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  Alchemy in Nicoll’s Commentaries on Gurdjieff
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-10-2026, 08:52 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Maurice Nicoll's Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G.I. Gurdjieff and P.D. Ouspensky comprise the most extensive published explanations of their esoteric Christianity. Its five-volumes provide some of the clearest commentary on their worldview on record. It is read by Fourth Way adherents and non-adherents alike due to its psychological insights and inspirational tone. Although indexes were previously available for these mammoth volumes none provided in one place for each chapter and verse or category for the entirety of Nicoll's commentary. "

https://www.academia.edu/128925290/Refer..._and_Magic

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  Gurdjieff: Alchemy, Emerald Tablet, Contemplation, & Movements
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-10-2026, 08:50 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Gurdjieff declared that when the alchemists spoke of transformation of base metals into precious ones, they signified the “transformation of coarse ‘hydrogens’ into finer ones in the human organism . . . ” to make souls. Scholars have somewhat rehabilitated this manner of interpretation for early modern alchemy. Further, Gurdjieff’s terminology owes much to strands in contemporary Western science which had been hailed by alchemists as vindicating their belief in the possibility of transmuting one element into another."

https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/publication...rald-azize

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  The First Museum Dedicated to AI-Generated Art
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-10-2026, 08:46 AM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

"After years of anticipation, Dataland—the first museum entirely dedicated to the art of Artificial Intelligence—is ready to open. Conceived and curated by Refik Anadol Studio, a pioneer in data aesthetics and media art, Dataland is located in the cultural heart of Downtown Los Angeles, inside Frank Gehry’s The Grand LA building and right next to institutions such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Broad, and MOCA."

https://tinyurl.com/uwsbr825

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  YouTube: Alchemy Explained
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-08-2026, 10:10 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"How alchemy developed across Hellenistic Egypt, China, India, the Islamic world, and Europe as a rich tradition that united experiment, medicine, cosmology, and spiritual transformation. We look at major alchemical ideas, key historical figures, and the practices that shaped both occult traditions and the emergence of modern chemistry. This episode also examines the major scholarly debates around alchemy, showing why historians no longer see it simply as failed science or pure mysticism, but as a complex way of understanding matter, knowledge, and the transformation of the self."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKh4KS_tnVc

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  From Paracelsus to the Periodic Table
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-08-2026, 09:36 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

In Arabic.

https://thehistoryprofessor.com/ar/artic...le-207034/

https://www.deepl.com/en

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  Collectanea Chymica
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-08-2026, 09:34 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"The Extremely rare alchemical super manual called, Collectanea Chymica gathers ten separately composed treatises into a deliberate treasury of seventeenth-century chymical knowledge. Its subject is considerably wider than the Philosophers’ Stone alone. The collection examines universal dissolution, metallic generation, philosophical mercury, potable gold, sulphur medicines, experimental error, furnace regulation, material purification, famine relief, food preparation, preservation, and the moral obligations attached to powerful knowledge."

https://www.academia.edu/171197476/Colle...ny_others_

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  The Voynich Manuscript: The Cipher & The Compendium
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-08-2026, 09:29 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"The Voynich Manuscript: The Cipher and The Compendium is the full study behind the paper, Why Folio 78v Changes Everything about the Voynich Manuscript. The book presents a comprehensive reinterpretation of the Voynich Manuscript – one that moves beyond the familiar cycle of speculation and instead offers a unified explanation of its structure, purpose, and the intellectual world from which it comes. For more than a century, the manuscript has been treated as a puzzle of disconnected parts: strange plants, enigmatic diagrams, mysterious figures, and an undeciphered script. The book demonstrates that these elements are not fragments of unrelated traditions but components of a single, coherent system."

https://historymedieval.com/the-voynich-...ompendium/

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  Copper's Role in Body Wellness
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-08-2026, 09:27 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"In energetic and alchemical practice, copper functions as a conductor, amplifier, and stabilizer of subtle energy — not a source of it. When you work with copper in Ormus preparations, ritual tools, or spagyric formulas, you’re working with a metal that moves and shapes the intention you bring, rather than generating anything on its own. This article covers copper’s role in spiritual and energetic wellness as understood through the frameworks of alchemy, Venusian correspondence, and traditional metaphysical practice. It does not address dietary copper or biochemical function."

https://kejiwastore.com/blogs/meditation...y-wellness

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  The Alchemy of Inner Work
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-08-2026, 09:25 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

"In The Alchemy of Inner Work, Dechar and Fox examine how illness, suffering, and dis-ease—the "lead" of our lives—can become the "gold" of our authentic selves, and the key to good health and well-being.Drawing on traditional Chinese medicine, Eastern and Western alchemical traditions, Kabbalah, and Jungian psychology—plus case studies from working with patients—the authors provide hands-on insights for bringing "the soul of medicine" back into our lives."

https://www.everand.com/book/919624321/T...Well-Being

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  Ayurvedic Metal Preparations
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-08-2026, 09:21 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Ayurvedic metal preparations, known as bhasmas in traditional Indian medicine, are ancient therapeutic formulations containing processed metals and minerals. These preparations include gold (swarna bhasma), silver (rajata bhasma), iron (lauha bhasma), copper (tamra bhasma), and zinc (yasada bhasma), among others. The metals undergo extensive purification and calcination processes called shodhana and marana, which are believed to reduce toxicity and enhance bioavailability."

https://news.gmj.ge/ingredient/ayurvedic...parations/

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