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  Alchemical Symbolism in Harry Potter
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-13-2023, 08:16 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Harry Potter is full of rich alchemical symbolism. For example the stone mentioned in the title of Part 1, The Philosopher's Stone is a very ancient alchemical symbol. Nicholas Flamel was a real person living in France in the 14th century, and is said to have made the Philosopher's Stone. The name of another historical alchemist, John Dee, is hidden in the text of Part 5 (Hagrid goes to Dee John = Dijon in France). But one of the greatest indications that Harry Potter is an alchemical story is its similarities to a book published in 1616: The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosycross."


http://www.harrypotterforseekers.com/alc...lchemy.php

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  AlchemyLab
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-13-2023, 08:13 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

A general introductory website riddled with ads:

https://www.alchemylab.com/

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  Video: the Herb Melissa
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-13-2023, 08:05 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

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

With transcription.

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  Video: Alchemical Secrets of the Knights Templar - ROBERT SEPEHR
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-13-2023, 07:52 PM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTxebninNPU&t=0s

With transcription.

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  Revd. Ayton - alchemist of the Golden Dawn
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-12-2023, 09:46 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Ellic Howe’s book on Ayton.

https://archive.org/details/ellic-howe-t...olden-dawn

Plus interesting collections.

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  Golden Dawn material on alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-12-2023, 09:39 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

https://archive.org/details/astral-proje...o/mode/2up

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  Video: Qliphoth and the Alchemical radiant Heart
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-12-2023, 11:56 AM - Forum: Alchemical symbolism and imagery - No Replies

"Ian Rees presents his book “The Tree of Life and Death” which provides an in-depth practical exploration of the Qliphoth or Shells and looks at the Shadow or unbalanced aspects of the Tree of Life.

It is centred around a fascinating practice of alchemical transmutation which brings these Shells into balanced relationship with what has been described as “the great bundle of the living”."



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoKAij64Ibs

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  Medical and alchemical miscellany and herbal
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-12-2023, 11:51 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

"Manuscript on paper of the compilation of a physician interested in medicine, alchemy, and herbs. Includes three texts by Krisean z Prachatic, a physician, herbalist, and teacher of Prague University; Albicus, De regimine sanitatis, a treatise on the treatment of paralysis and the plague; Albicus, Regimen for King Wenceslaus of Bohemia (1361-1419); several alphabets of general scientific terms in Latin with Czech and/or German equivalents; Latin names of herbs with Czech and sometimes Polish equivalents; John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie; and hundreds of medical and alchemical recipes."
At the Beinecke:

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  Christopher of Paris (pseudonym)
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-12-2023, 11:40 AM - Forum: Alchemy texts - No Replies

Manuscript on paper of the writings of Christopher of Paris (pseudonym for a Venetian exile), including his major work, Lucidario, with its supplementary alphabet, plus three letters.

At the Beinecke:

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10676223



as well as:

https://digital.sciencehistory.org/focus...nd%5D=1559


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

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  Maxwell-Stuart's The Chemical Choir - a History of Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-12-2023, 11:33 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Reviewed here:

https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/788

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