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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
    • 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
  • Boschius’s Ars Symbolica

Sacrifice, Myths & Legends

Dionysus, Universal Dissolvent and Kykeon

by Iulia Millesima

The presence of a mysterious drink, the kykeon, was enough to transform Dionysus into the uncontrollable God of Life, the unique one to give a new life-body to a Soul…

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The Dangerous Journey into the Gundestrup Cauldron

by Iulia Millesima

The concept and symbolism of sacrifice among the Celts were not so different from other contemporary cultures: dolphins, horses, heads, and processions, apart from the gruesome glorification of the cauldron.

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Blaise de Vigenère & Salt Sacrifice, Victim of Fire

by Iulia Millesima

In Traité du Feu et du Sel, or Treatise on Fire and Salt, by Blaise de Vigenère, victims of Salt and sacrifices to fire and by fire are spread all over.

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  • 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
  • Boschius’s Ars Symbolica

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