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| Video: Isis - The Veiled Goddess |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 05-02-2025, 06:12 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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"Isis, "the Virgin of the World," veiled in mystery, represents the fertile and generative powers of Nature, the unseen matrix from which all life arises and to which all returns. The Mysteries, the secret initiations of Egypt, Greece, and later Hermeticism, were designed to lead the worthy few beyond surface illusions, to tear aside Isis’s veil, and reveal the unity of spirit and matter."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLiC2licO0Q
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| Video: Celephaïs & the Dreamlands of HP Lovecraft |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 05-02-2025, 06:08 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts
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In this episode, we descend into Celephaïs—H.P. Lovecraft’s eternal dream-city—and trace its evolution into the alchemical mythos of Malmeth Ciel Nawillin's "Aime Aimless, Aim Vicious" Volume 1 of the Alchemical Courtship in the Dreamlands Saga. We explore how Lovecraft's timeless paradise hides the quiet horror of nostalgia, and how the Dreamlands, in the saga, become more than escape: they’re ritual landscapes, structured by non-linear time, where the past and future meet in judgment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDf2SpRJB2M
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| Podcasts: Western Esotericism Lectures and Readings |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-24-2025, 01:10 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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"This podcast offers an immersive exploration of the roots and evolution of the Western esoteric tradition. Guided by Dr. Dan Attrell, this chronologically and thematically organized series examines the intersections of Platonism, Hermeticism, Gnosticism, magic, astrology, and religion. Through engaging readings, lectures, and interviews, this series delves deeply into the history and development of esoteric thought, uncovering its enduring significance from antiquity to the present."
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...DeUilm9zV_
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| Alchemical Symbolism of ETA Hoffmann's “The Golden Pot" |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 04-22-2025, 06:15 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery
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"The aim of this study is to analyse the symbolism of E.T.A. Hoffman’s novella “The Golden Pot” within the framework of the alchemical discourse. The researchers employed historical-genetic, structural-semantic methods and the method of motivic analysis to explore the elements of medieval alchemical symbolism in the novella, namely: the motif of the hero’s
initiation and his subsequent spiritual transformation, the symbols of snake, elemental spirits (salamander and dragon), manuscripts, blood, apples, garden, four elements, palm and cypress, as well as the symbolism of colour – red, black, white, gold and bronze. Results of the research suggest that the medieval theory of alchemy corresponded to the image of achieving
creative harmony and spiritual transformation in German Romanticism."
In Russian.
https://www.academia.edu/125193685/Alche...A_Hoffmann
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator
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