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Alchemy works translations, commentaries, and presentations of hidden evidence in myths, art, nature, science history

  • Classical Alchemy
    • The State of the Art
    • An Intriguing Case
    • Opus Magnum Scheme
    • Turba Philosophorum’s Ambition
    • Areas of Interest
    • Index of the Names
    • Articles
    • Lexicon
  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Introductory Notes to the Boards of Pure Force

Alchemy & Art

Piero della Francesca and the Philosophical Pendent Egg

by Iulia Millesima

Widely known for the pendant egg detail, Piero della Francesca’s Brera Altarpiece should be explained for what it represents: a hanging spawn.

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Pietro Perugino and the Moon, Lady of the Rod

by Iulia Millesima

In this Perugino’s fresco, a rod is accompanied by white doves, a serpent, and a carriage. But, moreover, it is held by its very synonym: Moon-Diana.

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Cemetery of Priscilla and the Alchemical Rod Origin

by Iulia Millesima

In the cemetery of Priscilla, in a subterranean early Christian Rome, the symbolic hermetic rod may take its origin from a fresco representing Moses.

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Holbein Dead Christ Builds his Grave

by Iulia Millesima

Is Hans Holbein’s Dead Christ in the Grave hopelessly without Life, or the real symbol of resurrection? An alchemical point of view on this enigmatic work.

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Amiens Cathedral, Fulcanelli and Two Paradoxical Wheels

by Iulia Millesima

One wheel is not enough for our works, but two overwhelm comprehension. Fulcanelli’s words can make us lose sleep on this Amiens cathedral quatrefoil.

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    • The State of the Art
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    • Index of the Names
    • Articles
    • Lexicon
  • Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine
  • The Sound Sacrifice
  • Introductory Notes to the Boards of Pure Force

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