'Alchemy'


A collage of four canvases of the four alchemical elements

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXxPEcgCgPh/

"The authorship of the iconic Taoist alchemical text The Secret of the Golden Flower is traditionally attributed to Lü Dongbin (born Lü Yan), a Taoist scholar, poet, and adept who lived during the Tang dynasty in China. According to legend, his life spanned over two hundred years. Elevated to the status of an immortal within the Daoist tradition, he is one of the most well-known figures among the Eight Immortals. At the same time, Lü Dongbin is also a historical figure, mentioned in the official chronicle History of Song, and widely regarded as one of the earliest masters of neidan, or internal alchemy."

https://appliedjung.com/course/sotgf-26?...NfiNePrUAg

https://www.facebook.com/AppliedJung/pos...855369894/

Science historian Kit Chapman introduces The Age of Alchemy, tracing the long, global evolution of chemistry before it became a modern science. Travelling from ancient Sri Lankan steel forges to Egyptian alchemical texts and Chinese herbal laboratories, he reveals how early experimenters, merging mysticism, medicine and metallurgy, laid crucial foundations for scientific method and discovery.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vm4l

Meredith College Professor of Religious Studies Shannon Grimes and student Holden McLennan, ’26, are working together on a new book.

The book is tentatively titled One is the All: The Alchemical Writings of Cleopatra, and it grew from work they did together while McLennan was completing a contract major in Classical Studies.Shannon Grimes and Holden McLennan signing book contract

“[The book] is a translation of Greek and Latin alchemical and medical texts that are attributed to Cleopatra, who was a highly regarded alchemist and medical writer in Roman Egypt,” said Grimes. “Her identity remains a mystery – that’s one of many issues we’ll be addressing in our book – but she is important for our understanding of the history of women in science.”

Grimes will write the commentary, and McLennan will do much of the work on the translations. 


https://www.meredith.edu/news/meredith-p...rite-book/

The number Seven in alchemical symbolism: operations, transformations and the Spiritual Mirror 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXNLhaD1rAU

Yesterday, I introduced The Emerald Tablet as a record of Nature’s cycle.

https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/t...sm?r=iutjw

What follows is the next step in that sequence.

https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/t...a-portrait

"For Alchemists, the traditional Pilgrimage involves going within oneself on retreat. It is an opportunity to bring about a profound inner transformation, to experience the true meaning of resurrection. It can change our lives. This retreat provides an opportunity to share in a wonderful attunement, as well as to explore and discover the keys to your own unfoldment. At the end of the retreat the guide will work individually with each retreatant in giving practices and helping them to create an atmosphere in which profound change can occur."

A Silent Guided Retreat
with Nigel Hamilton & Noor-un-Nisa Jacobs
30 Jul – 4 August 2026
Poulstone Court, Herefordshire


https://inayatiyya.org.uk/events/summer-...reat-2026/

"A community of enthusiasts is actively seeking recommendations for alchemy PDFs, focusing on operant alchemy, historical periods like the Renaissance and Islamic Golden Age, and specialized topics such as spagyrics. The request has sparked interest among people eager to enhance their knowledge base.

The quest revolves around finding accessible resources, whether introductory or advanced, to explore foundational concepts in alchemy. Users are sharing their picks, highlighting various sources."


https://mysterylores.com/news/best-pdfs-...favorites/

From Esoteric Alchemical Canon to Publicly Circulating Book: A Study on Longmeizi 龍眉子 and The Textual Circulation History of the Jinye Huandan Yinzheng Tu 金液還丹印證圖

by Xuetao Liu

"Longmeizi 龍眉子 was an inheritor of the Southern Lineage of Daoism 道教南宗 under Weng Baoguang 翁葆光. By tracing the historical documentation of Longmeizi’s Daoist lineage, it becomes evident that the narrative details were continuously enriched through textual accumulation."

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/17/5/538

Artists from Remedios Varo to Olga de Amaral have been inspired by alchemy. A new exhibition in Monterrey, Mexico, explores why.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/alchem...on-2764126