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| The alchemist Johann Bottger in 19th-century Bengali literature |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-16-2023, 12:43 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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An excerpt from ‘Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay: Tales of Early Magic Realism in Bengali’, translated by Sucheta Dasgupta.
"Bottger was born in Prussia, which is presently part of the German nation, 217 years ago in CE 1682. He apprenticed at a hospital at the age of twelve. As a child, he had a fascination for the study of chemistry. In those days, chemistry and alchemy were one and the same subject. Bottger used all his leisure hours in alchemic research. In plain English, this meant he experimented with the reaction of iron, copper, etc., with various compounds to see if they could be converted to gold. These tests he carried on non-stop for several years on end. Seeing his sharpness and extraordinary knowledge, the owner of the hospital began sponsoring his laboratory work. After some years had passed, Bottger announced that he had discovered the means to prepare gold."
https://scroll.in/article/1058818/magic-...literature
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| Review: Yin Mountain - Three Women Daoist Poets |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-15-2023, 11:11 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices
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"Yin Mountain offers translations of three female Daoist poets from the Tang dynasty, a period often hailed as the “golden age” of classical Chinese poetry. While names like Du Fu, Li Bo (Li Bai), Wang Wei, and Hanshan are familiar in translated poetry from this era, the contributions of female poets, particularly those deeply rooted in Daoist principles, remain largely unexplored. The poetry of Li Ye, Xue Tao, and Yu Xuanji, influenced by Daoism, naturalism, mysticism, love, and everyday life experiences, weaves plain yet poignant language with vivid imagery."
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/bo...ist-women/
https://www.amazon.com/Yin-Mountain-Immo...1645471128
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| Zoom Lecture: Alchemy shifting into the Enlightenment |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-15-2023, 08:51 AM - Forum: News - Meeting - Events
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"The cultural transformations of the Enlightenment, or Early-Modern Era, involved the psychologicizing of alchemical mythologies in the secular poetics of Alexander Pope, whose Rape of the Lock acknowledges his debt to the French Rosicrucians. A century later, Goethe’s engagement with alchemy reflects the radical shift towards the Romantic era."
Alchemy shifting into the Enlightenment: Alexander Pope to Goethe - Prof Evans Lansing Smith
The cultural transformations of the Enlightenment, or Early-Modern Era, involved the psychologicizing of alchemical mythologies
Digital Events - Zoom Lecture
Jul 21st 2024 - 8.00 pm - 9:30 pm
£6 - £10 & By Donation
https://www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org/ev...ing-smith/
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| Thesis: An examination of the Nihayat Al-Talab |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-15-2023, 08:44 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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"In 1923 there was published the Arabic text of K. al-Muktasab an alchemical work of the thirteenth century written by al-'Iraqi, with a translation and introduction by Dr. E. J. Holmyard. Jildaki, an alchemist of the fourteenth. century, wrote his great work, Nihayat al-Talab as a voluminous commentary on K. al-Muktasab. The present thesis is an attempt to examine the contents of the Nihayat and determine its place and value in the history of Islamic chemistry."
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1350029/
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| Thesis: WB Yeats's Rosa Alchemica and other stories |
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Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 11-15-2023, 08:38 AM - Forum: Articles on alchemy
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"This volume contains an introduction to William Butler Yeats' early occult short stories "Rosa Alchemica," "The Tables of the Law," and "The Adoration of the Magi." Panned by critics over the last century, the three stories contained in this volume are both controversial and difficult. The introduction explains the language of occultists and alchemists in terms of Jungian psychology and describes how alchemical doctrine influenced Yeats' writing and the largely alchemical mythology contained in A Vision. Yeats' desire for apocalypse is identified as a desire for the general population to see the divine through symbol and to discover the psychological nature of the occult and of religion. Following this, all three stories are glossed and annotated with comments on their use of alchemical themes, symbols, and ideals"
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https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/163/
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