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Articles on alchemy from Engelsberg Ideas - Paul Ferguson - 10-19-2026
Philip Marsden: The lost allure of alchemy
"Alchemy embraces a sophisticated set of beliefs and a high-minded cosmology, much to the chagrin of the pure rationalist."
https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-lost-allure-of-alchemy/
Caroline Eden: Mining for Meaning
"In Philip Marsden’s expansive new book, the wonder of the world resides in rocks."
https://engelsbergideas.com/reviews/mining-for-meaning/
Saffron Swire: Ithell Colquhoun and Edward Burra’s visions of a fragile world
"A new retrospective of 20th-century artists Ithell Colquhoun and Edward Burra reveals how their strange, radical visions were deeply attuned to the unease and upheaval of the postwar world."
https://engelsbergideas.com/reviews/ithell-colquhoun-and-edward-burras-visions-of-a-fragile-world/
Philip Marsden: The cult of Jacob Boehme
"Jacob Boehme was an unlikely seventeenth-century mystic, but his visionary imaginings of the world struck a chord with followers far and wide – and his work has much to offer today."
https://engelsbergideas.com/portraits/the-cult-of-jacob-boehme/