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  Alchemical Imagery in the Works of Quirinus Kuhlmann
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-05-2023, 01:12 AM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Eugene Kuzmin.

Sample pages available here:

https://www.academia.edu/30476192/Alchem...1651_1689_

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  Corpus Hermeticum in Portuguese
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-04-2023, 04:35 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

First translation into Portuguese direct from the original Greek.


https://www.livrarialoyola.com.br/produt...ira-728942

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  Video: Thomas Vaughan and the Problems of Spiritual Alchemy
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-04-2023, 04:22 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Thomas Willard (University of Arizona) will discuss Thomas Vaughan and the Problems of Spiritual Alchemy and his new book on Thomas Vaughan (Brill, 2022). Part of the Turba online discussion group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipc5lmb4tMc

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  The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-04-2023, 03:30 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - Replies (2)

"The Alchemical Body excavates and centers within its Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Working from previously unexplored alchemical sources, David Gordon White demonstrates for the first time that the medieval disciplines of Hindu alchemy and hatha yoga were practiced by one and the same people, and that they can be understood only when viewed together. White opens the way to a new and more comprehensive understanding of medieval Indian mysticism, within the broader context of south Asian Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam."

https://www.perlego.com/book/1850661/the...-india-pdf

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  John Donne's alchemical imagery
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-03-2023, 06:57 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - No Replies

Discussed in section 7.3.3.5 of this thesis by Fatima Ali al-Khamisi:

http://www.languageinindia.com/july2011/...tation.pdf

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  Principe on Robert Boyle
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-03-2023, 06:52 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

A historical book on the alchemical and skeptical chemical inquiries of Robert Boyle who helped found modern views on physical science.

At Scribd:

https://www.scribd.com/document/37044971...M-Principe

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  Jewish Magic and Superstition
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-03-2023, 06:48 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

Joshua Trachtenberg
First published in 1939.
This online edition was created and published by Global Grey on the 3rd February 2023.
[url=https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/jewish-magic-and-superstition-ebook.html][/url]

Not much alchemy in it but a good read.

https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/online-..._ftnref353

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  Deciphering the Hermeticae Philosophiae Medulla
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 08-03-2023, 06:41 PM - Forum: Articles on alchemy - Replies (1)

"This article presents the decryption, historical analysis, and alchemical interpretation of an alchemical cipher found in a shared notebook of John and Arthur Dee (British Library MS Sloane 1902). The cipher is an early example of a Bellaso/Della Porta/Vigenère type, a strong encryption method which was historically deemed indecipherable. The essay explores the medical and alchemical context for the manuscript into which the cipher was copied and provides the transcription, plaintext solution (in Latin), and English translation of the encrypted text. Further, it interprets the enciphered text through the lens of alchemical practice and provides evidence for the dissemination of this cipher as part of a larger alchemical knowledge network."


Open access.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....23.2201744

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  Beauty Secrets of Renaissance Women
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-29-2023, 09:49 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

A new book explores how 16th-century Italian women used marble dust, pearls, gold and mutton fat in their quest to look as pretty as a picture


Jill Burke’s How To Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity is published on August 3 (Profile Books/Wellcome Collection). Burke is also a contributor to a related exhibition, The Cult of Beauty, which opens at the Wellcome Collection on October 26


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beaut...-0zrpqkm7z

   

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  The Role of the Scroll
Posted by: Paul Ferguson - 07-29-2023, 09:45 PM - Forum: Reviews and book notices - No Replies

A beautifully illustrated, full-color guide to scrolls and their uses in medieval life.

Scrolls have always been shrouded by a kind of aura, a quality of somehow standing outside of time. They hold our attention with their age, beauty, and perplexing format. Beginning in the fourth century, the codex―or book―became the preferred medium for long texts. Why, then, did some people in the Middle Ages continue to make scrolls?



https://www.amazon.com/Role-Scroll-Illus...0393285030

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