Prompt: Create a minimalist alchemy symbol for creation as clean black ink line art, centered on a pure white background. Use a circular sigil structure with balanced geometric symmetry, thin precise lines, subtle occult details, high contrast, tattoo flash clarity, and a polished logo-like finish with no text.

https://www.media.io/ai/br/text-to-image...r-creation

"Historians have long been aware of the transmission of Arabic occult knowledge to the world of Latin Christendom. Far less well understood, however, are the encounters between Islam and Christianity within the domain of occult science inside the medieval Islamicate world itself...Focusing on alchemical writings, this paper argues that these topos-laden narratives reveal little about the actual historical transmission of the occult sciences. Instead, they speak volumes about how Muslim authors imagined their diffusion in Islamicate lands"


Date
    12 May 2026
Time
    16:00 -17:30
Location
    Oudemanhuispoort
Room
    D1.18B 


https://aihr.uva.nl/content/events/2026/...rassi.html

"This engraving was made by the German artist Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) and was published in an alchemical and medical book written by the German physician Malachias Geiger (1606-1671) entitled Microcosmus Hypochondriaca Tractatus (1652) ‘The Hypochondriac Microcosm on Hypochondriac Melancholy’."

Discussion here:
https://vopus.org/en/alchemically-prepar...able-gold/

Full Geiger text here:
https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_84055

   

Contains probably the largest collection of alchemical symbols ever assembled.

Rights-free download.

https://archive.org/details/10073506bsb/mode/2up

In Pursuit of Gold: Alchemy in Theory and Practice

Additions and Extractions by
STEPHEN SKINNER
NEW YORK
SAMUEL WEISER
1976


Full-text download. Legal status unknown.


https://archive.org/details/inpursuitofg...henskinner

The Alchemy of Optimism: A Journalist's Investigation into Rewiring Your Mind for a Brighter Future

"Drawing from ancient alchemical traditions, cutting-edge neuroscience, and the lived experiences of those who’ve defied institutionalized pessimism, this book is a beacon for anyone ready to break free from the mental shackles of modern society and step into a future of boundless possibility."

https://books.brightlearn.ai/The-Alchemy...index.html

Full text.

Vijaya Jayant Deshpande

Summary: The thesis "Alchemy in India and China" explores the comparative aspects of alchemy in these two countries, focusing on chemical and protochemical formulations while addressing why modern science developed in the West rather than in India or China. It briefly touches upon internal alchemy in China and the ritualistic tantra in India.

https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/essay...-and-china

The Art of Inner Alchemy: A 4-Week Jungian Art Group - Sheffield, England

Dive into your creativity and explore your inner world with this alchemical art journey.
Through the creative process, we will explore the symbols and meanings of our inner worlds within a supportive group space. Using art materials, you are invited to express yourself emotionally and somatically, allowing colour, form, and image to speak where words may fall short.
This is not an art class, but a space to listen to the wisdom of the creative process and explore the language of your psyche. No previous art experience is needed, only curiosity and openness to the journey.
No previous art experience is needed, only a willingness to be present and curious. All materials are included.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-...7780042617

A Dance with the Occult

What Theosophy reveals about a moment when science and the occult were not so neatly opposed.

By Phillip Bellizzi

"When one looks at the history of alchemy and its gradual evolution into formalized chemistry, it comes as no surprise that science and the occult were significantly entangled, and that even some of history’s champions for scientific thought got caught in a tug-of-war between irrationality and reason. Perhaps it would be more accurate to describe Theosophy’s relationship with science as one that flourished during a time of cultural overlap. Theosophy did not produce scientific breakthroughs, but it did offer an arena where scientists could imagine the unseen as investigable and accessible rather than irrational and forbidden. The Theosophists, much like the secret societies that preceded them, gave scientists and other thinkers a space to consider more radical inquiries and think more openly about ways to uncover truths about the world."

https://www.sciencehistory.org/collectio...he-occult/

Water of Life

A History of Wine-distilling and Spirits 500 BC to AD 2000

by C. Anne Wilson, Food Historian and Librarian, (1927-2023)


"This is an historical survey of distilling in the Middle East and Europe from the earliest experiments by the Pythagorean alchemists of Ptolomaic Egypt in the fourth century BC to the commerical production of spirits to drink in the British Isles to the year 2000."

https://www.equinoxpub.com/projects/water-of-life