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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

Labors of Hercules

Labors of Hercules: Second, to Thin the Lernaean Hydra

by Iulia Millesima

According to the mythological Labors of Hercules, the second step of preliminary works is to thin, disperse, and volatilize the raw salts. Let Mercurius/Secret Fire out.

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Labors of Hercules: First, to Open the Nemean Lion

by Iulia Millesima

The labors of Hercules are a metaphor for our Preliminary Works, those to achieve the Universal  Dissolvent. First: break the fixed raw matter, the Nemean Lion.

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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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