https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:48:12 +0000 MyBB https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3180 Sat, 02 May 2026 11:01:49 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3180
The quest revolves around finding accessible resources, whether introductory or advanced, to explore foundational concepts in alchemy. Users are sharing their picks, highlighting various sources."


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The quest revolves around finding accessible resources, whether introductory or advanced, to explore foundational concepts in alchemy. Users are sharing their picks, highlighting various sources."


https://mysterylores.com/news/best-pdfs-...favorites/]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3095 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:16:09 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3095
"I am working on EP that is inspired by the alchemical process of transformation through 4 stages, nigredo, albedo, citrinitas and rubedo. I have some archetypal imagery on my mind already of what I want but I’d rather work with human than with AI. That is why I am posting here. If you are interested in the topic of alchemical tranformation/psychological growth and have the know how to create somewhat complex animation, then contact me and we’ll see if we can work together."

https://blenderartists.org/t/looking-for...th/1636109]]>
"I am working on EP that is inspired by the alchemical process of transformation through 4 stages, nigredo, albedo, citrinitas and rubedo. I have some archetypal imagery on my mind already of what I want but I’d rather work with human than with AI. That is why I am posting here. If you are interested in the topic of alchemical tranformation/psychological growth and have the know how to create somewhat complex animation, then contact me and we’ll see if we can work together."

https://blenderartists.org/t/looking-for...th/1636109]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=546 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:25:51 +0100 Adam McLean]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=546 I searched Google images and Tineye and neither could locate the source.


  Musique de Nicolas Flamel.JPG (Size: 111.29 KB / Downloads: 1853) ]]> I searched Google images and Tineye and neither could locate the source.


  Musique de Nicolas Flamel.JPG (Size: 111.29 KB / Downloads: 1853) ]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=540 Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:16:26 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=540 De artificio supernaturali'?]]> De artificio supernaturali'?]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=124 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:40:09 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=124
The link from ‘alchemy books’ to Amazon on your website seems to be broken.]]>
The link from ‘alchemy books’ to Amazon on your website seems to be broken.]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=120 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:16:44 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=120 https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=107 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:55:17 +0000 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=107
What are the formulas for the Astral, Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral stones? What is the formula for Magic fire?

I have sent him some source books. Can anyone provide concise answers? He's looking for chemical recipes, not definitions.

TIA]]>
What are the formulas for the Astral, Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral stones? What is the formula for Magic fire?

I have sent him some source books. Can anyone provide concise answers? He's looking for chemical recipes, not definitions.

TIA]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=87 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:47:32 +0000 Adam McLean]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=87 'Graduated glass' does not make sense in the context.


It appears in Meyrink's Der seltsame gast

Der Fremde entgegnete Reußing: "Sie mögen vielleicht später einmal von besonderem Glück sprechen, dass Ihnen zu dieser Stunde dies Büchslein in der Hand gelegen hat. Es enthält ein Gradierglas, mit dem ich den einen und anderen Versuch angestellt habe. Doch ist mir zu ausführlichem Experimentieren, wie Sie bemerken, der Ort hier nicht geschickt. Nun haben Sie ja ein wohl eingerichtetes Laboratorium in der Apotheke und Sie können mir die Gefälligkeit erweisen, dies Pulver zu prüfen, das sie hier in dem Büchslein sehen."

It thus seems to be a description of the classic red stone of projection. This is sometimes presented as a glassy substance.

But how does Gradierglaß relate to this?

Sadly, I have not found an English translation of Meyrink's Der seltsame gast, though it may be included in some volumes of his short stories.]]> 'Graduated glass' does not make sense in the context.


It appears in Meyrink's Der seltsame gast

Der Fremde entgegnete Reußing: "Sie mögen vielleicht später einmal von besonderem Glück sprechen, dass Ihnen zu dieser Stunde dies Büchslein in der Hand gelegen hat. Es enthält ein Gradierglas, mit dem ich den einen und anderen Versuch angestellt habe. Doch ist mir zu ausführlichem Experimentieren, wie Sie bemerken, der Ort hier nicht geschickt. Nun haben Sie ja ein wohl eingerichtetes Laboratorium in der Apotheke und Sie können mir die Gefälligkeit erweisen, dies Pulver zu prüfen, das sie hier in dem Büchslein sehen."

It thus seems to be a description of the classic red stone of projection. This is sometimes presented as a glassy substance.

But how does Gradierglaß relate to this?

Sadly, I have not found an English translation of Meyrink's Der seltsame gast, though it may be included in some volumes of his short stories.]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=76 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 23:06:57 +0000 Carl Lavoie]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=76 I'll put here this borderline off topic post.

   I came upon this in an art store today, an oil paint colour labeled 'Caput Mortuum', and was thinking, Adam, that it could be a decent side hustle for you to act as a consultant for an (established? emerging?) pigment/art supply company in creating an 'alchemical' line of colours, the Thrice-Great, or Peacock's Tail series, say. I say that in jest, but I almost bought the colour today on name alone.

   One could come up with a few dozen evocative names, I’m sure, just from Ashmole's Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Just around the treatises of Ripley are mentions of the 'Blackest Black' as being like a "Cimmerian utter Darkness of compleat Rottenness", which, admittedly, sounds less like an oil paint colour than a black metal concept album; but Lyon Green, Terra Foliata, Toad fully Ruddy, Crow's bill Blue as lead ('Crowys byll bloe as lede'), etc., that could hold unto a small tube label. 

   And it would be very poetic to walk into a studio (or watch a YouTube video) and hear the artist explain: "How did I made the colour on that section? Easy, you just mix two parts of White Eagles with one part of Splendor Solis."

  C626224B-37C4-4640-9954-7F5DD791B288.jpeg (Size: 117.97 KB / Downloads: 1443) ]]> I'll put here this borderline off topic post.

   I came upon this in an art store today, an oil paint colour labeled 'Caput Mortuum', and was thinking, Adam, that it could be a decent side hustle for you to act as a consultant for an (established? emerging?) pigment/art supply company in creating an 'alchemical' line of colours, the Thrice-Great, or Peacock's Tail series, say. I say that in jest, but I almost bought the colour today on name alone.

   One could come up with a few dozen evocative names, I’m sure, just from Ashmole's Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum. Just around the treatises of Ripley are mentions of the 'Blackest Black' as being like a "Cimmerian utter Darkness of compleat Rottenness", which, admittedly, sounds less like an oil paint colour than a black metal concept album; but Lyon Green, Terra Foliata, Toad fully Ruddy, Crow's bill Blue as lead ('Crowys byll bloe as lede'), etc., that could hold unto a small tube label. 

   And it would be very poetic to walk into a studio (or watch a YouTube video) and hear the artist explain: "How did I made the colour on that section? Easy, you just mix two parts of White Eagles with one part of Splendor Solis."

  C626224B-37C4-4640-9954-7F5DD791B288.jpeg (Size: 117.97 KB / Downloads: 1443) ]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=41 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:41:26 +0000 Adam McLean]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=41 I'm not entirely sure I grasp the final line.


Der Athem Gottes ists, der Luest und Leben giebt.
Der Sonn-  un Mondenschein, ein jeder Weiser Liebt,
Das wesen so daraus, mit weyl, der Weise machet,
Hat Adam schon gewust, als Eva ihn anlachet.



It is the breath of God that gives life and happiness.
Every wise man loves the sun and moonlight,
The wise man makes of it the essence,
Adam already knew, when Eve looked upon him.




  Chemical moonshine.jpg (Size: 243.21 KB / Downloads: 1578) ]]> I'm not entirely sure I grasp the final line.


Der Athem Gottes ists, der Luest und Leben giebt.
Der Sonn-  un Mondenschein, ein jeder Weiser Liebt,
Das wesen so daraus, mit weyl, der Weise machet,
Hat Adam schon gewust, als Eva ihn anlachet.



It is the breath of God that gives life and happiness.
Every wise man loves the sun and moonlight,
The wise man makes of it the essence,
Adam already knew, when Eve looked upon him.




  Chemical moonshine.jpg (Size: 243.21 KB / Downloads: 1578) ]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=9 Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:16:21 +0000 Carl Lavoie]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=9 A fortuitous find in a rather shabby quarto of British antiquities, in the middle of the section dealing with heraldry, there was this curious ink drawing in a naive but very hermetic style: a cartouche representing Perseus delivering Andromeda, and another in which Diana at the bath, in the light of the moon's rays, changes Actaeon into a stag. Most intriguing are the epigrams and mottos that frame them: they are written backwards. Was the drawing a model for an engraver (the engraving, detached from the copper plate, would show the text right side up)? 

Anyone can read this? Someone pointed that the crabbed handwriting was either Old Dutch or possibly Flemish. I paste them below inverted, that is, with the text now legible.

  120C1C9F-6BCC-42E2-87A9-3FF46CEC6696.jpeg (Size: 310.13 KB / Downloads: 1579)

  B4D89358-4D28-4CD6-95BE-361D865DD3F0.jpeg (Size: 309.27 KB / Downloads: 1638) ]]> A fortuitous find in a rather shabby quarto of British antiquities, in the middle of the section dealing with heraldry, there was this curious ink drawing in a naive but very hermetic style: a cartouche representing Perseus delivering Andromeda, and another in which Diana at the bath, in the light of the moon's rays, changes Actaeon into a stag. Most intriguing are the epigrams and mottos that frame them: they are written backwards. Was the drawing a model for an engraver (the engraving, detached from the copper plate, would show the text right side up)? 

Anyone can read this? Someone pointed that the crabbed handwriting was either Old Dutch or possibly Flemish. I paste them below inverted, that is, with the text now legible.

  120C1C9F-6BCC-42E2-87A9-3FF46CEC6696.jpeg (Size: 310.13 KB / Downloads: 1579)

  B4D89358-4D28-4CD6-95BE-361D865DD3F0.jpeg (Size: 309.27 KB / Downloads: 1638) ]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:23:51 +0000 Adam McLean]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=5
from  Abraham of Franckenberg, Raphael oder Artzt-engel, 1676.


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from  Abraham of Franckenberg, Raphael oder Artzt-engel, 1676.


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