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  Lemon Balm: the happiest plant on Earth
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-01-2025, 03:31 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Jupiter, the planet associated with faith and the pursuit of our aspirations, embodies a sense of greater purpose and upliftment. Lemon Balm strongly resonates with Jupiter’s energy because of its ability to uplift the mind and heart. When feeling downhearted, heavy-hearted, or depressed, Jupiter’s uplifting and radiant influence on consciousness parallels Lemon Balm’s effects on the spirit. Paracelsus held Lemon Balm in high regard, placing it under the rulership of Jupiter as well."

https://www.evolutionaryherbalism.com/20...g-anchor-5

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  Homunculi: How to make a human in alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-01-2025, 03:29 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Homunculi and the Emerald Tablet


https://staging.gilderlehrman.org/how-to...n-alchemy/

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  Art That Looks Like It’s Melting
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-01-2025, 03:14 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

Slightly off-topic but interesting...

"Warm wax rolls down a bronze portrait, wet pigment slips along canvas, and glass softens beside a furnace mouth. Visitors gather in quiet amazement. Every surface appears ready to keep travelling under its own weight. Gravity partners with imagination and sparks curiosity. Melted-looking art challenges the boundary between fluid and form, revealing the energy hidden within matter that usually appears stable."

https://artrkl.com/blogs/news/art-that-l...fluid-form

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  The Order of Sophianic Marxists
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-01-2025, 03:11 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The "Order of Sophianic Marxists" refers to a group or movement exploring a synthesis of Marxism with Gnostic and Hermetic traditions, particularly within the framework of Russian religious philosophy and Sophiology. This perspective, termed "Sophianic Marxism," aims to rejuvenate Marxism by integrating ideas of all-unity, the world soul (anima mundi), and the concept of Gemeinwesen (collective human essence) with Marx's theories."

https://www.e-flux.com/journal/124/44740...-alchemist

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  Do Alchemists still exist?
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-01-2025, 03:05 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The answer to this question is a resounding "yes." Alchemy, the ancient practice of transforming base metals into gold and seeking the elixir of life, may have been discredited in the eyes of modern science, but its legacy lives on in various forms. While the alchemists of old may have been seeking to turn lead into gold, their descendants have adapted the art to focus on personal transformation, spiritual growth, and even modern scientific research."

https://splicedonline.com/do-alchemists-still-exist/

Wentorf:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Wentorf_Jr.
https://www.thehindu.com/children/wentor...439472.ece

Grof:
https://www.stangrof.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA1hDI5IiJQ

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  Video Fiction: The Red Lion
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-01-2025, 02:57 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"Step into the dusty alleys and candlelit workshops of 16th-century Europe as we follow Hans Burgner’s epic quest for the legendary Elixir of Life. Born to a miller’s family, Hans’s world is shattered by loss—until his enigmatic uncle Sebastian arrives with secrets that could conquer death itself. Join Hans as he leaves home, braves war-scarred roads, and delves into alchemical lore in search of the Red Lion."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65EfAyUti3E

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  The hidden depths of alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-01-2025, 02:49 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"In recent scholarship, there has been a concerted effort to reassess the contributions of Alchemy to the broader narrative of chemistry and science. Historians such as William Newman and Lawrence Principe have illuminated how Alchemical practice was grounded in empirical observation and experimentation. They present compelling evidence of alchemical recipes that showcase remarkable clarity and precision, revealing methods that closely parallel the rigorous techniques employed by modern chemists. This alignment suggests that Alchemy was not merely a mystical pursuit but rather a precursor to scientific inquiry, with a focus on systematic investigation of the natural world."

A good general article.

https://www.ancientpurity.com/blog/disco...al-allure/

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  Modernist Alchemy: Poetry and the Occult
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-26-2025, 12:51 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"Modernist Alchemy takes a close look at the work of twentieth-century poets whose use of the occult constitutes a recovery of discarded beliefs and modes of thought: Yeats and Plath try to dismiss conventional religion, Hughes captures a sense of adventure, H.D. seeks to liberate repressed concepts, while Duncan and Merrill hunt for a lost understanding of sexual identity which will allow for androgyny and homosexuality."

https://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Alchemy...0801431468

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  Thesis: The Mercurial Yeats
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-25-2025, 02:06 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

The Mercurial Yeats: esoteric alchemy in the late poetry

By Morgan Azali

"This BA (Hons) thesis conducts an analysis of the late poetry of W.B. Yeats with consideration of the fact that he was, by that time, an adept in the Golden Dawn tradition of magic and largely influenced by its principles. The aim of this thesis is to highlight how the essence of Mercurius, the multi-faceted arcanumof alchemy, is present throughout the late poetry of W.B. Yeats. Through an enquiry into the ways that Yeats’s interests in the Western Esoteric Tradition filtered into his creative output, multiple themes of unity, transmutation, and transcendence began to emerge. This thesis provides a brief history of hermeticism and the ways that it intersects with Yeats’s biography before considering 'A Vision' as an attempt by his wife to alchemise Yeats’s desires for other women and the subsequent ritual enactment of this process in the poetry of 'The Tower' and 'The Winding Stair.' By applying Jungian psychoanalytical concepts of the unconscious, this thesis aims to arrive at a hermeneutic understanding of Yeats’s role within the modernist era as a balancing force, raising the 'antithetical' through the 'primary'  – the two terms that he uses to describe the geometrical, cyclic system handed to him by what he believed to be spiritual intelligences in 'A Vision'."

Full text:

https://www.academia.edu/91247376/The_Me...ate_poetry

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  The Visual Healing LIbrary
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 06-25-2025, 01:17 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"The Visual Healing Library is the creation of Suzette Clough  - artist, psychotherapist, and originator of Visual Medicine™ - a radically transformative spiritual painting practice where images arrive through connection to Creation itself rather than being painted in the traditional sense. Vision Books are a contemporary reimagining of illuminated manuscripts  - immersive and written in the language of images. They belong to the alchemical lineage of artists as healers and storytellers of the Soul."

https://www.visualmedicine.org/visual-library-home

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