allegorical Knowledge: The Art of Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-24-2024, 07:11 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

Review from 2016.

Johanna Drucker reviews two new exhibits at the Getty, “The Art of Alchemy” and “The Alchemy of Color.”

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/alle...f-alchemy/

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  The Triangular Book of St. Germain
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-24-2024, 07:04 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Behold the “The Triangular Book of St. Germain,” from French adventurer, the Count of St. Germain. This esoteric text forms a perfect equilateral triangle. Written in code, it reveals magic, alchemy & the secret of eternal life.

From the Manly Palmer Hall collection at Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/manlypalmerb...l/mode/2up


Translated by Carl Lavoie in Adam's Magnum Opus series, but hard to come by:

https://alchemywebsite.com/bookshop/mohs41.html

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  How the universe makes gold
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-24-2024, 06:59 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Finally, scientists know how the universe makes gold. Using our most advanced telescopes and detectors, we’ve seen it created in the cosmic fire of the two colliding stars first detected by LIGO via the gravitational wave they emitted."


https://www.universal-sci.com/headlines/...eates-gold

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  Dictionary of Taoist Internal Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-24-2024, 06:54 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"This dictionary offers a unique perspective on the vast and varied terminology of Taoist Internal Alchemy (Neidan). Drawing on major original texts and premodern lexicons, it provides translations, definitions, and usage examples for over a thousand terms common throughout the tradition.
A comprehensive index of English equivalents allows readers to easily locate the corresponding Chinese terms. Beyond serving as a reference for those reading, studying, or translating Neidan texts, the dictionary's entries offer glimpses into the rich imagery and poetic language of Internal Alchemy."

https://brill.com/display/title/70315?ut...ent=241120

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  Alchemical Jewellery & Music Fusion
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-22-2024, 12:22 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"The spark for Alchemy came from Mia Main, who brought the idea to ÜNAM as a way to bridge their two art forms. Working together, they split the project into two teams, each led by one of them, with ÜNAM creating an original track and Mia designing a jewelry piece that captures the spirit of alchemy. From there, it was all about letting other artists make it their own: 13 artists were given the core track or jewelry piece as inspiration, along with an assigned element—fire, water, air, earth, or quintessence—and asked to reimagine it through their own lens."

https://magneticmag.com/2024/11/alchemy-...y-designs/

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  Movie: The Grand Magister
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-22-2024, 12:09 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

In pre-production.

"A winemaker inherits partial alchemical instructions for creating the philosopher's stone. With the help of his fiancée, a chemist, they search for the missing elements, while a secret order of the Knights of Rhodes, is spying on them."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27827784/

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  Allegorical Iconography of Alchemical Furnaces
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-22-2024, 10:33 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Sergei Zotov

Allegorical Iconography of Alchemical Furnaces in 16th and 17th Century Manuscripts


"In many illustrated alchemical manuscripts one may find images of furnaces. Starting from the sixteenth century they are often depicted allegorically as well as vials, alembics, and other laboratory utensils. Furnaces were sometimes symbolized by characters connected with fire: hell mouth, demon, or dragon. In other cases, alchemical ovens were depicted as buildings due to their similar form. A tree was also a symbol of an alchemical oven. These iconographical types connected alchemy with something significant outside of alchemy: be it technology, religion, or mythology. This paper argues that the sources for such allegorical imagery could lie in manuals on military technology such as Bellifortis or De re militari."

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  Secrets of Alchemy and Mystical Sciences
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-21-2024, 07:26 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

By Harminder Gill.

"Unearth the hidden world of ancient alchemy with Harminder Gill’s Secrets of Alchemy and Mystical Sciences. This captivating book takes readers on a journey into the mysterious laboratories of alchemists, who risked everything in their quest to transform elements into gold and discover the Elixir of Life. By blending history, philosophy, magic, and science, Gill bridges the gap between ancient practices and modern discoveries. Readers will uncover the enduring allure of alchemy and its profound connection to human curiosity and ambition."

https://wplighthouse.com/book/secrets-of...-chemistry

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  Hindu Chemistry by B.N. Seal
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-21-2024, 07:22 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

With English translation.

Comprehensive historical survey with an emphasis on the indigenous origin of Indian alchemy.


https://saujanyabooks.com/details.aspx?id=32808

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  Alchemy and Sacred Geography in the Mediaeval Deccan
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-21-2024, 07:17 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"In the course of my research on the history of Rasasastra, I learned, in the early 1980's, from a colleague who had visited the temples of Alampur, that the iconography of this Saivite site as well as local traditions pointed to the former presence of alchemists in this region of the Deccan. In order to verify the grounds for this information, I proceeded with research that was as much philological and historical as it was archaeological and anthropological."


https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/...74834.html

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