Symbols designed by European alchemists incorporating elements of Chinese origin

S Mahdihassan

"Alchemy arose in China as cult of longevity generating life-force by imitating creation. Heaven and Earth, as opposites, were conceived as responsible for creation. They were believed to be round and square-shaped when their emblems became Compass and Carpenter's square. These have been retained in the symbols designed by alchemists of the Medieval Age without, however, revealing their origin or significance."

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/...5X87000023

"Long before modern chemistry, alchemists relied on a precise set of tools to transform matter and unlock nature’s hidden secrets—each instrument a vital link in the alchemical journey."

https://storage.googleapis.com/waxygqwrr...n431506614

Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume by Mandy Aftel.

Apparently rights-free.

https://docdrop.org/download_annotation_...-al9w0.pdf

"Discover a mesmerizing collection of Alchemist Art generated by AI. Explore intricate designs and mystical scenes, and then create your own unique alchemical masterpieces on NightCafe."

https://creator.nightcafe.studio/gallery/alchemist-art

The Green Stone completing Jung's work:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...EAKcGnWhVI

From an alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium, c. 1760.

"Very very interesting scene...Which proves that (at least some) people in 1760 knew the real meaning of griffin: complex animal calendar marker for autumn... Let me explain why I think so."

https://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/...ndium.html

   

"Chakras and alchemy map precisely. Root chakra (survival, grounding) = Nigredo (blackening, dissolution, ego death). Heart chakra (love, integration) = Citrinitas (yellowing, illumination, heart opening). Crown chakra (transcendence, unity) = Rubedo (reddening, completion, philosopher's stone). Eastern energy system and Western material transformation describe the same process: hierarchical ascent from base to transcendent, from matter to spirit, from ego to Self. Both are seven-stage models because seven is optimal granularity for modeling complete transformation. The convergence validates both: different cultures, same truth."

https://mysticryst.com/blogs/the-mystic-...formations

Kayla Perez.

In the Afro-Mediterranean world, alchemy served as a vessel for women's medical expertise amidst a shifting landscape of medical authority. The procedural grammar found in alchemical manuscripts underscores the significance of embodied practices in reproductive health.

"Abstract: This working paper reframes the interpretive difficulty surrounding medieval and early modern alchemical imagery not as obscurity to be decoded, but as displaced procedural knowledge. Examining alchemical manuscripts alongside women’s medical practice in the fourteenth–sixteenth-century Afro-Mediterranean world, it demonstrates that alchemical imagery preserves a procedural grammar organized around sequence, containment, regulated heat, rest, and regeneration. Verbatim evidence from the Trotula corpus and documentary material from the Cairo Geniza shows that this grammar governed household reproductive medicine transmitted through embodied practice rather than discursive text. As medical authority became increasingly institutionalized, this knowledge was reclassified and displaced from legitimate medicine while surviving within alchemy under new philosophical interpretations. The paper proposes a methodological shift from symbolic decoding to procedural analysis, restoring women’s medical labor to the history of early scientific knowledge."


https://www.academia.edu/161247769/Alche..._Centuries

Yeats's Theories on Spirituality in "Magic," "Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places," Per Amica Silentia Lunae, and A Vision

by SueJean Joe

2021, Yeats Journal of Korea 


Abstract: This essay aims to look into Yeats's theories on spirituality in his four essays: "Magic," "Swedenborg, Mediums, and the Desolate Places," Per Amica Silentia Lunae, and A Vision. Before moving on to the main discussion, this article briefly examines the several factors that helped shaped Yeats's thoughts on spirituality, not least of which was his exposure to folklore and his father's repudiation of established religions. Such childhood influences led Yeats to join first the Theosophical Society and then the Golden Dawn in search of alternative forms of spirituality. It also contributes to Yeats's unique theories on spirituality that is based on Irish traditions such as Irish folklore and legends. Then, this essay discusses Yeats's prose writings, starting from his 1901 essay, "Magic" to A Vision, which can be considered as the culmination of his lifelong search for spirituality in order to talk about how Yeats tried to formulate his thoughts on spirituality over time.

https://www.academia.edu/49502630/Yeatss...d_A_Vision

Of Gods and Stones: Alchemy, Jung, and The Dark Night of St. John of the Cross

By David Odorisio

"The journey from nigredo to rubedo parallels spiritual progression in John of the Cross' teachings. This exploration ultimately highlights how difficult experiences can lead to transformative self and god-images in one’s spiritual path."


https://www.academia.edu/12338674/Of_God..._the_Cross