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Alchemical Mercury

Author : Karen Pinkus
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804772878
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Alchemical Mercury written by Karen Pinkus and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we account, in a rigorous way, for alchemy's ubiquity? We think of alchemy as the transformation of a base material (usually lead) into gold, but "alchemy" is a word in wide circulation in everyday life, often called upon to fulfill a metaphoric duty as the magical transformation of materials. Almost every culture and time has had some form of alchemy. This book looks at alchemy, not at any one particular instance along the historical timeline, not as a practice or theory, not as a mode of redemption, but as a theoretical problem, linked to real gold and real production in the world. What emerges as the least common denominator or "intensive property" of alchemy is ambivalence, the impossible and paradoxical coexistence of two incompatible elements. Alchemical Mercury moves from antiquity, through the golden age of alchemy in the Dutch seventeenth century, to conceptual art, to alternative fuels, stopping to think with writers such as Dante, Goethe, Hoffmann, the Grimm Brothers, George Eliot, and Marx. Eclectic and wide-ranging, this is the first study to consider alchemy in relation to literary and visual theory in a comprehensive way.

The Alchemical Body

Author : David Gordon White
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022614934X
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Alchemical Body written by David Gordon White and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] brilliant disquisition on . . . mostly unpublished texts for three allied systems of tantric thought and praxis (sexual, alchemical, and hatha yogic).” —The Journal of Asian Studies 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. “White proves a skillful guide in disentangling historical and theoretical complexities that have thus far bedeviled the study of these influential aspects of medieval Indian culture.” —Yoga World “Anyone seriously interested in finding out more about authentic tantra, original hatha yoga, embodied liberation . . . sacred sexuality, paranormal abilities, healing, and of course alchemy will find White’s extraordinary book as fascinating as any Tom Clancy thriller.” —Georg Feuerstein, Yoga Journal “Remarkable . . . a study of the language of mystic experience and expression—the multitudinous symbols, rituals, and doctrines of the medieval siddhis, yogis, and alchemists.” —Skeptic Meditations

The Alchemical Essence and the Chemical Element

Author : Muir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alchemical Essence and the Chemical Element written by Muir and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Alchemical Essence and the Chemical Element

Author : Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alchemical Essence and the Chemical Element written by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jung and the Alchemical Imagination

Author : Jeffrey Raff
Publisher : Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0892545674
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis Jung and the Alchemical Imagination by : Jeffrey Raff

Download or read book Jung and the Alchemical Imagination written by Jeffrey Raff and published by Nicolas-Hays, Inc.. This book was released on 2000-11-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jung and the Alchemical Imagination illustrates the spiritual nature of Jungian psychology and the debt it owes to the tradition of esoteric religion. Unlike other books on Jung and alchemy which contain a psychological interpretation of alchemical material, this work uses alchemy to understand the three cornerstones of Jungian spirituality--the self, the transcendent function, and active imagination. Through the interpretation of alchemical imagery, Raff explains the nature of these three concepts and illustrates how together they form a new model of contemporary Western spirituality. This book is also unique in selecting alchemical texts for analysis that are relatively unknown and which, for the most part, have never been interpreted. In addition, he presents two new concepts--the ally and the psychoid realm. Through the addition of these ideas, and the new understanding that they offer, it is possible to apply alchemical imagery to transpsychic experience/ that is, to a world of spirits which may not be reduced to psychological concepts. By including this realm in the study of alchemy and Jungian thought, it is possible to gain insights into the nature of visionary and ecstatic experiences that form part of the path of individuation--the road to completion.

Thelemic Alchemy I

Author : Frater Satori
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059532357X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Thelemic Alchemy I written by Frater Satori and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thelemic Alchemy begins with dozens of pages of Alchemic History, including Isis and Osiris in Alchemy, Tarot and Alchemy, The Enochian Aeyres in Alchemy, and Jung. The Second Section makes this a system of ritual and meditation, including Initiations and Banishing Rituals. The 418 Ritual is also included. Together they create a new vision of non-Christian Alchemy, and a more Internal and Psychological form of Thelema!

The Vedic Alchemist

Author : James Kalomiris
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1982256753
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book The Vedic Alchemist written by James Kalomiris and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-01-20 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about alchemy, Vedic alchemy. It is an investigation of physical matter, but not an ordinary investigation. With the help of the Vedic scriptures and classical alchemical texts, this book explains how physical matter was created, how it evolved from small atoms, and how it coalesced into the physical objects we see every day. After creating physical matter, the Vedic alchemist takes the reader down a path of personal liberation through the transmutation of base metals to the Philosopher Stone, always with an eye to the Vedas.

The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great

Author : Paracelsus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great written by Paracelsus and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Tantric Alchemist

Author : Peter Levenda
Publisher : Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0892546298
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (925 download)

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Book Synopsis The Tantric Alchemist by : Peter Levenda

Download or read book The Tantric Alchemist written by Peter Levenda and published by Nicolas-Hays, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tantric Alchemist is a work on alchemy as decoded by Tantra and a work on Tantra as understood by alchemists. It uncovers works by Thomas Vaughan and suggests how he and his wife—a 17th-century Welsh couple unique in the history of western alchemy—met their fate when dealing with forces they knew only too well, but which were stronger than their ability to control them. Using the works of Vaughan as his text, Levenda applies the “twilight language” of Tantra to the surreal prose of the alchemist and in the process lays bare the lineaments of the arcane tradition that gave rise to the legend of Christian Rosenkreutz, the reputed founder of Rosicrucianism who learned his art in the East; and to the 19th- and 20th-century occult movements lead by such luminaries as P.B. Randolph, Theodore Reuss, Helena Blavatsky, and Aleister Crowley who also sought (and discovered) this technology in the religions and cultures of Asia. Readers will find that the many disparate threads of an authentic spiritual tradition are woven together here in a startling tapestry that reveals—without pretense or euphemism—the psycho-sexual technique that is at the root of both Tantra and alchemy: that is to say, of both Asian and European forms of esoteric praxis.

Alchemical Psychology

Author : Thom F. Cavalli
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101143614
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Alchemical Psychology written by Thom F. Cavalli and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-04 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemical practices have been reborn in our contemporary world under the rubric of Jungianism, transpersonal psychology, or depth psychology. But in Alchemical Psychology, Thom F. Cavalli, Ph.D., takes us directly to the source—and on a wonderful adventure into the true nature of our hearts and minds. In a book that sparkles with verve, life, and practicality, Dr. Cavalli explains how alchemy was one of humankind’s earliest efforts to transform the nature of consciousness. What little-known or underground arts did alchemists practice in pursuit of self-transformation—and how can they enrich us today? Using the same practices that he employs with patients, Dr. Cavalli offers readers a plethora of personal exercises that, among other things, enables them to “type” themselves according to ancient alchemical identifiers of nature and personality. He then provides practices that can help free them from the grip of familiar problems and foster true personal growth. Beautifully illustrated with medieval prints from the alchemical tradition, Alchemical Psychology gives readers both a richer understanding of their own natures and of the traditions on which many of our modern therapies are based.

The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England

Author : Jonathan Hughes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441142789
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Alchemy in Fourteenth-Century England written by Jonathan Hughes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to explore the importance of alchemy and its links to the occult in the period between 1320 and 1400. Alchemists didn't just try to turn metals into gold: they studied planetary influences on metals and people, refined plants and minerals in the search for medicines. This book illustrates how this branch of thought became more popular as the practical and theoretical knowledge of alchemists spread throughout England.

Alchemy and Finnegans Wake

Author : Barbara DiBernard
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873953887
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (538 download)

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Download or read book Alchemy and Finnegans Wake written by Barbara DiBernard and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first full-length study of Joyce's direct and indirect use of alchemical allusions, DiBernard shows how an awareness of the alchemical metaphor guides a reader through the richness of Finnegans Wake. For example, the alchemical transmutation of lead into gold parallels the transmutation of the dross and commotion of ordinary life into a work of art. This study shows how the themes of Joyce's novel--death and rebirth, the conflict between physical and spiritual, incest, colors, forgery, and the reconciliation of opposites--relate to the alchemical process. The author then presents a theory, based on alchemical metaphor, on the much debated subject of Joyce's view of the artist.

Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Author : Curtis Runstedler
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031266064
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature written by Curtis Runstedler and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English poetry and bridges them together with the exempla tradition in late medieval English literature. Such poetic narratives function as exemplary models which directly address the ambiguity of medieval English alchemical practice. This book examines the foundation of this relationship between alchemical narrative and exemplum in the poetry of Gower and Chaucer in the fourteenth century before exploring its diffusion in lesser-known anonymous poems and recipes in the fifteenth century, namely alchemical dialogues between Morienus and Merlin, Albertus Magnus and the Queen of Elves, and an alchemical version of John Lydgate’s poem The Churl and the Bird. It investigates how this exemplarity can be read as inherent to understanding poetic narratives containing alchemy, as well as enabling the reader to reassess the understanding and expectations of science and narrative within medieval English poetry.

Celtic Plant Magic

Author : Jon G. Hughes
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892819249
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Celtic Plant Magic written by Jon G. Hughes and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2003-02-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first working guide to the creation and application of plant-based compounds for magical and healing purposes as well as Celtic Sex rituals based on the Druidic tradition.

Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood

Author : Tara Nummedal
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812295935
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood written by Tara Nummedal and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones, transform lead into the coveted philosophers' stone—and would serve a critical role in preparing for the Last Days. Boldly envisioning herself as a Protestant Virgin Mary, Anna proposed that the lion's blood, paired with her own body, could even generate life, repopulating and redeeming the corrupt world in its final moments. In Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood, Tara Nummedal reconstructs the extraordinary career and historical afterlife of alchemist, courtier, and prophet Anna Zieglerin. She situates Anna's story within the wider frameworks of Reformation Germany's religious, political, and military battles; the rising influence of alchemy; the role of apocalyptic eschatology; and the position of women within these contexts. Together with her husband, the jester Heinrich Schombach, and their companion and fellow alchemist Philipp Sommering, Anna promised her patrons at the court of Wolfenbüttel spiritual salvation and material profit. But her compelling vision brought with it another, darker possibility: rather than granting her patrons wealth or redemption, Anna's alchemical gifts might instead lead to war, disgrace, and destruction. By 1575, three years after Anna's arrival at court, her enemies had succeeded in turning her from holy alchemist into poisoner and sorceress, culminating in Anna's arrest, torture, and public execution. In her own life, Anna was a master of self-fashioning; in the centuries since her death, her story has been continually refashioned, making her a fitting emblem for each new age. Interweaving the history of science, gender, religion, and politics, Nummedal recounts how one resourceful woman's alchemical schemes touched some of the most consequential matters in Reformation Germany.

The Alchemist

Author : Erin Julian
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1780938292
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Alchemist written by Erin Julian and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eponymous alchemist of Ben Jonson's quick-fire comedy is a fraud: he cannot make gold, but he does make brilliant theatre. The Alchemist is a masterpiece of wit and form about the self-delusions of greed and the theatricality of deception. This guide will be useful to a diverse assembly of students and scholars, offering fresh new ways into this challenging and fascinating play.

The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy

Author : B. J. T. Dobbs
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521273817
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy written by B. J. T. Dobbs and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1983-04-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets the foundations of Newton's alchemy in their historical context in Restoration England. It is shown that alchemical modes of thought were quite strong in many of those who provided the dynamism for the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century and that these modes of thought had important relationships with general movements for reform in the same period.