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			<title><![CDATA[The Rosicrucian 1 - Hermeticism]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3243</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:28:26 +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 over one hundred and fifty years, the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia has pursued its founding mission quietly, rigorously, and away from public view: to investigate the philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, the secrets of the Kabbalah, and the meaning and symbolism of the wisdom, art and literature of the ancient world. Now, for the first time, that work steps into the open."<br />
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<a href="https://www.lewismasonic.co.uk/rosicrucianism/the-rosicriucian-1-hermeticism.htm?fbclid=IwdGRjcASFPvJjbGNrBIU-7GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHu1x_E76ON8cUSD-in0sf9SRYKiRrycw5LW9nA606lpM6tcUBsjHMZZDxJRs_aem_98p8kFph94dGMim3n-7JJw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.lewismasonic.co.uk/rosicruci...Mim3n-7JJw</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["For over one hundred and fifty years, the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia has pursued its founding mission quietly, rigorously, and away from public view: to investigate the philosophy of Hermes Trismegistus, the secrets of the Kabbalah, and the meaning and symbolism of the wisdom, art and literature of the ancient world. Now, for the first time, that work steps into the open."<br />
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<a href="https://www.lewismasonic.co.uk/rosicrucianism/the-rosicriucian-1-hermeticism.htm?fbclid=IwdGRjcASFPvJjbGNrBIU-7GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHu1x_E76ON8cUSD-in0sf9SRYKiRrycw5LW9nA606lpM6tcUBsjHMZZDxJRs_aem_98p8kFph94dGMim3n-7JJw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.lewismasonic.co.uk/rosicruci...Mim3n-7JJw</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiction: The Gold Gift Series]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3242</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 11:58:55 +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 Classic Myth Meets Contemporary Times in this Adventure Series About Art, Alchemy and the World’s Oldest Secret Society."<br />
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<a href="https://antiquebronze.co.uk/novels_about_alchemy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://antiquebronze.co.uk/novels_about_alchemy/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["A Classic Myth Meets Contemporary Times in this Adventure Series About Art, Alchemy and the World’s Oldest Secret Society."<br />
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<a href="https://antiquebronze.co.uk/novels_about_alchemy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://antiquebronze.co.uk/novels_about_alchemy/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiction: Yourcenar's The Abyss]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3241</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 11:57:17 +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["The Abyss (French: L'Œuvre au noir) is a 1968 novel by the Belgian-French writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Its narrative centers on the life of Zeno, a physician, philosopher, scientist and alchemist born in Bruges during the Renaissance era. The book was published in France in 1968 and was met with immediate popular interest as well as critical acclaim, obtaining the Prix Femina with unanimous votes the year of its publication. The English translation by Grace Frick has been published under the title The Abyss or alternatively Zeno of Bruges. Belgian filmmaker André Delvaux adapted it into a film in 1988."<br />
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"The doctor and alchemist Zénon Ligre returns to his country of origin Flanders using false documentation, after spending his life traveling around Europe. In his hometown of Bruges, he finds work as a doctor in the convent of the Cordeliers. After founding a clinic and spa, he sets out to work as a doctor and alchemist for the poor. Zénon‘s ideology and methods were very popular among the Flemish population, but they ran the risk of being condemned by the Inquisition because they deviated from official orthodoxy. Having engaged in bisexual relations for several years, Zénon is accused of having homosexual relations with a young friar. Long sought after by authorities for his subversive writings, Zénon is arrested. He is tried by a court of the Inquisition and accused of witchcraft, murder, and unnatural relations. Rather than be burned at the stake, he prefers to choose his own death."<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_(Yourcenar_novel)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_...nar_novel)</a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_(1988_film)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_(1988_film)</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["The Abyss (French: L'Œuvre au noir) is a 1968 novel by the Belgian-French writer Marguerite Yourcenar. Its narrative centers on the life of Zeno, a physician, philosopher, scientist and alchemist born in Bruges during the Renaissance era. The book was published in France in 1968 and was met with immediate popular interest as well as critical acclaim, obtaining the Prix Femina with unanimous votes the year of its publication. The English translation by Grace Frick has been published under the title The Abyss or alternatively Zeno of Bruges. Belgian filmmaker André Delvaux adapted it into a film in 1988."<br />
<br />
"The doctor and alchemist Zénon Ligre returns to his country of origin Flanders using false documentation, after spending his life traveling around Europe. In his hometown of Bruges, he finds work as a doctor in the convent of the Cordeliers. After founding a clinic and spa, he sets out to work as a doctor and alchemist for the poor. Zénon‘s ideology and methods were very popular among the Flemish population, but they ran the risk of being condemned by the Inquisition because they deviated from official orthodoxy. Having engaged in bisexual relations for several years, Zénon is accused of having homosexual relations with a young friar. Long sought after by authorities for his subversive writings, Zénon is arrested. He is tried by a court of the Inquisition and accused of witchcraft, murder, and unnatural relations. Rather than be burned at the stake, he prefers to choose his own death."<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_(Yourcenar_novel)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_...nar_novel)</a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_(1988_film)" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abyss_(1988_film)</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thesis full text: Women's alchemical literature 1560-1616]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3229</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:54:29 +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[Penny Bayer<br />
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"This thesis seeks to show that there were alchemical writings associated with women from Italy, France, the Swiss Cantons and England which originated in the period 1560 to 1616, and that these writings were read, translated, circulated, and referred to, at least up to 1660. The main evidence is provided by case studies: a printed book of secrets by Isabella Cortese (Venice, 1561); a sequence of late sixteenth and early seventeenth century manuscripts associated with Madame de la Martinville and Quercitan’s daughter (Jeanne du Port); and material, including an alchemical receipt book, associated with Lady Margaret Clifford (1560-1616). Supporting evidence suggests these women represent a wider participation of women in philosophical and practical alchemy, and adds to the evidence for evaluating women&#39;s participation in early modern philosophy and science. Women apparently read and wrote about alchemy, and assisted its diffusion through their work."<br />
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<a href="https://www.academia.edu/102359619/Womens_alchemical_literature_1560_1616_in_Italy_France_the_Swiss_Cantons_and_England_and_its_diffusion_to_1660" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/102359619/Women...on_to_1660</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Penny Bayer<br />
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"This thesis seeks to show that there were alchemical writings associated with women from Italy, France, the Swiss Cantons and England which originated in the period 1560 to 1616, and that these writings were read, translated, circulated, and referred to, at least up to 1660. The main evidence is provided by case studies: a printed book of secrets by Isabella Cortese (Venice, 1561); a sequence of late sixteenth and early seventeenth century manuscripts associated with Madame de la Martinville and Quercitan’s daughter (Jeanne du Port); and material, including an alchemical receipt book, associated with Lady Margaret Clifford (1560-1616). Supporting evidence suggests these women represent a wider participation of women in philosophical and practical alchemy, and adds to the evidence for evaluating women&#39;s participation in early modern philosophy and science. Women apparently read and wrote about alchemy, and assisted its diffusion through their work."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.academia.edu/102359619/Womens_alchemical_literature_1560_1616_in_Italy_France_the_Swiss_Cantons_and_England_and_its_diffusion_to_1660" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.academia.edu/102359619/Women...on_to_1660</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Occultopedia]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3225</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:09:40 +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[Online encyclopedia of esoterica.<br />
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<a href="https://occultopedia.net/a.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://occultopedia.net/a.htm</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Online encyclopedia of esoterica.<br />
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<a href="https://occultopedia.net/a.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://occultopedia.net/a.htm</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiction: The Scarlet Alchemist]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3222</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 12:01:51 +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[Kylie Lee Baker<br />
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"New from the author of The Keeper of Night comes a YA fantasy duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a poor biracial girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family. Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she's trapped in her impoverished village in southern China, practicing an illegal form of alchemy to keep food on the table—resurrecting the dead, for a price."<br />
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<a href="https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/9511411" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/9511411</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kylie Lee Baker<br />
<br />
"New from the author of The Keeper of Night comes a YA fantasy duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a poor biracial girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family. Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. But for now, she's trapped in her impoverished village in southern China, practicing an illegal form of alchemy to keep food on the table—resurrecting the dead, for a price."<br />
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<a href="https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/9511411" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://maryland.overdrive.com/media/9511411</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fiction: Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3219</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:51:01 +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["I have read most of what Seanan McGuire has written, including under her pen name Mira Grant, so of course I jumped at Netgalley’s offer of an ARC of Inkpot Gods, the fourth of her Alchemical Journeys novels (she also did a spin off of this series, writing some of the often referenced children’s books that alchemist Asphodel Deborah Baker used to share her studies in plain sight)."<br />
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<a href="https://cannonballread.com/tag/alchemical-journeys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://cannonballread.com/tag/alchemical-journeys/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA["I have read most of what Seanan McGuire has written, including under her pen name Mira Grant, so of course I jumped at Netgalley’s offer of an ARC of Inkpot Gods, the fourth of her Alchemical Journeys novels (she also did a spin off of this series, writing some of the often referenced children’s books that alchemist Asphodel Deborah Baker used to share her studies in plain sight)."<br />
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<a href="https://cannonballread.com/tag/alchemical-journeys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://cannonballread.com/tag/alchemical-journeys/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fulcanelli by Patrick Rivière]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3217</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:46:30 +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[Fulcanelli : his true identity revealed, light on his work<br />
Patrick Rivière<br />
Red Pill Press, 2, 2006-01-01<br />
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<a href="https://annas-archive.gd/md5/5a31f9a451f1895ff1939c44b0bd433a" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://annas-archive.gd/md5/5a31f9a451f...44b0bd433a</a><br />
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This is a pirate site in Grenada. Use at your discretion.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fulcanelli : his true identity revealed, light on his work<br />
Patrick Rivière<br />
Red Pill Press, 2, 2006-01-01<br />
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<a href="https://annas-archive.gd/md5/5a31f9a451f1895ff1939c44b0bd433a" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://annas-archive.gd/md5/5a31f9a451f...44b0bd433a</a><br />
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This is a pirate site in Grenada. Use at your discretion.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Alchemy of Research Creation]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3215</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:40:23 +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[The Alchemy of Research-Creation: On Pataphysical Experimentation, Dark Infrastructures, and Antifascist Studio Practices [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Tyson E Lewis and Peter B Hyland, foreword Erin Manning.<br />
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"Research-creation is an attempt to suspend the operative divisions that define Western modernity—divisions between the head and the hand, knowledge and pleasure, science and art. Yet this practice, which has so much promise, has often fallen prey to facile, fashionable notions of interdisciplinarity and hybridizations of science and art. The Alchemy of Research-Creation charts a new, imaginative genealogy for research-creation by returning to a spatial and temporal configuration that predates the advent of the divided Western world: the alchemical studio."<br />
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<a href="https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/05/14/the-alchemy-of-research-creation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/05/14/the...-creation/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Alchemy of Research-Creation: On Pataphysical Experimentation, Dark Infrastructures, and Antifascist Studio Practices [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Tyson E Lewis and Peter B Hyland, foreword Erin Manning.<br />
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"Research-creation is an attempt to suspend the operative divisions that define Western modernity—divisions between the head and the hand, knowledge and pleasure, science and art. Yet this practice, which has so much promise, has often fallen prey to facile, fashionable notions of interdisciplinarity and hybridizations of science and art. The Alchemy of Research-Creation charts a new, imaginative genealogy for research-creation by returning to a spatial and temporal configuration that predates the advent of the divided Western world: the alchemical studio."<br />
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<a href="https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/05/14/the-alchemy-of-research-creation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/05/14/the...-creation/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Audiobook: Hermetica - Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3204</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 11:48:33 +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[Timothy Freke is the author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 languages, including a Sunday Times bestseller and Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year’. <br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hrzOCxaIE&amp;list=PLssRCIHp-uyvKqS9pmOFwVAS_WuIU6yhT&amp;index=24" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hrzOCx...T&amp;index=24</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Timothy Freke is the author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 languages, including a Sunday Times bestseller and Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year’. <br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hrzOCxaIE&amp;list=PLssRCIHp-uyvKqS9pmOFwVAS_WuIU6yhT&amp;index=24" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hrzOCx...T&amp;index=24</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Serpent's Secretion: Alchemical Keys to Kundalini]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3194</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:37:20 +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[""In The Serpent's Secretion, a groundbreaking synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern biochemistry, readers are invited to unlock the dormant spiritual energy coiled at the base of the spine—the legendary kundalini. This book reveals how the pineal gland, often calcified and suppressed by modern toxins, serves as a biochemical gateway to visionary states, out-of-body experiences, and dimensional travel. By integrating yogic breathwork, sexual transmutation, and dietary detoxification, the author provides a step-by-step roadmap for safely awakening this primordial force and reclaiming one's birthright of expanded consciousness."<br />
<br />
by Gerard Kellett<br />
<br />
<a href="https://books.brightlearn.ai/The-Serpents-Secretion-Alchemical-Keys-to-Kundalini-and-5baa60b92-en/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://books.brightlearn.ai/The-Serpent...index.html</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[""In The Serpent's Secretion, a groundbreaking synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern biochemistry, readers are invited to unlock the dormant spiritual energy coiled at the base of the spine—the legendary kundalini. This book reveals how the pineal gland, often calcified and suppressed by modern toxins, serves as a biochemical gateway to visionary states, out-of-body experiences, and dimensional travel. By integrating yogic breathwork, sexual transmutation, and dietary detoxification, the author provides a step-by-step roadmap for safely awakening this primordial force and reclaiming one's birthright of expanded consciousness."<br />
<br />
by Gerard Kellett<br />
<br />
<a href="https://books.brightlearn.ai/The-Serpents-Secretion-Alchemical-Keys-to-Kundalini-and-5baa60b92-en/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://books.brightlearn.ai/The-Serpent...index.html</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[One is the All: The Alchemical Writings of Cleopatra]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3184</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 12:36:07 +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[Meredith College Professor of Religious Studies Shannon Grimes and student Holden McLennan, ’26, are working together on a new book. <br />
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The book is tentatively titled One is the All: The Alchemical Writings of Cleopatra, and it grew from work they did together while McLennan was completing a contract major in Classical Studies.Shannon Grimes and Holden McLennan signing book contract<br />
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“[The book] is a translation of Greek and Latin alchemical and medical texts that are attributed to Cleopatra, who was a highly regarded alchemist and medical writer in Roman Egypt,” said Grimes. “Her identity remains a mystery – that’s one of many issues we’ll be addressing in our book – but she is important for our understanding of the history of women in science.” <br />
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Grimes will write the commentary, and McLennan will do much of the work on the translations. <br />
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<a href="https://www.meredith.edu/news/meredith-professor-and-student-team-up-to-write-book/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.meredith.edu/news/meredith-p...rite-book/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Meredith College Professor of Religious Studies Shannon Grimes and student Holden McLennan, ’26, are working together on a new book. <br />
<br />
The book is tentatively titled One is the All: The Alchemical Writings of Cleopatra, and it grew from work they did together while McLennan was completing a contract major in Classical Studies.Shannon Grimes and Holden McLennan signing book contract<br />
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“[The book] is a translation of Greek and Latin alchemical and medical texts that are attributed to Cleopatra, who was a highly regarded alchemist and medical writer in Roman Egypt,” said Grimes. “Her identity remains a mystery – that’s one of many issues we’ll be addressing in our book – but she is important for our understanding of the history of women in science.” <br />
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Grimes will write the commentary, and McLennan will do much of the work on the translations. <br />
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			<title><![CDATA[The Alchemist's Veil: Unlocking the 33rd Degree Code]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3177</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:12:59 +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[by Hans De Clercq<br />
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"This groundbreaking book reveals the hidden wisdom of alchemy, not as a mere proto-science, but as a profound spiritual path to self-mastery and enlightenment."<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Hans De Clercq<br />
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"This groundbreaking book reveals the hidden wisdom of alchemy, not as a mere proto-science, but as a profound spiritual path to self-mastery and enlightenment."<br />
<br />
<a href="https://books.brightlearn.ai/The-Alchemists-Veil-Unlocking-the-33rd-Degree-Code-37d8d2287-en/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://books.brightlearn.ai/The-Alchemi...index.html</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Free book? In Pursuit of Gold by Lapidus]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3163</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:04:28 +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[In Pursuit of Gold: Alchemy in Theory and Practice<br />
<br />
Additions and Extractions by<br />
STEPHEN SKINNER<br />
NEW YORK<br />
SAMUEL WEISER<br />
1976<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Pursuit of Gold: Alchemy in Theory and Practice<br />
<br />
Additions and Extractions by<br />
STEPHEN SKINNER<br />
NEW YORK<br />
SAMUEL WEISER<br />
1976<br />
<br />
<br />
Full-text download. Legal status unknown.<br />
<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[The Alchemy of Optimism: Andreas Hildor]]></title>
			<link>https://www.alchemywebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3162</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:01:16 +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[The Alchemy of Optimism: A Journalist's Investigation into Rewiring Your Mind for a Brighter Future<br />
<br />
"Drawing from ancient alchemical traditions, cutting-edge neuroscience, and the lived experiences of those who’ve defied institutionalized pessimism, this book is a beacon for anyone ready to break free from the mental shackles of modern society and step into a future of boundless possibility."<br />
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"Drawing from ancient alchemical traditions, cutting-edge neuroscience, and the lived experiences of those who’ve defied institutionalized pessimism, this book is a beacon for anyone ready to break free from the mental shackles of modern society and step into a future of boundless possibility."<br />
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