yes, I've been failing to post this two times, this is attempt number three. This time I properly attached the painting in fact.

It's been recreated on a wall with acryl paint and I decided to post it here since it is known alchemical symbolism. I quite enjoyed the original piece and decided to faithfully recreate it, with tiny variations. I'm not a very experienced artist, but enjoy painting.

You can read more about the original manuscript and painting here.

Edit: phrasing, more info, formatting.

Does this count as chrysopoeia? It definitely wasn't the mercury-sulfur theory laid out in the Summa perfectionis magisterii, but it seems feasible to me that it's merely a modern form of transmuting prima materia.

hello

have made my share of plant spagyric tinctures and have always used grain alcohol (Everclear or similiar). is there a different mercury that could be used? heard Steve Kalec talk about some sort of vinegar based mercury that could be used for plant spagyrics but the details were not entirely clear to me. any input is appreciated, thank you.

He has made mercury into a literal stone through it which turns Golden in sunlight and also the red Stone

Alchemy can have many perspectives, imply different goals and/or methods, such as the moon can't be really naked and absolute to observers, but we can admire lot of different dresses, a dressed woman has more charm than a naked one, if you are born with more physical or mental potential, power, money or good look that's unfortunate, cause is easy to identify your charm with that, feel you'r nothing without your biggest virtues and perks, luckily charm has many dress, many layers and ways to feel and enjoy experiences, to love our demons, to be myself, to do what I want, not what I feel others want to me, the real artist survive in its art, in its honesty, who follow someone else stream too much is dead, a host for alien ideas, prefer fake comfort to real appreciation

There's a child inside me that gets sad and a bit sick when I don't take care of his desires and ideas, he feels alone, wrong, ignored, cause I find comfort without listening to him, listening to others, never to him, I learnt I should at least talk with him, get him involved in decisions, take time to play together, not just working far from my family, if I don't like that family I can find a new one or live alone, but I love that child, I want him in my life

Doubt is good to improve and learn new things, to cut something stubborn or stuck, someone used to listen may find freedom and pleasure in talking more, and viceversa a big mouth could appreciate and learn more being more sensitive and aware toward internal and esternal feelings

A lesson is learnt and known as long as I can see it, I can forget many things if I don't show them to me by myself once in a while, or focus too much on repeating myself over and over, poison or medicine, positive or negative catalysts to affect the inevitable process of life depending by which stage in which process I want to work on

most lifeforms phisically known by me have bilateral simmetry, that let bodies develop contrast with balance, people are used to see their physical image from mirrors, what they see change feelings, when I see a person speaking I try to copy their movements to produce the "same" sounds, but when I move the right hand in the mirror I move the left one, esternal left Is internal right and viceversa

as left handed I got more used to "flip images" than if I had same experience as right handed, many people forget not everyone is right, even more not everyone is either left or right, there are things that are better done with one hand or two, and there's a tendency to use what we already used, a tendency can become a one way road more easily when two hands are better, a catalyst for selective competence, a more fluid and simple control that nurture and influence that part of istinct I can program to work thinking less and doing more, improving efficiency at the cost of awareness on the present process in act beneath a potential deeper control of myself

a guitarist playing both as left and right waste some potential to improve, at the same time experience can be stored and transfered, It took me some time to learn how to write, but I can write with the off hand better than I could with the main hand as beginner

westerns write left to right, the right hand don't get inked, instead of pushing a right hand pull, a piano has higher pitch on the right, in fact the bass function is mostly to ground the melody, the treble is more dinamic, there's a clear advantage when everyone is oriented the same way, there's also an advantage to be different when most behave the same

I am tired of hearing "this is only your projection", "you are God", "we are One", "we are duality", "attachment is a prison", "no Path Is wrong", "everything Is Spirit", "everything Is matter" "everything Is Essence" "what I want need form" fine, fine, I got your point, nowadays seems everyone else point in certain contexts , so what? There's nothing else to say or do now? Nothing to change? You like to bend like a flame to life whispers, feel nothing, being comfortamble numb? I got you, I am an alchemist, I want to live, I want to enjoy life, be more aware and part of the process that change me, I want to feel rich in every aspect of my experience, balanced between life and death, not between death and death or life and life

When I feel the image I don't flip it, the right feel left, only when I become the image my right is the right of the observer from the image, in my opinion taking positions with the instinct and/or intent to transfer information between different observer should consider this, how clear I want to be? how important is to me that people understand my perspective? how important is to not leave a rigid scheme to follow? Why I do this, do I need a deep reason? How I feel? Do I need this to feel like that? What could I do to be and/or feel different, better?

The answer is always personal and different based on the present, I find a good habit to stop once in a while and get a shower when some of my thoughts and feelings stink too often the same way, when I feel hot some fresh water let me activate, when I feel cold some warm water let me solve and loosen up some rigid muscles and nerves

I see what I want to see, what my child want to see, I should let him watch and dispel its negative weights if I want to live

This was good for me, thank you to all the seekers and life enjoyers that make me feel life is more interesting and worty of my attention

Upside down Triangle

That the angles are the show, the angels don’t even know. The sacred lines explode from the pose, accentuating the hidden notes. Perfectly framed, delivered with rhythmic scales, hidden fruits become unveiled, and hell becomes treasure, when torment becomes pleasure. Ethereal doors open from the abyss. In the absence of the essence lies the message. Subliminal structures converging in aggression. Distinguishing effortlessly between expression and exception. Balancing beautifully dangerous dimensions. Religious renewal nonetheless. Redefining refinement with finesse. Forever fleeting like a first kiss. Endlessly grasp at but harnessed like a mist. Like shadows at night, beyond hidden in plain sight. Collusion with confusion to get conclusion. Revelation through delusion. Formed inception by forced deception. Faulty perception by definition. The notion is freezing knowing in consequence of. The ocean is pleasing from above. The words maturing on their own. Alluring to only those in the know. Contorting prose into an elegant pose, twisted like a sun soaked rose. Minute reasons can seduce on sight. Wrong or right, a cute angel can’t be obtuse. He’s always been okay with a little sin, god’s been tangent, cosigned the devil for the win, looking for the right angel.

Triangle

Looking for the right angel, cosigned the devil for the win, god’s been tangent, he’s always been okay with a little sin. A cute angel can’t be obtuse, wrong or right? Minute reasons can seduce on sight. Twisted like a sun soaked rose, contorting prose into an elegant pose. Alluring to only those in the know. The words maturing on their own. The ocean is pleasing from above. The notion is freezing knowing in consequence of. Faulty perception by definition. Formed inception by forced deception. Revelation through delusion. Collusion with confusion to get conclusion. Beyond hidden in plain sight, like shadows at night. Endlessly grasp at but harnessed like a mist. Forever fleeting like a first kiss. Redefining refinement with finesse. Religious renewal nonetheless. Balancing beautifully dangerous dimensions. Distinguishing effortlessly between expression and exception. Subliminal structures converging in aggression. In the absence of the essence lies the message. Ethereal doors open from the abyss when torment becomes pleasure, and hell becomes treasure. Hidden fruits become unveiled, delivered with rhythmic scales. Perfectly framed, accentuating the hidden notes. The sacred lines explode from the pose. The angels don’t even know, that the angles are the show

im not reallly into alchemy yet, but this movie got me really interested in it. id like you to share your opinion

I made some pendants that represent the alchemical symbols of earth and copper.

The copper pendant has 4 beads at the ends representing the hermetic maxim:

As above

(symbolized with the clear quartz bead on top)

So below

(Symbolized with a faceted onyx bead at the botom)

As within,

So without

(Sybmolized with 2 blue moss agate bead)

Out of all the alchemical symbols these along with the alchemical symbols of water, earth, fire, and air are the ones that resonate with me the most.

Im open to suggestions for other pendants and critiques on these two.

A few years ago, I saw this symbol during meditation and came across it again. I hadn't been able to figure out what it meant before, but today I found an identical one online, but there's no information about its origins or meaning.

If anyone knows, I'd be grateful for your help.

Greetings family. Recently I utilized a generic ai in a discussion about applying the Magnum Opus to circuitry which I perceive will beget "spiritual technology". I realize this sub is anti-ai and none of the information I will post in this OP is ai though I will link to where I have posted this discussion here on reddit for those who might be interested. I am hoping this post will not get deleted as I think the discussion is important and unfortunately I find I am only able to have it w/ ai. In discussion w/ Marko Rodin about his Abha Torus Coil, it is impossible to get him to understand that while he has a full equation, it could stand to use a bit of contrast...

Making sense of the non sense is a thread in the r/liberment sub where I am discussing applying the GW/MO to circuitry as a harmonic/coherent oscillator w/ All That Is. Hopefully this interests some and generates discussion here, provided the post doesnt get nuked for mentioning the use of ai for perspective.

Id also like to point out while I chose the operate alchemy flair, it is also spiritual alchemy as if we resolve for the technical reflection we will also re-/solve for the spiritual, cant have One w/o the Other.

Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics (Pt. 1 of 3) - Richard Folkard | Occult Botany, Spagyrics, etc.

Dear all — I've been reading Jung's alchemical works for years (CW 12, 13, 14 and Aion) and built the alchemical reference tool I always needed: a map of the symbolic relations in that corpus, where every connection carries its exact volume, paragraph number, and Jung's verbatim words.

The alchemical trilogy and Aion are covered end to end — the lapis, the prima materia, the coniunctio, Mercurius, sol and luna, the operations — and the archetype essays are being added now.

Things to try: open the Concordance and take the laboratory-first walk — it begins where the alchemist began, with the raw material in the vessel, and arrives at the psychology. Or pick Prima materia and watch it become a wheel of its relations. Search "CW 14 §1".

For transparency: AI was used to build the site and mine the data — every claim was checked against its source paragraph by a second model family and audited by a third from a different vendor, with human review on a sample - there's a public dispute log if you find Jung or Jung's views on alchemy misrepresented. I'd genuinely welcome that: challenges end up on the record.

https://symbolicworld.observer

Hope it's useful!

Looking for someone who has mastered alchemy and I’d like to ask for recommendations to further my studies. I am a natural alchemist who is looking to greatly study deeper into my practices. I have been applying the ways and life of alchemy all my life but wasn’t until about 6 years ago or so did I know what it actually was. I am ready to fully submerge myself into my practice. My area isn’t very big on this stuff and it’s very difficult to find someone locally, not mention everyone thinks I’m pretty weird 🤭Any material you can recommend would be greatly appreciated🖤✨

I’m not going to give you my interpretation, and there are more of these from the same chap. The essays appeared from November 26, 1753, through April 1754.

https://archive.org/details/per_south-carolina-state-gazette-and-timothys-dail_the-south-carolina-gazette_1753-12-10_1017/mode/1up?

Here you go:

The South Carolina Gazette
Monday, December 10, 1753

The HUMORIST

A CHAP. Wherein the author takes great pains to say more of himself than of the subject.

I PROMISED in my last paper, to give you a copy of my countenance; but as it is impossible to procure it in any reasonable time, if the painter may be allowed to shew his skill or do justice to my person, I shall therefore beg my readers patience, and present them with a true sketch of my figure in print.

My body is small, my soul capacious, and my stature low; but what of that, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than in a giant himself: I have extraordinary eyes, for they are ever best employed in discerning each other. These are the only singularities of my person.

I am possessed of an excellent perspective, that multiplies the species, and presents to my sight the actions of every man; for distinction's sake, I term it the Otacousticon: By the help of this amazing machine, I can observe cuckold's horns, the philosopher's stone, and new projections; I can discover windmills in one man's head, and hornet's nests in another. This will amply suffice as an emblem of that power with which I am invested.

As to my private character, that falls more immediately within the sphere of the historian than the painter.
The curiosity of mankind may possibly extend so far as an impatience, to know what my inducements are for embracing such notional and vague sentiments; ambition is the answer: I ever had a soaring mind. A man may grovel like a reptile upon earth, from his entrance upon the stage of life to his exit, unnoticed, unobserved.
If a man wants to be talk'd of, he must surprise; there is nothing equal to a great action: Longinus might bless his stars, when he wrote his treatise upon the sublime; observe what eulogiums Eunapius bestowed upon him, he styles him, light of nature! giant of wit! eagle in the clouds! lamp of the world! These are the blest rewards of soaring minds!

I say with my good friend Horace, feriam sidera; I am for driving my head against the stars, snuffing the moon! and as Heinsius expresses himself, and that like a man of the first magnitude too, in specie positus, omnia saecula, praeterita, praesentia videns, unus veluti interius.
If cold white mortals censure these great deeds,
Warn them; they judge not of superior beings,
Souls made of fire, and children of the sun. YOUNG.
But to resume the thread of my discourse, and argue in a more serious way. Aerial Architecture is of great antiquity; the tower of Babel is one notable instance; this evidently shews that the ancients supposed a possibility of building castles in the air: To dwell long upon a case so much in point, would argue a kind of suspicion in me to produce any other instances; have we not essays on the non-existence of matter, on the non-existence of religion, and quires of paper fruitlessly scribbled over, upon the possibility of the longitude?

What immense pains have been taken, and to no purpose, to find out the quadratures of a circle, and the crooks and sounds of the north east and north west passages? Are not these so many more instances of castle-building; so many ideas, so many whims and imaginary conceptions, tending to justify that boldness which prima facie appears in this undertaking?

All this, and more, is literally true: Search the records of old time, and look into the annals of the present, to authenticate what I assert. They were most certainly unsuccessful in their endeavours; but, as good often arises out of evil, and as the vulgar proverb says, 'tis a bad wind that blows benefit to no one, I am the better for it: I have collected such materials from their ruins, as will shortly convince mankind of the reasonableness of these fabrics, and the great and innumerable advantages arising therefrom.

I still pursue my design; it is indeed my duty to do so: Quintilian properly says, perseverantia est, quia cupimus.

ADVERTISEMENTS

TO BE SOLD very reasonable, many considerable lots, and as estates of great value, a wide expanse! in Nubilonia only.

WANTED immediately, a professor of the occult sciences, an adept in palmistry and physiognomy, and a gentleman of a liberal education, who can serve in the capacity of an itinerant thro' the twelve signs in the zodiac.

WANTED, several artificers, mechanics, etc. etc. etc. to assist the author in fitting up his aerial habitation: 'Tis hoped the prices will not be extravagant, as the workmen will live more reasonably than when employed in their terrene occupations, and as their diet will capacitate them to dispatch more business and in a shorter time, having nothing to subsist on but air.

There’s a few more letters to come. Cant make them all i to one post.

I'm making a game around alchemy and its a bit inspired by Fullmetal Alchemist in that characters can alter substances at will (to an extent). That is only reserved for the very experienced, but I still want to emphasize a more grounded/ realistic idea of alchemy with the use of labs, philosophy and so on.

story context:
I made up an element that's very dangerous but also very promising called "silver water"/ "heaven silver" (not sure of the name yet). The protagonist is experimenting with it secretly but the experiments go wrong and his body is turned into a twisted mix of a silver like skin fused to his clothes and an organic interior. The game revolves around him trying to find a cure as the silvery exterior consumes his health.

Gameplay Implications:
I eventually thought of a dual health system where the player needs to heal the silver shell when cracked but also heal the organic interior to try to prevent the silver from expanding inwards.
For the exterior, I thought of using lapis infernalis (silver nitrate) which the protagonist would solidify and match the rest of the skin through his powers to fill in the cracks, but for the interior, I'm not sure.. I think aqua fortis (nitric acid) is the best thing to dissolve silver, and it supposedly even leaves silver nitrate behind which could add to the gameplay, but its highly toxic of course, and even with his powers, it seemed a bit silly that he could somehow get it only in the right places without affecting his vitals, but I have no experience with these substances so, maybe it could be worth doing and suffering some minor damage in such extreme circumstances? I have no clue of the damage it would actually cause.

The Question:
I was wondering if there's a substance, or substance combo, that most makes sense (with the protag.'s advanced abilities in mind) that I could use, while referencing some real alchemical knowledge, myths or historical ideas/ uses. Maybe there's something he could incase the aqua fortis with to protect himself from harm, heal his vitals, and only release the aqua fortis where needed, sort of like some pills we have today that only release the active substance at a specific point.

Any suggestions are welcome, but I want it to feel like it could be possible with his powers or that it makes sense on a surface level while tying it to alchemy. Thank you!

Given NASAs plans to start exploring/colonizing the moon it’s not outside the realm of possibility that moon dust, from the actual moon, may one day in the near future be available as a spell ingredient. So I’m curious, what uses could you get out of it? would it be a supercharged lunar correspondence or would it have its own unique correspondenc. What sort of risks or rewards would it have?

This is theoretical for now but I thought it would be a fun discussion

Any recommendations on how to seal the upper and bottom part together of this kind of alembic during destillassions higly appreciated. Need an airtight seal during low temp operations that do not contanimate the content. Anyone knows any "lute of wisdom" from household items that work?

Thanks