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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

Croziers & Ringlets of Serpent 2

by Iulia Millesima

A study of serpent-shaped croziers iconography development during the middle ages. Between modern liturgic uncertainties and ancient hermetic symbolism.

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Croziers & Ringlets of Serpent 1

by Iulia Millesima

Paradoxical Christian croziers’ serpent shapes closely resemble the Prudence high relief in Notre Dame, to which Fulcanelli dedicated many lines.

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Botticelli, Venus Birth & Primaterialistic Subject on a Shell

by Iulia Millesima

The Venus Birth, or her landing portrayed by Botticelli, closely resembles the alchemical Primaterialistic Subject and its vegetative power. But the shell carrying the goddess goes even further, indeed, beyond the very Alchemy foundations.

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Sun & Moon at the Turn of the First Millennium

by Iulia Millesima

A cross, and a victim on the cross, are two symbols belonging to both Hermetic and Christian iconographies. Here we have the addition of the sun and moon.

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Giorgione, Tempest & Aqua Pontica

by Iulia Millesima

The Tempest by Giorgione is an authentic compendium for Secret Fire becoming Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum, or Aqua Pontica. The Thunder, then, is not symbolic at all.

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    • 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

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