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  The Lord's Prayer as an alchemical equation
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-15-2026, 08:44 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

What if it were not a simple supplication? What if it were the keystone of an entire system of spiritual and material transformation, the instruction for an operation that changes the very nature of our existence? According to an initiatory reading that traverses the anthropology of Rudolf Steiner, alchemy, and the deepest core of Christ’s message, the Lord’s Prayer is not just a prayer: it is an equation, a procedure, a manual for an inner laboratory.

https://www.paeseroma.it/lifestyle/2026/...-equation/

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  Podcasts: the Ripley Scroll
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-15-2026, 08:41 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

This fortnightly podcast from the Physicians' Gallery at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) explores the history of medicine.

This week, we’re talking about the alchemical Ripley Scroll. This huge scroll, almost six feet long, supposedly contains the secret to the Philosophers' Stone - the key to both unlimited gold and eternal life! In this first part of our series, we explore the first steps in alchemy.

https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/casenot...ll-part-1/

This week, we’re into our second episode about the alchemical Ripley Scroll. In this episode we’re talking about conmen, Adam and Eve and Bigfoot.

https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/casenot...ll-part-2/

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  The Wayback Machine says goodbye to dead links
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-15-2026, 08:29 AM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

The Wayback Machine has partnered with Automattic, the makers of WordPress, which powers 43% of the web, to create a plugin that can be added to any WordPress website which will check the Wayback Machine for an archived version of any webpage that has been moved, changed, or taken down.

Introducing the free Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer:


https://mailchi.mp/archive.org/email-202...1a32b2766c

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  Fulcanelli and the alchemical revival
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2026, 11:04 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Dubois G. Fulcanelli and the alchemical revival: the man behind the mystery of the cathedrals

Sheds new light on the identity of the alchemist Fulcanelli.
Provides new understanding of the relationships between the most important figures of the esoteric milieu of Paris in the first half of the 20th century.
Includes a wealth of rarely seen documents, photos, and letters.


https://v.eruditor.one/file/3234795/

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  Artist: Gali Izmailova
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2026, 11:02 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Gali Izmailova is a contemporary artist working at the intersection of symbolism, psychological realism, and social satire.
Her practice explores themes of moral degradation, collective illusion, violence, repression, and self-deception. Through allegory, grotesque imagery, and theatrical staging, she creates visual narratives about the modern human condition — its fears, dependencies, and voluntary blindness.
Her works are built upon contrasts: celebration and decay, beauty and distortion, stage and backstage, simulation and reality."


https://galyanomaly.tilda.ws/worlds

   

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  In Russian: The Transhumanist Paradigm in the Alchemical Tradit
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2026, 10:58 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Gnatik E.N. RUDN Journal of Philosophy.  2026;30(1):268–282 

Abtract (via DeepL):
This paper examines alchemical doctrine through the lens of ideas that correspond to the theoretical constructs of transhumanism. It is demonstrated that alchemy, this complex and contradictory cultural phenomenon which existed in various civilisations over long periods of their historical and cultural development, currently occupies a unique niche within the heritage of philosophy, chemistry and the natural sciences as a whole. The activities of a small circle of initiates, striving to master ‘perfect knowledge’, were focused on a holistic study of the entire diversity of the surrounding world: from phenomena on a cosmic and biological scale to the investigation of the composition of inorganic matter, the understanding of the causes of diseases, the search for methods of their treatment, and so on. An immersion in alchemical sources provides evidence that the human aspiration to modify the surrounding world and oneself, one’s biological nature as a controllable process, has very deep historical roots. For centuries, the main guiding principle and the alchemists’ cherished goal was to bring about fundamental qualitative changes within a certain body or object (whether inanimate or animate), its ‘rebirth’ and transition to a new, more perfect level. In the author’s view, the ideological and conceptual legacy of previous eras, with its focus on comprehending the laws of the universe, unravelling the mystery of the origin of life, and addressing issues of human perfection, longevity, immortality, and so on, has not yet been exhausted. The alchemical tradition, which is an integral part of the spiritual and material history of humanity, represents an important, not yet fully understood and not entirely overcome legacy of the past, a worldview doctrine that to this day retains its heuristic potential.  The study emphasises that, in the current complex and conflict-ridden historical situation, humanity, having begun to utilise the fruits of convergent technologies on a very broad and active scale, is rather recklessly succumbing to the dominance of technocratic thinking, without fully realising the socio-cultural consequences. Transhumanism, as the conceptual successor to alchemy and drawing its inspiration from contemporary creative and constructive activity,  is the most radical project of postmodernism, aimed at mastering ‘perfect knowledge’ and concentrating all-encompassing power over nature and humanity in the hands of those who succeed in mastering this knowledge.

https://journals.rudn.ru/philosophy/arti...9375/26662

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  Forthcoming: new edition of the Chemical Wedding
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2026, 10:48 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"We are looking forward to publishing one of the most beautiful and unexpected books we've ever come across: The Chemical Wedding by Christian Rosencreutz: A Romance in Eight Days by Johann Valentin Andreae in a New Version by John Crowley, illustrated by Theo Fadel, and designed by Jacob McMurray."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bkm...-instagram

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  Video: Resin Spagyric - New Recipe
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2026, 10:41 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"This is a resin spagyric, as opposed to the traditional spagyric recipe. It's a more physical, bodily substance. Here's a new method where I use vinegar to make a mostly neutral salt to add into the essence. Seems to work well and be more palatable than the other method."

https://old.bitchute.com/video/W5ChMoXt3KHl/

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  YouTube Summarizer
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2026, 10:34 AM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

Summarize any type of YouTube video and of any size in under 30 seconds for free, no account required.

https://youtubesummary.com/

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  1651 Alchemy Symbol Translator
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-07-2026, 10:31 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

How It Works

    Paste any passage containing 1651-style alchemical glyphs.
    The translator swaps each glyph with its 21st-century equivalent while keeping the original order and punctuation.
    You receive clean, readable text ready for study, citation, or casual curiosity.


https://xlatorhub.com/translator-tool/16...ranslator/

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