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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

Hortulus Hermeticus

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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Hortulus Hermeticus, Beware of the Red Laton

by Iulia Millesima

White before Red, or at least White after a fake Red. In Hortulus Hermeticus, emblem 36, the black-white-red metamorphosis, often our only landmark, is openly stated.

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Hortulus Hermeticus & Two Starry Goats

by Iulia Millesima

Hortulus Hermeticus engraving number thirty-nine puts on display two unfamiliar starry horned goats with hovering Sun and Moon. And that is very appropriate to Michael Maier Subtilis Allegoria Super Secreta Chymia.

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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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