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  Alchemical Glossary
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-22-2024, 07:36 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Part of the Isaac Newton project at Indiana University Bloomington:

https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/...lossary.do

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  Digital Corpus of Sanskrit
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-22-2024, 07:31 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Including a dictionary.

"The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS) is a Sandhi-split corpus of Sanskrit texts with full morphological and lexical analysis. The DCS is designed for text-historical research in Sanskrit linguistics and philology. Users can search for lexical units (words) and their collocations in a corpus of about 4,800,000 manually tagged words in 650,000 text lines."

http://www.sanskrit-linguistics.org/dcs/index.php

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  Academic Alchemy in 15th Century Cracow
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-22-2024, 07:26 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Alchemy was never taught at any medieval or early modern university, yet there is evidence of interest in the art among students and professors throughout Europe. Studies of academic alchemy have generally focused on the interests of individuals rather than examining communities of university alchemists. At the turn of the fifteenth century, the University of Cracow hosted a larger community of practitioners than previously acknowledged. This article presents a discussion, edition, and translation of a text that came out of that community: the Fundamentum scienciae nobilissimae secretorum naturae, written by Adam of Bochyń in 1489 while a student at the University of Cracow."

Agnieszka Rec 

Full text in English.

https://www.academia.edu/23842207/_Acade..._2016_1_28

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  ‘Christ’s New Stamp’ (paper on John Donne)
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-20-2024, 06:20 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"This paper analyses John Donne’s poetic exploration of a Patristic metaphor, which compares humanity to a coin that has defaced its stamp, the imago Dei, due to the Fall. Donne, writing after the Elizabethan Settlement, refashions this conceit in order to take account of the alterations in soteriological and economic thought that had taken place. This dissertation uncovers Donne’s poetic reflection on the implicit relation between salvific and monetary economies, and a preoccupation with the effects these notions have on alchemical subjects, as well as on the role played by women in religious thought and in society as a whole.


Cita bibliogràfica -- Enllaç permanent: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/301082
‘Christ’s New Stamp’ : Imputed Righteousness and Coin Mintage in John Donne’s Poetry
Santiago Berrón, Andrés


In English

https://ddd.uab.cat/record/301082

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  Video: The Visions of Zosimos of Panopolis
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-20-2024, 06:12 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Joshua Werrett: Imitatio Christi and Martyrdom in The Visions of Zosimos of Panopolis (SHAC seminar)

"The alchemical practice of Zosimos of Panopolis is not just about the transformation of metals; it is about the transformation of the self. This double meaning is found throughout Zosimos’ works, but is perhaps most noticeable in his Visions. In this text, Zosimos uses alchemy as a theurgic practice to understand salvation, a practice which is allegorised as having four major stages: baptism; violent punishment; the separation of body and soul in death; and rebirth as a spiritual entity. These steps, taken by several characters throughout the text, clearly mimic major points in the life and death of Christ. In this talk, I present the argument that the imitation of Christ and the imitation of early Christian martyrs, themselves imitating Christ, are key motifs in the violent, redemptive, sacrificial aesthetics of Zosimos’ text. Analysing the main ideas, images, and phrases in The Visions, I conclude that themes from the New Testament and martyrological literature are pervasive. Overall, I hope to demonstrate that those being reborn as spirits throughout Zosimos’ text are not being reborn in a vacuum; rather, Zosimos suggests that, in being reborn, they follow in the footsteps of alchemists and Christian martyrs before them, in a long imitative line of suffering and transformation, which ultimately starts with Christ."

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

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  Video: The Alchemical Roots of Herbal Medicine
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-20-2024, 06:09 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The history of herbal medicine is deeply intertwined with the ancient practice of alchemy. From the earliest days of human civilization, people have sought to understand and harness the healing properties of plants. This quest for knowledge led to the development of herbal studies, which were often closely linked with alchemical practices. Alchemy, with its roots in ancient Egypt, China, and Greece, was not just about the transmutation of base metals into gold; it was also a spiritual and philosophical pursuit aimed at understanding the mysteries of nature and the universe. Alchemists believed that by studying the natural world, they could unlock the secrets of life and health."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ats75mgVMK4

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  Alchemical AI Music
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-20-2024, 05:57 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"The Alchemical AI Music collection, with its 3 tracks, embodies the perfect blend of mystical alchemy and musical innovation. This diverse assembly showcases the genre's vast spectrum, from ethereal compositions to experimental tones, highlighting the transformative power of AI in reshaping music."

https://musichero.ai/tag/Alchemical

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  More digitized MSS from Cambridge
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-17-2024, 07:42 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Alchemical works (Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.4.45)

This manuscript of alchemical texts comprises four distinct parts that appear to have been produced separately in fifteenth-century England.


https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-00004-00045/1



Alchemical and Astrological Texts (Cambridge, University Library, MS Ii.3.17)

https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-II-00003-00017/1

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  Video: McKenna again
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-17-2024, 07:37 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Terence Mckenna Talks about Alchemists and reads a couple of Alchemical Texts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxP8cCk1Xw

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  Benedek Láng - Links
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 09-17-2024, 07:32 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Links to articles and papers by this interesting scholar, including items on Llull and cryptography:

https://scholar.google.com.bo/citations?...AAAJ&hl=ro

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