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			<title><![CDATA[Artist: Gali Izmailova]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3108</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:02:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA["Gali Izmailova is a contemporary artist working at the intersection of symbolism, psychological realism, and social satire.<br />
Her practice explores themes of moral degradation, collective illusion, violence, repression, and self-deception. Through allegory, grotesque imagery, and theatrical staging, she creates visual narratives about the modern human condition — its fears, dependencies, and voluntary blindness.<br />
Her works are built upon contrasts: celebration and decay, beauty and distortion, stage and backstage, simulation and reality."<br />
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<a href="https://galyanomaly.tilda.ws/worlds" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://galyanomaly.tilda.ws/worlds</a><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA["Gali Izmailova is a contemporary artist working at the intersection of symbolism, psychological realism, and social satire.<br />
Her practice explores themes of moral degradation, collective illusion, violence, repression, and self-deception. Through allegory, grotesque imagery, and theatrical staging, she creates visual narratives about the modern human condition — its fears, dependencies, and voluntary blindness.<br />
Her works are built upon contrasts: celebration and decay, beauty and distortion, stage and backstage, simulation and reality."<br />
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<a href="https://galyanomaly.tilda.ws/worlds" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://galyanomaly.tilda.ws/worlds</a><br />
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			<title><![CDATA[1651 Alchemy Symbol Translator]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3103</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:31:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[How It Works<br />
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    Paste any passage containing 1651-style alchemical glyphs.<br />
    The translator swaps each glyph with its 21st-century equivalent while keeping the original order and punctuation.<br />
    You receive clean, readable text ready for study, citation, or casual curiosity.<br />
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<a href="https://xlatorhub.com/translator-tool/1651-alchemy-symbol-translator/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://xlatorhub.com/translator-tool/16...ranslator/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[How It Works<br />
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    Paste any passage containing 1651-style alchemical glyphs.<br />
    The translator swaps each glyph with its 21st-century equivalent while keeping the original order and punctuation.<br />
    You receive clean, readable text ready for study, citation, or casual curiosity.<br />
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<a href="https://xlatorhub.com/translator-tool/1651-alchemy-symbol-translator/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://xlatorhub.com/translator-tool/16...ranslator/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alchemy Vector Images]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3101</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:21:45 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[24,928 royalty free vector graphics and clipart matching <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Alchemy</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/alchemy" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/alchemy</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[24,928 royalty free vector graphics and clipart matching <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Alchemy</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/alchemy" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/alchemy</a></span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Artist: Carlos Vega]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3096</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:50:16 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA["For New York City and Granada–based artist Carlos Vega, the exhibition “Anima Mundi” (running now through April 18 at 513 W 20th Street) is a demonstration of the alchemical power of lead. Not, however, as a revelation in its mythic reputation to transmute into gold, but as a canvas for storytelling beyond its materiality. Within his large-scale lead works—which are accented with gemstones, postage stamps, Renaissance frames, and other ephemera—Vega conjures soulful scenes that bind the past, present, and future. Ultimately, Vega’s works connect spirituality, nature, and humanity through enchanting symbolism with philosophical punctuation."<br />
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<a href="https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/carlos-vega-anima-mundi-jack-shainman-gallery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/carl...n-gallery/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["For New York City and Granada–based artist Carlos Vega, the exhibition “Anima Mundi” (running now through April 18 at 513 W 20th Street) is a demonstration of the alchemical power of lead. Not, however, as a revelation in its mythic reputation to transmute into gold, but as a canvas for storytelling beyond its materiality. Within his large-scale lead works—which are accented with gemstones, postage stamps, Renaissance frames, and other ephemera—Vega conjures soulful scenes that bind the past, present, and future. Ultimately, Vega’s works connect spirituality, nature, and humanity through enchanting symbolism with philosophical punctuation."<br />
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<a href="https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/carlos-vega-anima-mundi-jack-shainman-gallery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/carl...n-gallery/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alchemical engravings on Pinterest]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3086</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:41:14 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA["Discover Pinterest’s best ideas and inspiration for Alchemical engravings. Be inspired and try out new things."<br />
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/alchemical-engravings/905875779859/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/alchemic...875779859/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["Discover Pinterest’s best ideas and inspiration for Alchemical engravings. Be inspired and try out new things."<br />
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/alchemical-engravings/905875779859/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.pinterest.com/ideas/alchemic...875779859/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[An alchemist at a furnace with a large 'receiver' - 1658]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3085</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:36:02 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA["An alchemist at a furnace with a large 'receiver', with diagrams of alchemical apparatus. Woodcut, 1658. Created 1658. Alchemy. Furnaces. Fire. Alchemists. Science – Experiments. Contributors: Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604–1670)."<br />
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<a href="https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/YW025560V/An-alchemist-at-a-furnace-with-a-large-receiver-with-diagrams-of-alchemical-apparatus" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-ima...-apparatus</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["An alchemist at a furnace with a large 'receiver', with diagrams of alchemical apparatus. Woodcut, 1658. Created 1658. Alchemy. Furnaces. Fire. Alchemists. Science – Experiments. Contributors: Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604–1670)."<br />
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<a href="https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/YW025560V/An-alchemist-at-a-furnace-with-a-large-receiver-with-diagrams-of-alchemical-apparatus" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.lookandlearn.com/history-ima...-apparatus</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zodiac archetypes as somatic & alchemical architectures]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3082</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:25:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA["A study of the 12 zodiac archetypes as somatic and alchemical architectures - patterns that exist fractally within the body and across all life. Each piece studies one sign as somatic and alchemical architecture - a pattern that lives in the body, moves through the nervous system, and expresses itself differently across time, context, and relationship."<br />
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<a href="https://www.alysshz.com/body12?fbclid=IwY2xjawQ532BleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBtOW1sWGR5SnNQSHJvNzRZc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhP24v6gXlnaZ4xKTWxWDJBiUPBgjE0V3oLJewpH22OAG7s-bOBqeUNYihsY_aem_5ctbEmDaiw92EbLDnUtiuQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.alysshz.com/body12?fbclid=Iw...EbLDnUtiuQ</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/100006212535197/photos/d41d8cd9/4186176051599438/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.facebook.com/100006212535197...051599438/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["A study of the 12 zodiac archetypes as somatic and alchemical architectures - patterns that exist fractally within the body and across all life. Each piece studies one sign as somatic and alchemical architecture - a pattern that lives in the body, moves through the nervous system, and expresses itself differently across time, context, and relationship."<br />
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<a href="https://www.alysshz.com/body12?fbclid=IwY2xjawQ532BleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBtOW1sWGR5SnNQSHJvNzRZc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhP24v6gXlnaZ4xKTWxWDJBiUPBgjE0V3oLJewpH22OAG7s-bOBqeUNYihsY_aem_5ctbEmDaiw92EbLDnUtiuQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.alysshz.com/body12?fbclid=Iw...EbLDnUtiuQ</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/100006212535197/photos/d41d8cd9/4186176051599438/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.facebook.com/100006212535197...051599438/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alchemical symbolism in Victorian fairy tales]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3072</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:47:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emilia Wieliczko-Paprota<br />
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"This article demonstrates the importance of alchemical symbolism in Victorian fairy tales. Contrary <br />
to Jungian analysts who conceived alchemy as forgotten knowledge, this study shows the vivid tra- <br />
dition of alchemical symbolism in Victorian literature."<br />
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<a href="https://www.academia.edu/148395773/Alchemical_Journey_into_the_Divine_in_Victorian_Fairy_Tales?rhid=38854133222&amp;swp=rr-rw-wc-24219848&amp;nav_from=1081f311-a9e6-4620-9056-ebed33782571" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/148395773/Alche...ed33782571</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Emilia Wieliczko-Paprota<br />
<br />
"This article demonstrates the importance of alchemical symbolism in Victorian fairy tales. Contrary <br />
to Jungian analysts who conceived alchemy as forgotten knowledge, this study shows the vivid tra- <br />
dition of alchemical symbolism in Victorian literature."<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.academia.edu/148395773/Alchemical_Journey_into_the_Divine_in_Victorian_Fairy_Tales?rhid=38854133222&amp;swp=rr-rw-wc-24219848&amp;nav_from=1081f311-a9e6-4620-9056-ebed33782571" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/148395773/Alche...ed33782571</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alchemy Symbols: Complete Guide]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3068</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA["Alchemy symbols form a complete visual language: four element triangles (fire, water, air, earth), seven planetary metal glyphs (gold/Sun, silver/Moon, mercury, copper, iron, tin, lead), three Paracelsian primes (sulfur, mercury, salt), and composite symbols like the ouroboros and squared circle for the philosopher's stone."<br />
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Thalira Research Team<br />
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<a href="https://thalira.com/blogs/quantum-codex/alchemy-symbols" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://thalira.com/blogs/quantum-codex/alchemy-symbols</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["Alchemy symbols form a complete visual language: four element triangles (fire, water, air, earth), seven planetary metal glyphs (gold/Sun, silver/Moon, mercury, copper, iron, tin, lead), three Paracelsian primes (sulfur, mercury, salt), and composite symbols like the ouroboros and squared circle for the philosopher's stone."<br />
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Thalira Research Team<br />
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<a href="https://thalira.com/blogs/quantum-codex/alchemy-symbols" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://thalira.com/blogs/quantum-codex/alchemy-symbols</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Phoenix Rising (Jungian)]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3062</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Phoenix Rising: A Comparative Study of the Phoenix Symbol as a Goal of the Alchemical Work and the Individuation Process<br />
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By Kiley Laughlin<br />
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"Michael Maier’s peregrination is reminiscent of Jung’s individuation process, which in his seminal work Symbols of the Golden Table of the Twelve Nations leads the former through the four continents of the world in search of the phoenix. The continents psychologically correspond to one of the four function of consciousness: Europe (sensation), America (feeling), Asia (thinking), and Africa (intuition). Each leg of his journey takes him through a function of consciousness until he arrives at his inferior function (i.e., Africa) where he encounters the Erythraean Sybil. Sybil is an anima figure who tells Maier where he should search for Mercury who knows the whereabouts of the phoenix. Jung viewed transitioning from three to four as the central problem of the story. Beyond Jung’s initial investigation and Edinger’s supplementary commentary, scholarly study of the literary work is limited. The paper aims at further exploring the phoenix as a symbol of transformation through the lens of Maier’s allegory and Jung’s alchemical studies. By comparing Jung’s individuation process and Maier’s figurative peregrination, the paper also aspires to show the value that alchemical symbolism still has for contemporary culture and provide new perspectives on the phoenix as a symbol of renewal for Jung’s time and our own."<br />
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<a href="https://www.academia.edu/37022302/Phoenix_Rising_A_Comparative_Study_of_the_Phoenix_Symbol_as_a_Goal_of_the_Alchemical_Work_and_the_Individuation_Process" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/37022302/Phoeni...on_Process</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Phoenix Rising: A Comparative Study of the Phoenix Symbol as a Goal of the Alchemical Work and the Individuation Process<br />
<br />
By Kiley Laughlin<br />
<br />
"Michael Maier’s peregrination is reminiscent of Jung’s individuation process, which in his seminal work Symbols of the Golden Table of the Twelve Nations leads the former through the four continents of the world in search of the phoenix. The continents psychologically correspond to one of the four function of consciousness: Europe (sensation), America (feeling), Asia (thinking), and Africa (intuition). Each leg of his journey takes him through a function of consciousness until he arrives at his inferior function (i.e., Africa) where he encounters the Erythraean Sybil. Sybil is an anima figure who tells Maier where he should search for Mercury who knows the whereabouts of the phoenix. Jung viewed transitioning from three to four as the central problem of the story. Beyond Jung’s initial investigation and Edinger’s supplementary commentary, scholarly study of the literary work is limited. The paper aims at further exploring the phoenix as a symbol of transformation through the lens of Maier’s allegory and Jung’s alchemical studies. By comparing Jung’s individuation process and Maier’s figurative peregrination, the paper also aspires to show the value that alchemical symbolism still has for contemporary culture and provide new perspectives on the phoenix as a symbol of renewal for Jung’s time and our own."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.academia.edu/37022302/Phoenix_Rising_A_Comparative_Study_of_the_Phoenix_Symbol_as_a_Goal_of_the_Alchemical_Work_and_the_Individuation_Process" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/37022302/Phoeni...on_Process</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Artist: Ryan Peter French]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3056</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA["My painting Alchemical Body (Solve et Coagula) + custom made frame<br />
<br />
The break in the frame performs the alchemical principle of solve et coagula.. structure dissolving and reforming.<br />
<br />
The painting itself contains layers of symbolism drawn from alchemy and classical imagery.<br />
<br />
A highly finished oil painting, built through slow Renaissance techniques and extended into space through the frame."<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DV1F0nVAjZ8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.instagram.com/p/DV1F0nVAjZ8/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["My painting Alchemical Body (Solve et Coagula) + custom made frame<br />
<br />
The break in the frame performs the alchemical principle of solve et coagula.. structure dissolving and reforming.<br />
<br />
The painting itself contains layers of symbolism drawn from alchemy and classical imagery.<br />
<br />
A highly finished oil painting, built through slow Renaissance techniques and extended into space through the frame."<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DV1F0nVAjZ8/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.instagram.com/p/DV1F0nVAjZ8/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[YouTube: Arthurian Legend and the Alchemical Rubedo]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3054</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Allison Adams and Matthew Ashdown.<br />
<br />
"My guest Matthew is joining me from Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia, though he spent much of his life growing up in Great Britain — a landscape rich with the tradition of Arthurian legend and Tolkien’s magical worlds — and as you’ll hear, those stories have left a lasting impression on the way he thinks and works. I know Matthew through our shared work in the Gene Keys and the Dream Arc systems, and while we’ve had a number of conversations over the years, this is actually the first time the two of us have sat down together to record one. Today we’re exploring myth, storytelling, and spiritual symbolism — touching on themes like the Phoenix, the alchemical rubedo stage, and the Grail myths — and what these stories reveal about transformation, both personal and collective."<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-0mfl1Nohc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-0mfl1Nohc</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Allison Adams and Matthew Ashdown.<br />
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"My guest Matthew is joining me from Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia, though he spent much of his life growing up in Great Britain — a landscape rich with the tradition of Arthurian legend and Tolkien’s magical worlds — and as you’ll hear, those stories have left a lasting impression on the way he thinks and works. I know Matthew through our shared work in the Gene Keys and the Dream Arc systems, and while we’ve had a number of conversations over the years, this is actually the first time the two of us have sat down together to record one. Today we’re exploring myth, storytelling, and spiritual symbolism — touching on themes like the Phoenix, the alchemical rubedo stage, and the Grail myths — and what these stories reveal about transformation, both personal and collective."<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-0mfl1Nohc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-0mfl1Nohc</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alchemical Symboilism in George MacDonald’s 'Phantastes']]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3026</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Shadow of Anodos: Alchemical Symbolism in Phantastes<br />
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By Aren Roukema<br />
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"Many critics of 'Phantastes', George MacDonald’s seminal work of fantasy, have seen the novel as primarily symbolic, with little to no central narrative structure. However, an analysis of previously unidentified alchemical symbolism makes it clear that the novel has a cohesive narrative based on the alchemical journey of Anodos, the central character, toward spiritual unification with the immanent God. This paper places MacDonald's use of alchemical symbolism in the historical context of medieval and early modern alchemy in order to illustrate the nature and purpose of the novel's alchemical structure."<br />
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<a href="https://www.academia.edu/2613838/The_Shadow_of_Anodos_Alchemical_Symbolism_in_Phantastes" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/2613838/The_Sha...Phantastes</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Shadow of Anodos: Alchemical Symbolism in Phantastes<br />
<br />
By Aren Roukema<br />
<br />
"Many critics of 'Phantastes', George MacDonald’s seminal work of fantasy, have seen the novel as primarily symbolic, with little to no central narrative structure. However, an analysis of previously unidentified alchemical symbolism makes it clear that the novel has a cohesive narrative based on the alchemical journey of Anodos, the central character, toward spiritual unification with the immanent God. This paper places MacDonald's use of alchemical symbolism in the historical context of medieval and early modern alchemy in order to illustrate the nature and purpose of the novel's alchemical structure."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.academia.edu/2613838/The_Shadow_of_Anodos_Alchemical_Symbolism_in_Phantastes" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/2613838/The_Sha...Phantastes</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Pseudo-Lullian Diagrams]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3024</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Charissime Fili: The Transmission of Alchemical Science from the Manuscript to the Press: the Pseudo-Lullian Diagrams<br />
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by Fabio Spadini<br />
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2018, MHNH <br />
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"The massive presence of alchemical diagrams in the Testamentum of Pseudo Ramon Llull makes it possible to analyse in a pertinent way the development of a diagrammatic thought aimed at the teaching of alchemical science. The analysis of the key figures of a manuscript kept at the Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana in St Gall allows not only to understand the general functioning of the alchemical figures, but also to underline the methodological changes due to the passage from the manuscript to the printed book."<br />
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<a href="https://www.academia.edu/43084422/Charissime_Fili_The_Transmission_of_Alchemical_Science_from_the_Manuscript_to_the_Press_the_Pseudo_Lullian_Diagrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/43084422/Charis...n_Diagrams</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Charissime Fili: The Transmission of Alchemical Science from the Manuscript to the Press: the Pseudo-Lullian Diagrams<br />
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by Fabio Spadini<br />
<br />
2018, MHNH <br />
<br />
<br />
"The massive presence of alchemical diagrams in the Testamentum of Pseudo Ramon Llull makes it possible to analyse in a pertinent way the development of a diagrammatic thought aimed at the teaching of alchemical science. The analysis of the key figures of a manuscript kept at the Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana in St Gall allows not only to understand the general functioning of the alchemical figures, but also to underline the methodological changes due to the passage from the manuscript to the printed book."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.academia.edu/43084422/Charissime_Fili_The_Transmission_of_Alchemical_Science_from_the_Manuscript_to_the_Press_the_Pseudo_Lullian_Diagrams" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/43084422/Charis...n_Diagrams</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Symbols of Alchemxy]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3021</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/member.php?action=profile&uid=2">Paul Ferguson</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Symbols of Alchemy, by S. Foster Damon<br />
<br />
Edited by Robert L Hutwoh<br />
<br />
From the 1922 The Occult Review<br />
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"Alchemists used complex symbolism to conceal their true subject of experimentation: materialization. Their writings, filled with poetic and contradictory terms, described the process of creating a human being, using the mage and medium as active and passive elements. The mage, symbolized by the sun and associated with power, used “Philosopher’s Fire” to mesmerize the medium, represented by the moon. The text explores the alchemical process of creating the “Stone,” a substance believed to grant immortality and transmutation. This process, often symbolized as a marriage between Sol (Sun) and Luna (Moon), involves the production of ectoplasm, a fluid-like substance. The text delves into the various symbols and stages of the alchemical process, highlighting the importance of a tightly sealed “Cabinet” and the role of assistants."<br />
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<a href="https://www.academia.edu/164619651/The_Symbols_of_Alchemy_by_S_Foster_Damon" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/164619651/The_S...ster_Damon</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Symbols of Alchemy, by S. Foster Damon<br />
<br />
Edited by Robert L Hutwoh<br />
<br />
From the 1922 The Occult Review<br />
<br />
"Alchemists used complex symbolism to conceal their true subject of experimentation: materialization. Their writings, filled with poetic and contradictory terms, described the process of creating a human being, using the mage and medium as active and passive elements. The mage, symbolized by the sun and associated with power, used “Philosopher’s Fire” to mesmerize the medium, represented by the moon. The text explores the alchemical process of creating the “Stone,” a substance believed to grant immortality and transmutation. This process, often symbolized as a marriage between Sol (Sun) and Luna (Moon), involves the production of ectoplasm, a fluid-like substance. The text delves into the various symbols and stages of the alchemical process, highlighting the importance of a tightly sealed “Cabinet” and the role of assistants."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.academia.edu/164619651/The_Symbols_of_Alchemy_by_S_Foster_Damon" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/164619651/The_S...ster_Damon</a>]]></content:encoded>
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