"Mystery schools are ancient educational institutions focused on esoteric or mystical teachings, alchemical spiritual practices, and philosophical principles. The goal is centered around personal transformation and self discovery, which often includes a hidden, secret or occult interpretation of religion. This video presentation offers some of those interpretations."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLkfO9eIRY

"The Secret Book Of Artephius - Ancient Alchemy Manuscript. Artephius (Artefius) (c. 1150) is a writer and alchemist to whom a number of alchemical texts are ascribed. Alchemical pseudepigraphy makes it difficult to identify who the historical Artephius may have been. His identity remains an open question. As The Secret Book of Artephius was respected and mentioned by Roger Bacon many times, Artephius' writing and alchemy is dated to around 1150."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD0DGarxsOU

Results of image searches:

alchimie (180 hits):
https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/h...t=Alchimie

alchimiste (6 hits):
https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/h...Alchimiste

Full text.

https://archive.org/details/b24868759/page/n5/mode/2up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Figuier

Nice collection, including jigsaws.

Illustrated is a 1922 print 'Chia Tzu-Lung Finds the Stone', 1922. According to Chinese mythology, a scholar name Chia Tzu-lung learned of a stone that would turn tile or brick to silver. From " Myths and Legends of China", by E. T. C. Werner. [George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London, Calcutta, Sydney, 1922]


https://www.heritage-print.com/galleries/alchemist

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Coloured mezzotint by William Baillie after D Teniers the younger. The round cucurbite with the moorshead helmet stands on an open fire on top of the stove. This may be due to ignorance on the part of the artist, or a sign for the fact that here the alchemist is a 'puffer'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ba...(engraver)



From the Wellcome Collection.

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Courtesy of Radio France/ France Culture:

Françoise Bonardel, Philosophe, écrivain, Professeur à la Sorbonne, elle a écrit de nombreux ouvrages et articles sur les "orients" de la philosophie que sont gnose, mystique, poésie et surtout alchimie à laquelle elle consacre plusieurs études : "Philosophie de l'alchimie" ( PUF,1993), "Philosopher par le Feu" (réédition Almora, 2008) et "La Voie hermétique" ( Dervy, réédition 2011).
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture...el-4376140


Dans cette émission, nous abordons le monde de l'alchimie et de ses disciples pour en découvrir l'actualité, avec notre invité, Bernard Joly professeur émérite de philosophie et d'histoire des sciences à l'université de Lille 3, auteur de Histoire de l'Alchimie (Vuibert/ adapt 2013).
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture...me-8631820


Une des définitions possibles de l’alchimie est d’être une discipline qui étudie la transmutation des métaux. C’est aussi la pratique ésotérique d’une science hermétique dont l’objectif est la réalisation de la pierre philosophale : le grand œuvre permettant l’argyropée et la chrysopée tout en recherchant la panacée. Mais, en réalité, l’alchimie est, surtout en terre d’islam, en lien étroit avec la mystique. Elle se veut comme un viatique pour une élévation spirituelle sincère. C’est ce que nous explique l’islamologue Pierre Lory, auteur de Alchimie et mystique en terre d'Islam, Gallimard, 2003.
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture...am-2026600

"Alexander Herrmann, often known as Hermann the Great, was a 19th-century French magician who was known for his magic shows exhibiting bullet catches and white rabbit pulls. He also wrote an interesting treatise on the practices of magical dark arts. This book entitled simply “Black Art”, describes witchcraft and alchemy, necromancy, mesmerism, spirit summoning, spiritualism, and even sleep-walking and dream interpretation."

At auction, Live Auctioneers.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/172...witchcraft

"Girolamo Ruscelli was a 16th-century Italian writer who published numerous works and a variety of topics including translations of well-known works such as the Decameron and Furious Orlando. However, his most famous, or infamous, work was his book of secrets. This book, ‘De Secreti’ was a book of alchemical recipes that was a wild success; however, because of the nature of the work, Ruscelli did not put his own name on the work, rather he used a pseudonym of Alessio Piemontese to distance himself from the controversial contents."

On sale at Schilb Antiquarian.

https://www.schilbantiquarian.com/produc...cals-2in1/

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"As in the East, Western Adepts have devised a set of disciplined practices and meditations designed to draw the seeker of understanding ever inward and upward.

This podcast will delve into the little-known Hermetic science practices, meditations, products, and philosophy that make this possible."



https://podtail.com/fr/podcast/inner-wor...-of-the-w/