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https://misryoum.com/the-art-of-splendor...f-them-all]]>
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Gorini González, Diego

"This article explores the Codicillus, a pivotal yet understudied text within the pseudo-Lullian alchemical corpus, dating back to the mid-fourteenth century. The aim is to present the conceptual development of the alchemical doctrine contained in the work by elucidating its key logical and mnemonic devices. These include the three alchemical principles (material, demonstrative and operative), the division of the opus in four stages, the so-called ‘science of middles and extremes’, and an alphabetical wheel of the elements. Through this analysis, the Codicillus emerges as a remarkable instance of operational rationality in medieval experimental science, as well as an early application of the ‘Art of Memory’ to alchemy."

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20...854/180895]]>
Gorini González, Diego

"This article explores the Codicillus, a pivotal yet understudied text within the pseudo-Lullian alchemical corpus, dating back to the mid-fourteenth century. The aim is to present the conceptual development of the alchemical doctrine contained in the work by elucidating its key logical and mnemonic devices. These include the three alchemical principles (material, demonstrative and operative), the division of the opus in four stages, the so-called ‘science of middles and extremes’, and an alphabetical wheel of the elements. Through this analysis, the Codicillus emerges as a remarkable instance of operational rationality in medieval experimental science, as well as an early application of the ‘Art of Memory’ to alchemy."

https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20...854/180895]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3497 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:00:21 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3497
(*) The manicule, ☞, is a typographical mark with the appearance of a hand with its index finger extended in a pointing gesture.

https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-spec...l-writings]]>
(*) The manicule, ☞, is a typographical mark with the appearance of a hand with its index finger extended in a pointing gesture.

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The title translates to: **"The Theoretical Brothers, or Second Degree of the Rosicrucians and Their Instruction."**

 Origin & Context:

First published anonymously in 1785 (attributed to Graf von Löhrbach), the text was a classic 18th-century "expose". The publisher claimed to have obtained the internal manuscripts by accident, releasing them to the public to unveil the secret teachings of the **Order of the Gold- und Rosenkreuz** (Golden and Rosy Cross), an influential Rosicrucian-Masonic offshoot active during the German Counter-Enlightenment.

What the Book Contains:

The book leaks the operational material and instructional curriculum for the 2nd Degree (*Theoricus*) of the 9-grade Rosicrucian system—a structure that was later adapted by modern esoteric groups such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

1. **Rituals and Ceremonies**
* Detailed descriptions of the initiation ceremonies, floor plans, and symbolic carpets (*Tapis*) used for the degree of *Theoricus*.
* The catechism and dialogue exchanged between the lodge officers and the initiate.

2. **Theoretical Curriculum (Natural Philosophy)**
* **Cosmology & Creation:** Lectures explaining the origins of the universe, light, dark, and divine emanations.
* **Element & Planetary Theory:** Instruction on Paracelsian natural philosophy, linking the seven planets to specific metals, body systems, and diseases.
* **Pansophy:** Synthesizing Lutheran theology with Hermeticism, Kabbalah, and sacred geometry.

3. **Practical Alchemy (The Appendix)**
* An appendix containing laboratory instructions from the 3rd (*Practicus*) and 5th (*Philosophus*) degrees.
* Step-by-step chemical and spagyric processes for manipulating minerals, sulfur, and mercury in an attempt to work toward the *Magnum Opus* (the Philosopher's Stone).



(Gemini AI)

Text here:
https://archive.org/details/10434758bsb
https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin....N856608394&PHYSID=PHYS_0205


Amazon link to McIntosh book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Rose-Cross-Reason...1438435606]]>
The title translates to: **"The Theoretical Brothers, or Second Degree of the Rosicrucians and Their Instruction."**

 Origin & Context:

First published anonymously in 1785 (attributed to Graf von Löhrbach), the text was a classic 18th-century "expose". The publisher claimed to have obtained the internal manuscripts by accident, releasing them to the public to unveil the secret teachings of the **Order of the Gold- und Rosenkreuz** (Golden and Rosy Cross), an influential Rosicrucian-Masonic offshoot active during the German Counter-Enlightenment.

What the Book Contains:

The book leaks the operational material and instructional curriculum for the 2nd Degree (*Theoricus*) of the 9-grade Rosicrucian system—a structure that was later adapted by modern esoteric groups such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

1. **Rituals and Ceremonies**
* Detailed descriptions of the initiation ceremonies, floor plans, and symbolic carpets (*Tapis*) used for the degree of *Theoricus*.
* The catechism and dialogue exchanged between the lodge officers and the initiate.

2. **Theoretical Curriculum (Natural Philosophy)**
* **Cosmology & Creation:** Lectures explaining the origins of the universe, light, dark, and divine emanations.
* **Element & Planetary Theory:** Instruction on Paracelsian natural philosophy, linking the seven planets to specific metals, body systems, and diseases.
* **Pansophy:** Synthesizing Lutheran theology with Hermeticism, Kabbalah, and sacred geometry.

3. **Practical Alchemy (The Appendix)**
* An appendix containing laboratory instructions from the 3rd (*Practicus*) and 5th (*Philosophus*) degrees.
* Step-by-step chemical and spagyric processes for manipulating minerals, sulfur, and mercury in an attempt to work toward the *Magnum Opus* (the Philosopher's Stone).



(Gemini AI)

Text here:
https://archive.org/details/10434758bsb
https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin....N856608394&PHYSID=PHYS_0205


Amazon link to McIntosh book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Rose-Cross-Reason...1438435606]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3490 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:48:00 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3490
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ3BnraatFY]]>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ3BnraatFY]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3478 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:23:25 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3478
First published in Frankfurt am Main in 1667 (with later editions in Vienna in 1746 and 1773, among others), the work summarizes practical laboratory instructions, symbolic representations and alchemical philosophy of the early modern period.

Major works & treatises included

1. **From the hand of the philosophers** (*Manus philosophorum cum signaturis*)
A symbolic and practical guide with alchemical symbols and tool illustrations.
2. **Opus Saturni**
Focuses on lead (*Saturn*) and its transmutation as well as the production of alchemical preparations from it.
3. **Opera Vegetabilia**
Describes processes using plant substances and wine to produce the so-called *Lapis vegetabilis*.
4. **Opus Minerale** (*Mineral-Werck*)
Contains detailed instructions and engravings/woodcuts of smelting furnaces, distilling devices and recipes (including for the production of artificial gemstones).
5. **Attachment of a Fragment from the Cabala**
Combines hermetic-alchemical ideas with kabbalistic number and symbol theory.
6. **Tractatus de Lapide Philosophico**
A treatise on the nature and manufacture of the *Philosopher's Stone*.
7. **Tractate on the wanderings of those alchymists** (*Auctoris incerti*, partly attributed to Michael Sendivogius)
A critical look at common mistakes, frauds, and misinterpretations in the practice of alchemy.

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### Meaning & Special Features

* **Practical focus:** Compared to purely allegorical texts, the Hollandus writings offer unusually concrete chemical process descriptions (distillation, alloys, salts).
* **Illustrations:** The editions are known for their copperplates and wood engravings that vividly depict stills, laboratory equipment, and the symbolic “Hand of the Philosophers.”
* **Reception:** The writings had a great influence on hermeticism and early chemical technology in Central Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.


Original texts here:

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/vi...53?page=,1]]>
First published in Frankfurt am Main in 1667 (with later editions in Vienna in 1746 and 1773, among others), the work summarizes practical laboratory instructions, symbolic representations and alchemical philosophy of the early modern period.

Major works & treatises included

1. **From the hand of the philosophers** (*Manus philosophorum cum signaturis*)
A symbolic and practical guide with alchemical symbols and tool illustrations.
2. **Opus Saturni**
Focuses on lead (*Saturn*) and its transmutation as well as the production of alchemical preparations from it.
3. **Opera Vegetabilia**
Describes processes using plant substances and wine to produce the so-called *Lapis vegetabilis*.
4. **Opus Minerale** (*Mineral-Werck*)
Contains detailed instructions and engravings/woodcuts of smelting furnaces, distilling devices and recipes (including for the production of artificial gemstones).
5. **Attachment of a Fragment from the Cabala**
Combines hermetic-alchemical ideas with kabbalistic number and symbol theory.
6. **Tractatus de Lapide Philosophico**
A treatise on the nature and manufacture of the *Philosopher's Stone*.
7. **Tractate on the wanderings of those alchymists** (*Auctoris incerti*, partly attributed to Michael Sendivogius)
A critical look at common mistakes, frauds, and misinterpretations in the practice of alchemy.

---

### Meaning & Special Features

* **Practical focus:** Compared to purely allegorical texts, the Hollandus writings offer unusually concrete chemical process descriptions (distillation, alloys, salts).
* **Illustrations:** The editions are known for their copperplates and wood engravings that vividly depict stills, laboratory equipment, and the symbolic “Hand of the Philosophers.”
* **Reception:** The writings had a great influence on hermeticism and early chemical technology in Central Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.


Original texts here:

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/vi...53?page=,1]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3476 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:29:37 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3476
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https://www.academia.edu/171197476/Colle...ny_others_]]>
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https://www.livelib.ru/book/14501773/rea...-yeats/~18

https://archive.org/details/tremblingofv...ried+up%22]]>
https://www.livelib.ru/book/14501773/rea...-yeats/~18

https://archive.org/details/tremblingofv...ried+up%22]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3435 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:26:19 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3435
Zaccaria Visconti (c.1570-1630) was an exorcist and member of the Barnabite Order & Saint'Ambrogio of Milan, who taught the art of exorcism at the University of Pavia, he was one of the five priests of Milan authorized to practice exorcisms.

https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/105603000-...ology-1619]]>
Zaccaria Visconti (c.1570-1630) was an exorcist and member of the Barnabite Order & Saint'Ambrogio of Milan, who taught the art of exorcism at the University of Pavia, he was one of the five priests of Milan authorized to practice exorcisms.

https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/105603000-...ology-1619]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3425 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:33:12 +0100 Paul Ferguson]]> https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3425
Sarah Lang, Farzad Mahootian & Hazem Lashen

Full text!!!

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....142#d1e190]]>
Sarah Lang, Farzad Mahootian & Hazem Lashen

Full text!!!

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