An ALCS panel discussion on the implications of AI for authors, featuring Tom Chatfield (author, tech philosopher and ALCS Chair), Mhairi Aitken (Ethics Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute), Nicola Solomon (CEO at Society of Authors) and Sathnam Sanghera (author and journalist). Filmed at the RSA in London, November 2023.

https://youtu.be/966fMxK6OMA?feature=shared

12-year-old Harrogate girl publishes first book after being inspired by her teachers.

Sula Stanhope is just like any other Year eight student. But inspired by her teachers at Oatlands Junior School and Harrogate Grammar School to a love of English, she has written and published a book.

https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/ne...rs-4446136

"Despite attending Trinity College in Cambridge, he was not formally educated until he was in his early twenties. As a result, his passion for learning and apprenticeship resulted in a unique path that would lead to intellectual immortality."


https://www.leicestershirevillages.com/u...ac-newton/

Robert Fludd was an English physician, alchemist, and mystical philosopher known for his diverse contributions to fields such as medicine, natural philosophy, and the esoteric arts.

Although not a direct founder of the Rosicrucian Order, Fludd's writings often featured Rosicrucian themes, reflecting a synthesis of spiritual and scientific ideas.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zdk0QEQb4o

"One of the greatest mysteries of the last century, centering on the time in Europe following The Great War, most especially French alchemist Fulcanelli's “The Mystery of the Cathedrals” & other works inspired by “him”. Originally broadcast October 30, 2001."

On BitChute:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/HMHHHgVxDqnj/

"Daoism is an eclectic school of thought (aren't they all?) and often borrows useful concepts from other philosophies, practices and religions in order to better explain its own ideas. Today I want to talk briefly about the Four Vehicles of Internal Alchemy, a concept borrowed from Buddhism but with a totally different interpretation."

https://immortalitystudy.substack.com/p/...al-alchemy

"It is difficult to overestimate how much of an impact Isaac Newton had on the world’s history. A nagging question shrouds his legacy: Did Isaac Newton, the mastermind behind the laws of motion, delve into the mysterious realm of alchemy and, intriguingly, drink mercury?"


https://www.leicestershirevillages.com/u...e-mercury/

"Rahere Esoteric is a gothic-flavoured, quasi-Roman display font with an eccentric persona and more quirks than a Tim Burton film. A member of the extended Rahere typeface family, it’s the enigmatic cousin of Rahere Roman Display & Rahere Sans. This is a niche display font that doesn’t try to please everyone. Rahere Esoteric revels in its mystical aura, using a bewildering array of ligatures to magically transmute itself as characters loop, curl, jerk and strut, randomly connecting and disconnecting into words like a retro-futuristic steam train clattering along a disused railway track, challenging and delighting the reader at the same time."


https://textfonts.net/rahere-esoteric-font-family.html

A good introductory survey:

https://gtrdw.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-e...cient.html

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil from Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer, by 'Henricus Madathanus' (Adrian van Mynsicht?), from the 1919 edition

https://bildsuche.digitale-sammlungen.de...&lv=1&l=en

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

Full text of 1785-1788 edition (Altona: J.D.A. Eckhardt, in Commission in der Heroldschen Buchhandlung in Hamburg) available from:

https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/...KBFVFG3287 and https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k312865t.image

John Partridge's translation of van Mynsicht's medical text, including his recipe for Potable Gold, will be found here:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A51671...1?view=toc