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The Moscow Martinists and Alchemy - Paul Ferguson - 10-24-2026
Moscow Martinists as the Providers of the Rosicrucian Enlightenment in Russia: Enquiries into the Emergence of the Hermetic Library.
Witalij Morosow.
"The history of alchemy in Imperial Russia represents one of the most unusual and intriguing facets of intellectual life in Eastern Europe. Playing an important role in shaping new Romantic views on fundamental questions of natural history, alchemical literature in Russia around 1800 was not just associated with the search for the elixir vitae or the pursuit of gold-making. Much more importantly, alchemy provided a significant source of symbolic resources for the development of new forms of natural philosophy and theology that had not previously been widespread in Eastern Slavic Orthodox society...The primary objective of the current study is to draw researchers’ attention to the establishment of the Hermetic Library and to provide a framework for understanding the history of alchemy in the Russian Empire during the period between the 1780s and 1820s. This research specifically focuses on the problem of the background of the creation of the Hermetic Library, its place in the history of alchemy, and the role of Moscow Martinists in disseminating alchemical natural philosophy in Russia."
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-75117-2_2