"The 1616 classic treasure of Western esoteric wisdom, The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (traditionally attributed to Johann Valentinus Andreae) is one of three key manifestos of the Rosicrucians and alchemists in general. It narrates a story of Christian Rosenkreutz, who was invited to a miraculous castle to assist in the “chemical wedding” of the king and the queen―the husband and the bride.

Filled with alchemical metaphors, coded words, and images, Dennis Klocek describes―in his inimitable style―much of the profound meaning behind the colorful and surprising events throughout the seven-day “initiation” of Christian Rosenkreutz.

Each chapter is devoted to one of the seven days, featuring an overview, followed by fresh translations of the original text, and illumined by Klocek's comprehensive and unique commentaries―all of which providies an accessible introduction to the real meaning behind the Rosicrucian path of inner development."


https://www.amazon.com/Alchemical-Weddin...1584209216

"This video examines the complete alchemical process through seven distinct stages: Calcination, Dissolution, Separation, Conjunction, Fermentation, Distillation, and Coagulation. Each stage corresponds to specific psychological operations that dismantle the false self and reconstruct an integrated, conscious identity."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3qioiD-gdE

"Thom is many things: a practicing Jungian psychologist, Alchemical coach, educator, and consultant to people and industry throughout the world. His use of alchemy as metaphor of change and transformation is aimed at personal as well as corporate transformation. His “tools” include life/writing/professional coaching and consulting, seminars and workshops, books and articles, therapy and healing. Having received his doctorate in 1979, Thom has over thirty years experience as a psychotherapist, writer and alchemical artist."

https://alchemicalworks.com/my-work/my-writing/

"Internal Boxing (neijiaquan 內家拳) is an advanced form of the Daoist gymnastic exercise of daoyin (導引). However, how it achieves a paradigmatic shift from qi/blood regulation to deep-level transmutation of sexual energy still requires further exploration. Therefore, it is of great significance to look into how Internal Boxing inheres and integrates various techniques of “desire transmutation” (zhuanyu 轉欲) from internal alchemy (neidan 內丹), thereby transcending traditional daoyin, bringing about a significant systematic reconfiguration in the model of body cultivation practices in Daoist medicine."

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/17/1/60

"London, 1888. Clara Whitmore is a determined and gifted researcher at the British Museum. She uncovers a lost alchemical manuscript once touched by the hand of John Dee, once adviser to Queen Elizabeth I. As she works to decipher the Codex Arcanum, she finds herself caught in a tightening net of scientific secrecy, coded manuscripts, and unsolved crimes."

https://www.wish-books.com/alchemical-chronicles-1888

A Bibliographical Framework  for Citation Analysis of Isaac  Newton’s Alchemical Manuscripts

Alexandra E. Wingate

"Textual Cultures 18.2 (2025): 1–51. DOI 10.14434/tc.v18i2.42350A Bibliographical Framework  for Citation Analysis of Isaac  Newton’s Alchemical ManuscriptsAlexandra E. WingateAbst rAc tSince  2005,  the  Chymistry  of  Isaac  Newton  project  has  encoded  digital  editions of Newton’s alchemical manuscripts in Text Encoding Initiative-XML (TEI-XML). While encoding, team members have traced Newton’s numerous citations to alchemical sources to learn more about how Newton used sources and to date his manuscripts. This article compares the old and new frameworks for encoding these citations to demonstrate the need for a bibliographically informed  approach  to  encoding."

https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind...2350/43817

What did the ancient alchemists truly seek when they pursued the "immortal body"? This philosophical investigation reveals the profound psychological architecture hidden within alchemical symbolism—a sophisticated map of human transformation that transcends mere chemistry.

In this comprehensive analysis, we explore:
✧ The existential origins of the alchemical quest and the crisis that births the seeker
✧ The philosophical doctrine of Solve et Coagula—dissolution and coagulation as the rhythm of transformation
✧ The four classical stages of the Great Work: Nigredo (blackening), Albedo (whitening), Citrinitas (yellowing), and Rubedo (reddening)
✧ The psychological interpretation of the prima materia, the Philosopher's Stone, and the chemical wedding
✧ The dark night of the soul—the inevitable crisis that tests every authentic spiritual journey
✧ The nature of the "immortal body" as psychological resilience rather than physical permanence


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A-zPhVkiFU

Illustrating Dan: A Study on the Iconography of Liu Yiming’s Alchemical Doctrine

School of Philosophy, Nanjing University, Nanjing 215009, China

"Liu Yiming, a Daoist priest of the Quanzhen Longmen sect during the Qing Dynasty, lived during the Qianjia period, a time marked by the overall decline of Daoism. To correct the vulgarization of theories surrounding Neida 內丹 (internal alchemy), he constructed a Neidan system based on the metaphysical foundations of the cosmological theories of the Book of Changes (易經) and the philosophy of Laozi. Liu argued that “the path of alchemy is the path of the Book of Changes,” and he extensively employed graphical tools such as figures of the Book of Changes and alchemical symbols to transform the abstract theories of Neidan into intuitive visual expressions."

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/17/1/59

Fictional works which credibly or interestingly include alchemy, as picked by a practicing alchemist.  YA and adult titles.

https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/v2/lis...2/96503322

"This article explores Sophia's role in alchemical symbolism, the feminine principle in the Great Work, the parallels between her myth and the alchemical process, and how to work with Sophia as the alchemical goddess of transformation."

https://mysticryst.com/eo/blogs/the-myst...-principle