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  Music: A Mirror Of Whitening Light For Orchestra
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-24-2024, 03:02 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

By Peter Maxwell Davies.

"The title refers to the alchemical process of ‘whitening’ ‘by which a base metal may be transformed into gold, and by extension, to the purification of the human soul.’ This is an interesting piece, which uses the magic square of mercury as its most fundamental compositional structure."

https://larkfall.wordpress.com/2017/01/2...e-of-fire/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzJlMQc02jM

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  Alchemy and Music: 'In the Key of Dee'
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-24-2024, 02:59 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"In an address to Maximilian II, which prefaces his Monas Hieroglyphica (1564), John Dee emphasises that the Monad is not only an alchemical device, but a universal one, with the potential to revolutionise all the arts and sciences. Amongst the examples given are applications to geography, astronomy and music, of which Dee writes:

“How justly may the musician be struck with wonder when here he will perceive inexplicable, celestial harmonies without any movement and sound.” (Josten 1964, 130-1)."

https://larkfall.wordpress.com/2017/01/2...e-of-fire/

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  Music: Hasler's Emerald Tablet
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-24-2024, 02:57 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

Premiered at the Tangeman Sacred Concert in Cincinnati, Ohio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL42D9vPn8o

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  Music: Opus Alchymicum by Wilfrid Mellers
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-24-2024, 02:40 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"This work is based on the three times three 'stages' of mediaeval alchemy. There is nothing arcane about this: for musical composition is of its nature an 'alchemical' transformation of something (pitch relationships, rhythms, metres, harmonies, timbres) into something else; and Jung has demonstrated that the metamorphoses of alchemy are, like those of music, not so much material as psychological." - Wilfrid Mellers

Half-way down this page:

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/NI%201708

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  John Reid's Course on Practical Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-24-2024, 02:19 PM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"In your hands, you have a small treasure. For in this book many of the secrets of Nature are clearly laid out. You are indeed fortunate, for this one book reveals alchemical methods and ideas which would have taken you years of dedicated research to learn. The author has remained true to his vow of sharing that which has been freely bestowed on him through grace."

Free download:

https://www.academia.edu/35173945/Practi...Course_pdf

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  Alchemical Tarot - new edition
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-24-2024, 02:14 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"This is the latest edition of my Alchemical Tarot, based on alchemical symbolism."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTdtXmhYJw

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  Legislation on AI in the UK
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-24-2024, 02:11 PM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

The King’s Speech, which sets out the legislative program of the new Government, included promise of much-needed legislation around AI.
The Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society welcomes the Government’s intention to seek legislation on AI in the King’s Speech. Regulating AI will mark an important shift in the relationship between the tech industry and UK creatives, particularly in relation to copyright infringement. The speech stated that the new Government will: “seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models.”

https://www.alcs.co.uk/news/alcs-reactio...3,101P5A,1

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  Video: How the Inquisition Tried to Destroy Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-22-2024, 10:32 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"In 1396 the Inquisitor General Nicholas Eymerich lashed out against Alchemy. He argued that alchemy was a fool's errand because the transmutation of metals was impossible given how God had created nature. Thus, alchemists were at best frauds but at worst something profoundly sinful: heretics who would eventually forge pacts with Satan. In this episode I explore the most forceful attempt by the Inquisition to outlaw alchemy and condemn the alchemists to torture and being burned alive."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kLbQxKNthg

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  Store and Blog: Alchemical Science
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-22-2024, 10:29 AM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - Replies (1)

"I regularly post new videos on all sorts of topics including Vortex Based Maths, Plasmoid Unification, Malcolm Bendall’s Thunderstorm Generator and Direct Matter to Energy Drive, Transmutation, Astronomy, Alchemy and more."

https://alchemicalscience.org/

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  Available for pre-order: AEtheric Magick
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-22-2024, 10:24 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

AEtheric Magick: A Complete System of Elemental, Celestial & Alchemical Magic

by Ike Baker, Ivo Dominguez Jr. (Foreword by)



Ike Baker presents the clearest and most detailed explanation yet of ætheric energy and how you can use it.

The æther, the energetic realm at the heart of esoteric traditions and vital to nearly every type of magic, has long been veiled in obscure language and mystery. Now, Baker demystifies the æther and teaches you how to use in your practice.

Step by step, Baker walks you through the history, theory, and practice of ætheric magic that leaves no question or topic unexplored. This comprehensive book presents not only historical evidence of this energy, but also practical applications of how to sense it and direct it toward magical goals through ritual, breath-work, movements, and visualization exercises. Uniting Western ceremonial traditions with Eastern energy healing practices, Ætheric Magic helps you achieve material, spiritual, mental, and physical transformation in ways previously unimagined.


Publication date: 2025

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/aetheri...1145618372

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