https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/ Sun, 08 Nov 2026 02:12:10 +0000 MyBB https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3832 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:19:21 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3832
    Why ruling institutions suppressed alchemy to prevent individual spiritual sovereignty
    How to transmute your heaviest grief and repressed shadow into psychological gold
    The four distinct archetypal stages that govern every dark night of the soul
    Why the Philosopher's Stone is an indomitable state of embodied consciousness


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLVRVhiw4RU]]>
    Why ruling institutions suppressed alchemy to prevent individual spiritual sovereignty
    How to transmute your heaviest grief and repressed shadow into psychological gold
    The four distinct archetypal stages that govern every dark night of the soul
    Why the Philosopher's Stone is an indomitable state of embodied consciousness


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLVRVhiw4RU]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3831 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:11:42 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3831
Online Event.

Thursday 19 November at 7.00 pm.

Whilst Regardie is noted primarily for his promotion and publication of the Golden Dawn corpus, little is acknowledged of his alchemical interest.
Writing in his youth on alchemy, via his work ‘The Philosophers’ Stone’, which explored alchemy from a psychological view, he later in life came to realise
that alchemical was, as the old masters had indicated, a practical laboratory experience. Having searched for years for someone to teach him he eventually became
involved with Frater Albertus and the Paracelsus Alchemy College. Here he was taught the laboratory alchemy of Paracelsus, Basil Valentine and Hollandus.
With this illustrated presentation we will explore what alchemy is and consider some of the practices which Regardie would have been familiar with as we drill
down into the alchemical practice of Solve et Coagula.


https://tinyurl.com/bdee5nah]]>
Online Event.

Thursday 19 November at 7.00 pm.

Whilst Regardie is noted primarily for his promotion and publication of the Golden Dawn corpus, little is acknowledged of his alchemical interest.
Writing in his youth on alchemy, via his work ‘The Philosophers’ Stone’, which explored alchemy from a psychological view, he later in life came to realise
that alchemical was, as the old masters had indicated, a practical laboratory experience. Having searched for years for someone to teach him he eventually became
involved with Frater Albertus and the Paracelsus Alchemy College. Here he was taught the laboratory alchemy of Paracelsus, Basil Valentine and Hollandus.
With this illustrated presentation we will explore what alchemy is and consider some of the practices which Regardie would have been familiar with as we drill
down into the alchemical practice of Solve et Coagula.


https://tinyurl.com/bdee5nah]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3830 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:23:25 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3830
Paul]]>
Paul]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3823 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:30:07 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3823 The conversations between the [b]Comte de St. Germain[/b] and [b]Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel[/b] (Landgrave of Hesse) are preserved primarily in Prince Charles’s memoirs, Mémoires de mon temps (1861). St. Germain spent the final years of his life (roughly from 1779 until his death in 1784) living under the patronage of Prince Charles at his residence in Eckernförde and Schleswig, working on alchemy, textile dyeing, and natural philosophy. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Mémoires text here:

https://archive.org/details/mmoiresdemonte00karluoft

    Key Themes of Their Conversations

• [b]True Identity and Lineage:[/b] St. Germain told Prince Charles that he was [b]88 years old[/b] upon his arrival in Schleswig and claimed to be the son of [b]Prince Francis II Rákóczi[/b] (Ragoczy), the Prince of Transylvania, and that he had been raised under the care of Gian Gastone de' Medici (the last of the Medicis). He explained his adopted name as a clever play: when his half-brothers became subjects of the Emperor, he called himself Sanctus Germano ("the Holy Brother"). [1, 2]
  
• [b]Practical Science vs. Mysticism:[/b] While popular lore painted St. Germain as an immortal mystic, his daily conversations and work with Prince Charles focused heavily on practical chemistry, metallurgy, gem-stone purification, and industrial dyeing techniques. Prince Charles initially cared little for these inventions, but was gradually won over by St. Germain's deep earnestness and encyclopedic knowledge. [1, 2]
  
• [b]Religious Discussions and Jesus Christ:[/b] Prince Charles, a deeply devoted Christian, wrote about a notable disagreement where St. Germain made remarks about Jesus Christ that pained the Prince. When Charles expressed his hurt, St. Germain reportedly reflected and promised: "Jesus Christ is nothing, but to give you pain is something; I promise you therefore that I will never again speak of him to you." [1]
  
• [b]Deathbed Message:[/b] St. Germain died on [b]February 27, 1784[/b], in Eckernförde while Prince Charles was away in Kassel. Before or during his final illness, he sent a message through the physician Lossau to reassure Charles that he was not opposed to the true Christian religion—though this moment was later mythologized differently by critics and esoteric historians. [1, 2, 3]
  

]]> The conversations between the [b]Comte de St. Germain[/b] and [b]Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel[/b] (Landgrave of Hesse) are preserved primarily in Prince Charles’s memoirs, Mémoires de mon temps (1861). St. Germain spent the final years of his life (roughly from 1779 until his death in 1784) living under the patronage of Prince Charles at his residence in Eckernförde and Schleswig, working on alchemy, textile dyeing, and natural philosophy. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Mémoires text here:

https://archive.org/details/mmoiresdemonte00karluoft

    Key Themes of Their Conversations

• [b]True Identity and Lineage:[/b] St. Germain told Prince Charles that he was [b]88 years old[/b] upon his arrival in Schleswig and claimed to be the son of [b]Prince Francis II Rákóczi[/b] (Ragoczy), the Prince of Transylvania, and that he had been raised under the care of Gian Gastone de' Medici (the last of the Medicis). He explained his adopted name as a clever play: when his half-brothers became subjects of the Emperor, he called himself Sanctus Germano ("the Holy Brother"). [1, 2]
  
• [b]Practical Science vs. Mysticism:[/b] While popular lore painted St. Germain as an immortal mystic, his daily conversations and work with Prince Charles focused heavily on practical chemistry, metallurgy, gem-stone purification, and industrial dyeing techniques. Prince Charles initially cared little for these inventions, but was gradually won over by St. Germain's deep earnestness and encyclopedic knowledge. [1, 2]
  
• [b]Religious Discussions and Jesus Christ:[/b] Prince Charles, a deeply devoted Christian, wrote about a notable disagreement where St. Germain made remarks about Jesus Christ that pained the Prince. When Charles expressed his hurt, St. Germain reportedly reflected and promised: "Jesus Christ is nothing, but to give you pain is something; I promise you therefore that I will never again speak of him to you." [1]
  
• [b]Deathbed Message:[/b] St. Germain died on [b]February 27, 1784[/b], in Eckernförde while Prince Charles was away in Kassel. Before or during his final illness, he sent a message through the physician Lossau to reassure Charles that he was not opposed to the true Christian religion—though this moment was later mythologized differently by critics and esoteric historians. [1, 2, 3]
  

]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3822 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:23:01 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3822

https://kevilex.com/]]>

https://kevilex.com/]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3821 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 09:20:41 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3821 "Mysterium Hermeticum, vol. 6: The Archidoxis, or Principal Teachings of Paracelsus occupy a central place in the tradition of practical Alchemy. Composed as a working manual for the aspiring spagyrist and hermetic physician, it sets forth the fundamental operations by which the quintessences, arcana, magisteries, and elixirs are drawn from the things of Nature."

https://www.miskatonicbooks.com/product/...hardcover/]]> "Mysterium Hermeticum, vol. 6: The Archidoxis, or Principal Teachings of Paracelsus occupy a central place in the tradition of practical Alchemy. Composed as a working manual for the aspiring spagyrist and hermetic physician, it sets forth the fundamental operations by which the quintessences, arcana, magisteries, and elixirs are drawn from the things of Nature."

https://www.miskatonicbooks.com/product/...hardcover/]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3817 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:30:57 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3817
https://davincimagazine.com/emily-coan-m...al-vessel/]]>
https://davincimagazine.com/emily-coan-m...al-vessel/]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3816 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:25:43 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3816
Trailer and review:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/no...avid-balda]]>
Trailer and review:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/no...avid-balda]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3815 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:22:01 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3815
"Where did alchemy begin? Episode 1 of THE GREAT WORK, a documentary on the history of alchemy, starts in ancient Egypt, the Black Land of Kemet. It covers Alexandria, Mary the Jewess, Zosimos, Hermes Trismegistus and the Emerald Tablet. We visit the workshops of Egyptian metalworkers and dyers. We follow the art to Alexandria in Roman Egypt, where Greek philosophy met the furnace. There we meet the first alchemists whose names survive: Mary the Jewess, whose inventions are still used in laboratories, and Zosimos of Panopolis, who recorded his strange visions of transformation. The episode ends with Hermes Trismegistus, the "Thrice-Great", and the Emerald Tablet: "as above, so below"."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2pPY6_WR9Y]]>
"Where did alchemy begin? Episode 1 of THE GREAT WORK, a documentary on the history of alchemy, starts in ancient Egypt, the Black Land of Kemet. It covers Alexandria, Mary the Jewess, Zosimos, Hermes Trismegistus and the Emerald Tablet. We visit the workshops of Egyptian metalworkers and dyers. We follow the art to Alexandria in Roman Egypt, where Greek philosophy met the furnace. There we meet the first alchemists whose names survive: Mary the Jewess, whose inventions are still used in laboratories, and Zosimos of Panopolis, who recorded his strange visions of transformation. The episode ends with Hermes Trismegistus, the "Thrice-Great", and the Emerald Tablet: "as above, so below"."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2pPY6_WR9Y]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3814 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:18:35 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3814
Another text from the excellent Ancient Library:

https://ancientlibrary.net/anonymous-tha...al-corpus/]]>
Another text from the excellent Ancient Library:

https://ancientlibrary.net/anonymous-tha...al-corpus/]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3813 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:16:15 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3813
https://codexoffaiths.com/en/mysteries/alchemy/]]>
https://codexoffaiths.com/en/mysteries/alchemy/]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3812 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:14:18 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3812 Robert of Chester completed the translation of the first known Arabic alchemical work into Latin, titled Liber de compositione alchemiae, on [b]February 11, 1144[/b].
Key Facts About the Translation

• [b]Latin Title:[/b] Liber de compositione alchemiae (also known as The Book of the Composition of Alchemy or Testamentum Morieni).
  
• [b]Arabic Source / Attribution:[/b] Falsely attributed to the Umayyad prince Khalid ibn Yazid, framed as a dialogue or questions to the monk Morienus (Maryanos).
  
• [b]Completion Date:[/b] February 11, 1144.
  
• [b]Location:[/b] Completed in Spain, where Robert of Chester worked as a scholar and Archdeacon of Pamplona.
  
• [b]Significance:[/b] It marks the official introduction of alchemical literature and science from the Islamic world into medieval Western Europe.
  
• [b]Other Notable Works:[/b] Robert of Chester also translated the Quran (1143) and Al-Khwarizmi’s algebra text (1145).
  

   [b]Both the Latin text and the Arabic original are available online, though they are hosted across different academic and historical repositories.[/b]
Because the text is known by multiple names—including Liber de compositione alchemiae, Testamentum Morieni, and its Arabic title Masāʾil Khālid li-Maryānus al-rāhib—scholarly databases host them under various formats. [1, 2]
Where to Find the Latin Texts Online

• [b]The Arabic-Latin Corpus:[/b] You can access a digital transcription of Robert of Chester's Latin translation (transcribed from Lee Stavenhagen's authoritative 1974 edition) via the Arabic-Latin Corpus (Würzburg). It is fully searchable and downloadable in TEI-XML format. [1]
  
• [b]Historical English Translations:[/b] If you want to read a translated text directly on the web, Adam McLean’s Alchemy Web Site hosts the English rendering of the Book of the Composition of Alchemy based on the Hermetic Research Series. [1]
  
• [b]Early Modern Printed Latin Editions:[/b] The text was printed in Jean-Jacques Manget's famous 1702 compilation Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa (Vol. 1, pp. 509–519). Digitized scans of this physical volume can be found on archives like Google Books or the Internet Archive. [1]
  

Where to Find the Arabic Original Online
For a long time, Western scholars debated whether an Arabic original actually existed, but multiple manuscripts discovered in Istanbul libraries (such as Fatih 3227 and Şehit Ali Pasha 1749) confirmed its authenticity. [1]

• [b]Academic Journals:[/b] Professor Ahmad Y. al-Hassan published the definitive Arabic text alongside an English translation in the journal Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (2004) under the title "The Arabic Original of Liber de compositione alchemiae". It can be accessed online through Cambridge University Press (requires institutional access or purchase). [1, 2]
  
• [b]Open Academic Dissertations:[/b] A massive, open-access comparative study and full edition of the Arabic text (Masā'il Khālid li-Maryānus al-rāhib) alongside two Latin versions was completed by researcher Marion Dapsens (2021) and is freely downloadable via the Université catholique de Louvain Repository. [1]
  

Free PDF Options for the Arabic & Latin Versions

• [b]The Complete Comparative Study & Critique (French/Latin/Arabic):[/b]
  You can download researcher Marion Dapsens' open-access pre-publication studies and critical comparisons of the text (focusing on the shift De la Risālat Maryānus au De Compositione alchemiae) directly on her UCLouvain Academia Page. Her work offers the most modern textual breakdown of the Arabic text alongside both major medieval Latin translations. [1]
  
• [b]Lee Stavenhagen's Authoritative English & Latin Text:[/b]
  The 1974 benchmark edition, A Testament of Alchemy: Being the Revelations of Morienus to Khalid ibn Yazid, features the original Latin text paired side-by-side with its English translation. A full digital copy of this edition is hosted and downloadable on Scribd's Book of Morienus Page. (Note: Free accounts can download or view it via their document viewer). [1, 2]
  

Free Web-Based Alternatives (No Download Required)
If you want immediate access without dealing with file downloads or account registrations, these web versions are excellent:

• [b]For the exact Latin words:[/b] The Arabic-Latin Corpus provides an entirely open, indexed, and paragraph-by-paragraph text layout of the Latin manuscript.
  
• [b]For the full English translation:[/b] You can read the complete narrative dialogue of Morienus and Khalid instantly via The Alchemy Web Site.
  

[1]]]> Robert of Chester completed the translation of the first known Arabic alchemical work into Latin, titled Liber de compositione alchemiae, on [b]February 11, 1144[/b].
Key Facts About the Translation

• [b]Latin Title:[/b] Liber de compositione alchemiae (also known as The Book of the Composition of Alchemy or Testamentum Morieni).
  
• [b]Arabic Source / Attribution:[/b] Falsely attributed to the Umayyad prince Khalid ibn Yazid, framed as a dialogue or questions to the monk Morienus (Maryanos).
  
• [b]Completion Date:[/b] February 11, 1144.
  
• [b]Location:[/b] Completed in Spain, where Robert of Chester worked as a scholar and Archdeacon of Pamplona.
  
• [b]Significance:[/b] It marks the official introduction of alchemical literature and science from the Islamic world into medieval Western Europe.
  
• [b]Other Notable Works:[/b] Robert of Chester also translated the Quran (1143) and Al-Khwarizmi’s algebra text (1145).
  

   [b]Both the Latin text and the Arabic original are available online, though they are hosted across different academic and historical repositories.[/b]
Because the text is known by multiple names—including Liber de compositione alchemiae, Testamentum Morieni, and its Arabic title Masāʾil Khālid li-Maryānus al-rāhib—scholarly databases host them under various formats. [1, 2]
Where to Find the Latin Texts Online

• [b]The Arabic-Latin Corpus:[/b] You can access a digital transcription of Robert of Chester's Latin translation (transcribed from Lee Stavenhagen's authoritative 1974 edition) via the Arabic-Latin Corpus (Würzburg). It is fully searchable and downloadable in TEI-XML format. [1]
  
• [b]Historical English Translations:[/b] If you want to read a translated text directly on the web, Adam McLean’s Alchemy Web Site hosts the English rendering of the Book of the Composition of Alchemy based on the Hermetic Research Series. [1]
  
• [b]Early Modern Printed Latin Editions:[/b] The text was printed in Jean-Jacques Manget's famous 1702 compilation Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa (Vol. 1, pp. 509–519). Digitized scans of this physical volume can be found on archives like Google Books or the Internet Archive. [1]
  

Where to Find the Arabic Original Online
For a long time, Western scholars debated whether an Arabic original actually existed, but multiple manuscripts discovered in Istanbul libraries (such as Fatih 3227 and Şehit Ali Pasha 1749) confirmed its authenticity. [1]

• [b]Academic Journals:[/b] Professor Ahmad Y. al-Hassan published the definitive Arabic text alongside an English translation in the journal Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (2004) under the title "The Arabic Original of Liber de compositione alchemiae". It can be accessed online through Cambridge University Press (requires institutional access or purchase). [1, 2]
  
• [b]Open Academic Dissertations:[/b] A massive, open-access comparative study and full edition of the Arabic text (Masā'il Khālid li-Maryānus al-rāhib) alongside two Latin versions was completed by researcher Marion Dapsens (2021) and is freely downloadable via the Université catholique de Louvain Repository. [1]
  

Free PDF Options for the Arabic & Latin Versions

• [b]The Complete Comparative Study & Critique (French/Latin/Arabic):[/b]
  You can download researcher Marion Dapsens' open-access pre-publication studies and critical comparisons of the text (focusing on the shift De la Risālat Maryānus au De Compositione alchemiae) directly on her UCLouvain Academia Page. Her work offers the most modern textual breakdown of the Arabic text alongside both major medieval Latin translations. [1]
  
• [b]Lee Stavenhagen's Authoritative English & Latin Text:[/b]
  The 1974 benchmark edition, A Testament of Alchemy: Being the Revelations of Morienus to Khalid ibn Yazid, features the original Latin text paired side-by-side with its English translation. A full digital copy of this edition is hosted and downloadable on Scribd's Book of Morienus Page. (Note: Free accounts can download or view it via their document viewer). [1, 2]
  

Free Web-Based Alternatives (No Download Required)
If you want immediate access without dealing with file downloads or account registrations, these web versions are excellent:

• [b]For the exact Latin words:[/b] The Arabic-Latin Corpus provides an entirely open, indexed, and paragraph-by-paragraph text layout of the Latin manuscript.
  
• [b]For the full English translation:[/b] You can read the complete narrative dialogue of Morienus and Khalid instantly via The Alchemy Web Site.
  

[1]]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3811 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:04:21 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3811
https://ancientlibrary.net/anonymous-wha...al-corpus/

The Ancient Library is a complete parsing reader for the classical canon. Click any word in any text for its lemma, morphology, and full dictionary entry — Lewis & Short for Latin, Liddell-Scott-Jones for Greek. 

https://ancientlibrary.net/]]>
https://ancientlibrary.net/anonymous-wha...al-corpus/

The Ancient Library is a complete parsing reader for the classical canon. Click any word in any text for its lemma, morphology, and full dictionary entry — Lewis & Short for Latin, Liddell-Scott-Jones for Greek. 

https://ancientlibrary.net/]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3810 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:56:36 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3810
English summary here:
https://dobrepanstwo.org/szkatulka-koszt...ii?lang=en

Polish full-text here:
https://dobrepanstwo.org/pdf/od-alchemii...ja-materii

Translation support here:
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator]]>
English summary here:
https://dobrepanstwo.org/szkatulka-koszt...ii?lang=en

Polish full-text here:
https://dobrepanstwo.org/pdf/od-alchemii...ja-materii

Translation support here:
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3809 Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:39:26 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3809
https://www.amazon.com/Embodying-Osiris-...0835608808]]>
https://www.amazon.com/Embodying-Osiris-...0835608808]]>