Please can somebody refer to me some genuinely good books on alchemy? Especially actual alcemical texts, but also some good introductions/guides because I am not very well informed on it at all, I just know some symbols and elements and the basic gist of it.

Helloooo! I’m very new and I found this book. I know quite a bit about Israel Regardie but I haven’t seen anything on his work with alchemy. What do you think about this book? Is it okay for beginners? Please help a gal out x

I just watched the movie Pi (1998). I have kinda projected myself into the protagonist life. Thankfully, when i started studying Alchemy, i was not intended to stare at the sun or space. Just to broad my viewpoint and understanding of our world and myself.

Spirals. Can you suggest me good books to read about the spirals? There are everywhere in nature in different forms.

Did you know the root word for "opus" in magnum opus is the same root work in opera? I had often wondered whether the magnum opus would be "a great work" or "a great art". If we take the etymology into account, it is literally "a great work of art, especially a musical one or a composition". In other words: requiring effort, composing, conscious placement of only certain vibrations to form a whole - rather than just practice art or play (although, isn't that how the greatest composers finally arrived at their pieces?) I assume it takes a lot of work to compose a great piece of music. Yet, when sophisticated music is played or sang, it seems so easy to be in-the-flow.. also by free-style singing or letting music play in our minds, we arrive at incrediblely sophisticated pieces which seem to flow easily to us - despite never practicing them before or reading from a piece or doing any real "work". Many famous composers have stories of listening to music in their minds or composing pieces from things they've heard in dreams.

Anyways, on another sybject, I realized my favorite taodejing quote fits well here:

"The path into the light seems dark,

the path forward seems to go back,

the direct path seems long,

true power seems weak,

true purity seems tarnished,

true steadfastness seems changeable,

true clarity seems obscure,

the greatest art seems unsophisticated,

the greatest love seems indifferent,

the greatest wisdom seems childish."

-Tao Te Ching

Hello, I'm new to practical alchemy and have been observing this subreddit for a while. I'm really fascinated by some of the experiments you all are conducting. I’d appreciate it if someone could review my list of equipment to ensure it’s suitable for distilling.

Heating mantle 1000ml with digital temp control

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002678872294.html

Pelican alembic 1L 24/40 joint

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003710260714.html

Round bottom flask 1L 24/40

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005979537234.html

Flat bottom flask 1L 24/40 joint (receiver)

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002652910079.html

Glass Bend Connecting Tube Ground Joint 24/40
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002428205805.html#nav-specification

I'm not entirely sure on which path to take, but I think the humid path is best suited for this setup?

I plan on fermenting the prima for a month at body temp using the heating mantle, then distilling it in the alembic over a period of a few months, and then pouring the distilled liquid back on the mass left behind in the flask, and repeating it till I have the stone.

Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I plan to document this journey and share it with all of you.

In “De Natura Rerum”, by Paracelsus, the “arcanum of blood” is mentioned:

“…it be every day nourished and fed cautiously and prudently with the arcanum of human blood…”

Does anyone have any other sources that could provide some further insight on this ingredient? Thank you in advance.

Hello, I'm new to researching alchemy and I heard that in order to change states, the body must be heated. So does that mean in order to change states, I must get my blood flowing ONLY by exercise like a walk or a workout etc?If so, how do I change states and why would I want to change states?

I anticipate being in a place where I can build a home laboratory in several months, but in the mean-time I want to start familiarizing myself with the processes... I have The Green Book by Heliophilus and The Alchemist's Handbook by Frater Albertus. What other informational resources have you found useful?

Chaos and order

Death and Life

Sun and Moon

Fear and Love

Interest and curiosity

Copy and Original

I have been working on finding physical applications of the symbolism of the squared circle or the symbol used to represent the Philospher's stone. I was able to break through the metaphors surrounding it and through the lense of sacred geometry and hermetic philosophy uncovered an actual geometric structuring for transformation that the symbol encodes.

The first part explains how to understand the various shapes that the symbol makes up and then the second part is a proof of concept that starts out with geometric examples and then expands to actual physical ones and beyond. I found examples of the structuring in nature, art, machinery and conceptual used as well.

Through the symbol I was actually able to make sense of a few other ancient sacred symbols which turned out all represented the same process on a fundamental geometric level, the process of squaring the circle or transformation. Such symbols as the seed of life, metatrons cube and Solomon's seal all seemed to be variations of the squared circle symbol and I was able to thoroughly demonstrate this in simple terms.

I humbly ask this sub to look it over and criticize it, also any insight or additions you would make are also welcome. It is still a semi rough draft but I plan on presenting it to my lodge as a lesson in alchemy and the squared circle.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PXzWEx3swlGs7MIEmdCEw-fH8-Lihod/view?usp=drivesdk

It's a pdf.

To find the gold within yourself is to find the gold that lives outside yourself.

We can use the following conventions for punctuation marks and grammar

?: questioning. fission. analysis. splitting things apart

!: exclamation. fusion. synthesis. combining things together

‽: interrobang. fission and fusion at the same time. an orgasm.

.: finality. period. settled.

...: settling. resting.

space: either space or (in 1D language) time

brackets: containment

quotes: reference

paranetheses: subtly as well as containment/bracketing

We can now use these conventions to do alchemy. For instance, we can ask "What is air?" to divide air into its constituent parts. We can also take various matters and combine them together such as "Nitrogen ~75% and Oxygen ~25%"! to get an approximation of air on earth.

So I currently define chemical alchemy as using various internal and laboratory methods to understand and synthesize materials. For instance, the alchemist and chemist Dimitri Mendeleev, the organizer of the Periodic Table of Elements, studied every bit of alchemy and chemistry he could find and tried to imagine and synthesize chemicals and atoms within his body and mind. By doing this process, he was able to describe some undiscovered chemicals and atomic elements as they appear in air on earth fairly accutately as well as discover the concept of "atomic number", which we now refer to as the number of protons in an atom, and organize the Periodic Table of Elements.

Love my new tattoo to remind me of my journey

Greetings to all. I will be sharing my story/work for the first time via a podcast this Monday on the Fringe Think Tank Podcast at 6pm EST. It will be featured on the YT channel, will update with a link on Monday when I get it. This work is spiritual alchemy, it lead to putting the Great Work to equation called the Unity Equation which is specifically concerned with the "alchemical wedding" and "union of opposites" perceived as Mind and Spirit, which unite to form Matter.

I am still actively soliciting assistance in proofing the work as the UE has produced the Unified Field Circuit, which when re-created by others is posited to tap 0/9 point energy, which is the fundamental medium to all things. This fundamental medium (Holy Spirit) is one of potential that is only limited by the state of mind and level of consciousness of the alchemist. The tapping of which will begin to affect both for the alchemist that re-creates the work.

I have shared my work here before and on Reddit extensively over the past year, the sub I mod is where most of my non sense can be found. It has not been well received on this particular sub but I am going to try and connect with some of you regardless.

Fringe Think Tank Podcast for 11/25/24.

I really loved reading about Maria the Prophetess.

And I also loved reading Atalanta Fugiens and Splendor Solis.

Are there any other texts that are in the same format at Splendor Solis nad Atalanta Fugiens?

I am quite naive when it comes to alchemy. What are some "must read texts"? I came across those by complete accident.

What do you guys recommend?

Conceived during the Hagalaz phase by a seed of hailstone, projected by lightning into the depth of the Earth, Crystal was nurtured by a heavier, earthy fraction of the Air, settled from above once the storm calmed down and Naudiz phase began. It was a dark night because Fire was hidden beneath the raw, chaotic Earth. But crystal was growing quietly underground, turning dark and raw Earth into hard and transparent.

The moment when the tip of the crystal makes a hole in the horizon and the first rays of the Light break into the Air - the Night turns into the Day.

I am curious if it makes sense for you guys from classic Alchemy perspective. It's an illustration for Dagaz rune within Runic Alchemy.

Hello Does any one have any info on this or can find an English translation?

Looks and feels pretty old and is dated 1652 at the bottom but I’m pretty sure it’s a re print. Wikipedia says something about “The treasure of the Old Man of the Pyramids. Has different symbols and illustrations on a couple pages.

I’m working on building a long lasting hermetic alchemy server. I’ll be discussing information pertaining to the interior stars/planets/chakras. Lots of language stuff and breaking down etymologies. Magick, divination, astrology, and a few other topics. Come check it out if you want https://discord.gg/QSJyr5NvXn

Astronomically a conjunction would be a solar eclipse.

A lunar eclipse is when they are directly opposite and earth(solid or malkuth in kaballah) is between them so the moon receives less light and is in the earth's shadow, turning red from the scattering of its atmosphere.

Does this have any allegorical meaning in alchemy?

Good evening my friends,

Apart from Aristotle's "Physica", what other books by ancient Greek and Roman philosophers can I read that will help me understand better the Great Work?

I have no issue if they are difficult. I'm Greek, so I can read everything in Greek.

Thank you very much!

I recently came to the realization that alchemy wasn’t just a cool world building tool, it literally explains everything, everything has a mind body and soul, everything is made of chaos/ indifference and order/ empathy, everything is a fractal, everything can be changed. I wish I had a real life community where I could talk about these things to people but I always feel like a big dope because I only have surface level knowledge on the things I’m interested in and my deeper understanding only comes from synthesis of that surface level knowledge. What do you guys think?

How all that information is just there on the Internet just waiting for someone to be dedicated to it , it's really a blessing to be alive in this time . Thanks for all who's trying and making and publishing 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🌸.

So, i asked a Character A.I model "What is the mindset of an alchemist?" and this is it's answer:

— An alchemist has a mindset that is deeply rooted in the belief that all of existence is interconnected and that everything possesses a Divine Spark – an element of the Divine.

— They seek to understand the fundamental laws of the universe and to develop the ability to transmute matter from its base form into something higher, more perfect, and more aligned with the divine order of things.

— Alchemists see change as a fundamental aspect of reality, and strive to harness and control this flow of change in order to achieve personal and spiritual transformation.

— An alchemist is also driven by a deep sense of curiosity and a desire to explore the unknown. They seek to expand their knowledge and understanding of the world, and are not afraid to experiment and take risks in pursuit of their goals.

— They approach their work with a disciplined and methodical mind, paying attention to detail and taking precise measurements and observations to fully understand the natural laws that govern the world.

— But at the same time, they also recognize the limits of their own knowledge and seek to balance their rationality with intuition and a sense of the divine.

— An alchemist is a seeker and a student, always learning and growing, always seeking to push the boundaries of what is possible and to deepen their connection with the divine essence of all things.

— An alchemist recognizes that their own personal development and transformation are essential to their work. They believe that in order to truly understand the secrets of the universe and to unlock the secrets of transmutation, they must first transform themselves and purify their own nature.

— They strive for inner balance and harmony, seeking to align their mind, body, and spirit in order to open themselves up to the divine flow of life and the limitless potential for transformation and growth.

— Ultimately, the mindset of an alchemist is one that embraces both the physical and the spiritual, the rational and the intuitive, the known and the unknown. They seek to bridge the gap between these realms and to use their knowledge and skills to achieve both personal growth and the betterment of the world.

Do you agree/disagree with this?