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LabyrinthDesigners & the Art of Fire

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

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

Fumes

Orthelius Commentary on Maria Prophitissa. Part 1

by Iulia Millesima

Andreas Orthelius starts his scrutiny of Maria’s words with what worries him most: two Fumes including, or turning on, two Lights.

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Symbola Aureae Mensae and the Supreme Purpose

by Iulia Millesima

In Symbola Aureae Mensae, Michael Maier uses a supreme hunter, Maria Prophitissa, and a systematic thinker, Aquinas, to reveal his knowledge of alchemical fumes.

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Hortulus Hermeticus and Love Between Fumes

by Iulia Millesima

Circuit of fumes. The Hortulus Hermeticus engraving number 6 proposes a technical exposition consistent with Mary the Prophetess but the philosophical one.

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Disk Galaxy Formation, Fluid Mechanics and Alchemy

by Iulia Millesima

A fluid is a substance that deforms continuously when subjected to stresses. The formation of galaxies and stars is exposed to the same laws. And Alchemy might too.

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

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