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  Natural Medicine in Shakespeare
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 09:11 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Paywalled.

"An explosion of printed books and treatises on medicine in sixteenth-century Europe inspired new intense debates about medicine and its relation to the divine order of nature. Both trained and untrained healers engaged in close observation of the natural world, but good doctors did not rely solely on empirical observation—they also took into consideration invisible forces such as the soul."

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.100...-78082-0_6

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  Video: Origins of the Emerald Tablets: Fact or Fiction
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 09:08 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

With Billy Carson & Timothy Hogan.

"Attributed to Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of knowledge, these tablets have been revered as a source of divine insight and transformative power. In this video, we explore the rich tapestry of myths and legends surrounding the Emerald Tablets, tracing their path from the sands of Egypt to the jungles of Mesoamerica."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAuGvV6qcXA

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  Video: Remarkable Inventions of Chinese Alchemists
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 09:03 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"From the enigmatic world of ancient Chinese alchemy comes a legacy of 30 REMARKABLE inventions that have profoundly shaped science, medicine, and culture".

Including the umbrella, the parachute and the crossbow apparently...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqtqbg1qsvU

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  Video: Foundations of Alchemical Science
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 08:59 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Marathon Video From Sophic Books:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAa1lXL3D64

https://www.sophicbooks.com/

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  Updated Wiki: Richardus Anglicus
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 08:55 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"Richardus Anglicus the alchemist wrote several texts in the 14th century, including Correctorium alchemiae, also known as Corrector (fatuorum). He was considered among the leading English alchemists of the period. Texts attributed to him were printed in De Alchemia (1541, 1550) and in Theatrum Chemicum (1602–1661). He was well read in the alchemical literature through the 14th century and stands in that tradition, including concerns with the materia prima."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardus_A...alchemist)

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  New Website: Alchemical Transmutation
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 08:49 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

"The essence of alchemy lies in its symbolic language. This website primarily serves to complement the Spotify podcasts and Youtube videos by offering these essential symbols. However, if you’ve stumbled upon this site, welcome! Feel free to explore and delve deeper into the world of alchemy."

https://alchemicaltransmutation.com/

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  Gemini Seal Pendant
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 08:33 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"The Gemini Seal Pendant draws from the intricate instructions of a 17th-century alchemical manuscript, where its creation was described in extraordinary detail. Traditionally, this sigil was to be forged from a blend of gold and silver, metals carefully melted together at the precise moment when the Sun enters Gemini, typically around the 10th or 11th of May."

https://commonera.com/products/gemini-al...Bu6Wn5Vhcz

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  Cotnoir: Online Course on Myth in Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 08:31 AM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events - No Replies

"Myth in Alchemy: From Homer to the Chymical Gods: A Four-Week Live, Online Course with Alchemist Brian Cotnoir, Begins April 7."

"Throughout the practice of western alchemy, myths, the stories of the gods and goddesses, were used to explain the forces at work in alchemical transmutation. It was thought that these stories cloaked deeper meanings that would, if understood properly, reveal the way forward in the work of perfecting matter and the soul.

Of interest are the sources of myth used by renaissance artists like Durer and alchemists like Maier in their depictions of the dieties. We will look at texts such as Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods, Cartari's Images of the Pagan Gods, and the work that started the Emblem Books, The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo.

This will prepare us to better understand the 50 emblems in Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens a most remarkable alchemical text of image, music, and poetry in the service of alchemical transmutation.

This four-part course will examine the use of myth, its origins and development into a symbolic language of alchemy and will trace a few examples of myth and show how it is interpreted as not just a metaphor but as an actual physical process."



https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/...tnoir-2025

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  Robert Place's Alchemical Tarot Reimagined
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 08:28 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - Replies (2)

"The Alchemical Tarot Reimagined, my newest deck, is being printed now and it will shipped to me by the end of June, 2025. But you can preorder the deck now."


https://robertmplacetarot.com/new-the-al...eimagined/

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  Charles Rainsford's Alchemical Dictionary
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 03-06-2025, 08:22 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"Who hasn't wanted an extensive, two-volume dictionary of alchemical terms and concepts? Charles Rainsford did! Rainsford was an 18th century British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist, who collected books about his interests. His collection included this translation of a Frence mytho-Hermetic dictionary, now UPenn Ms. Codex 1686."

Short Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj2Dj4bINoc

UPenn MS here:
https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/000...x1686.html

Wiki here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rainsford

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