The Shadow of Anodos: Alchemical Symbolism in Phantastes

By Aren Roukema

"Many critics of 'Phantastes', George MacDonald’s seminal work of fantasy, have seen the novel as primarily symbolic, with little to no central narrative structure. However, an analysis of previously unidentified alchemical symbolism makes it clear that the novel has a cohesive narrative based on the alchemical journey of Anodos, the central character, toward spiritual unification with the immanent God. This paper places MacDonald's use of alchemical symbolism in the historical context of medieval and early modern alchemy in order to illustrate the nature and purpose of the novel's alchemical structure."

https://www.academia.edu/2613838/The_Sha...Phantastes

5- VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT ANALYSIS SERIES; GRAPHOPHONEMIC ORIGIN Graphophonemic Structure and Entropy Analysis Article Series V/XXVI

By Ahmet Barış Kestel

"This article examines the writing system typology of the Voynich Manuscript (MS 408) through entropy analysis."

https://www.academia.edu/164670872/5_VOY...ies_V_XXVI

Charissime Fili: The Transmission of Alchemical Science from the Manuscript to the Press: the Pseudo-Lullian Diagrams

by Fabio Spadini

2018, MHNH 


"The massive presence of alchemical diagrams in the Testamentum of Pseudo Ramon Llull makes it possible to analyse in a pertinent way the development of a diagrammatic thought aimed at the teaching of alchemical science. The analysis of the key figures of a manuscript kept at the Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana in St Gall allows not only to understand the general functioning of the alchemical figures, but also to underline the methodological changes due to the passage from the manuscript to the printed book."

https://www.academia.edu/43084422/Charis...n_Diagrams

Liber Talis: Reconstructing the Original Name and Metaphysical Framework of the Voynich Manuscript

by Jessica Scott Dunn

2026, Glyph Publishing 


"This paper presents original research identifying the probable original title and metaphysical framework of the Voynich Manuscript. "

https://www.academia.edu/164553607/Liber...Manuscript

Aristotelianism and Hermeticism in Renaissance Naples: Francesco Storella and the Secrets of Alchemy

Donato Verardi

"This article examines the role of the logician Francesco Storella (active ca. 1550–1575) in contributing to the intellectual and social legitimation of alchemy in mid sixteenth-century Naples. Storella achieved this by leveraging the tradition of the “Hermetic Aristotle,” focusing on his 1555 edition and commentary of the Secretum secretorum."

Full text.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....25.2598098

The Symbols of Alchemy, by S. Foster Damon

Edited by Robert L Hutwoh

From the 1922 The Occult Review

"Alchemists used complex symbolism to conceal their true subject of experimentation: materialization. Their writings, filled with poetic and contradictory terms, described the process of creating a human being, using the mage and medium as active and passive elements. The mage, symbolized by the sun and associated with power, used “Philosopher’s Fire” to mesmerize the medium, represented by the moon. The text explores the alchemical process of creating the “Stone,” a substance believed to grant immortality and transmutation. This process, often symbolized as a marriage between Sol (Sun) and Luna (Moon), involves the production of ectoplasm, a fluid-like substance. The text delves into the various symbols and stages of the alchemical process, highlighting the importance of a tightly sealed “Cabinet” and the role of assistants."

https://www.academia.edu/164619651/The_S...ster_Damon

Alchemical Body is a solo exhibition of work by Haley Craw that positions the body as a thinking furnace, capable of metabolising sensation into complexity. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVT8LffiLlo/

A dark music piece born from the ancient alchemical tradition: al-kīmiyā — the art of transformation, the transmutation of the primal into the sacred.

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Channel: Khemeia | Dark & Sacred Music
Style: Dark ambient / Dark mystical music / Alchemical soundscape
Theme: Lilith · Alchemy · Primordial shadow · Transformation
Mood: Ancient, haunting, feminine power, mythological depth


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ1DpG5eD2Q

"Discover the Four Gates of Speech, an ancient Sufi alchemical practice of right silence and soul transmutation. In this deeply philosophical and analytical video, we explore the Sufi wisdom of the Four Gates — Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? Does it improve upon silence? — as a rigorous path of verbal and inner purification. Drawing from masters like Rumi, Al-Ghazali, and Ibn Arabi, this narrated essay reveals the archetypal journey, the existential crisis, and the emergence of the integrated self through sacred silence."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tYvjeBtFDA

"THE QUEEN IN THE ALCHEMICAL GARDEN’ ( inspired by an original BASIN in ceramic from Orvieto _XIII Century )"
Arazzo / Tapestry __2025-2026
cm200x210
Work in progress


https://www.instagram.com/p/DVVSdWTjK8Z/