The Art of Alchemy

The Emerald Tablet Explored

Emerald Tablet of Hermes

The Tablet probably first appeared in the West in editions of the psuedo-Aristotlean Secretum Secretorum which was actually a translation of the Kitab Sirr al-Asar, a book of advice to kings which was translated into latin by Johannes Hispalensis c. 1140 and by Philip of Tripoli c.1243. Other translations of the Tablet may have been made during the same period by Plato of Tivoli and Hugh of Santalla, perhaps from different sources.

The Emerald Tablet

Tabula Smaragdina, The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistos

Emerald Tablet of Hermes

Many years ago, a group of people decided to publish different translations of the Emerald Tablet and various commentaries upon it. The group broke up, the work was never finished.... Here is some of what remained.

The Emerald Tablet: Time Capsule of Wisdom from Mankind's Unknown Benefactors.

The Emerald Tablet is an ancient artifact that reveals a profound spiritual technology, which has survived to this day despite centuries of effort to suppress it. Encoded within the tablet's mysterious wording is a powerful formula that works in very specific and comprehensible steps on all levels of reality at once -- the physical, the mental, and the spiritual -- and shows us how to achieve personal transformation and even accelerate the evolution of our species.

Emerald Tablet, The

The Emerald Tablet, or the Emerald Table as it is frequently called is part of the Hermetica and is one of most revered magical documents in Western occultism. Hermes Trismegistus is portrayed in art as holding an emerald upon which he inscribed the entire Egyptian philosophy.

The Great Work

Ora et Labora

Alchemy Lab

A mega-website devoted to transforming your reality using the mental and spiritual operations of ancient alchemy.

Alchemy Index

Although the alchemists' fundamental goal of elemental transmutation was flawed, on a deeper level the work of alchemy (cloaked in allegorical images) also represented the transformation of the soul.

Newton's Alchemy, recreated

"Alchemy is the science by which the principles, causes, properties, and passions of all the metals are known radically, so that those of them which are imperfect, incomplete, mixed, and corrupt may be transmuted into genuine gold." Petrus Bonus, 14th century.

alchemy

over 400 skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal,supernatural and pseudoscientific ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature

Alchemy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alchemy refers to both an early protoscientific and an early philosophical discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. Alchemy has been practiced in Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Islamic empire, and then in Europe up to the nineteenth century - in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.

Alchemy - Philosopher's Stone

Alchemy is an ancient path of spiritual purification and transformation; the expansion of consciousness and the development of insight and intuition through images. Alchemy is steeped in mysticism and mystery.

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alchemy

The art of transmuting baser metals into gold and silver. It was the predecessor of the modern science of chemistry, for the first steps in the development of the modern science were based on the work of the old alchemists.

From Alchemy to Chemistry: Five Hundred Years of Rare and Interesting Books

In the exhibit, the curators tried to convey some of the major shifts in the study of chemistry - not just the movement from alchemy to modern science - but also the way chemists changed the way they talked about their field.

The Alchemy Web Site

Alchemy is a complex subject with many different interconnected aspects. Many people still only think of the quest of the philosophers' stone to change base metals into gold.

Terence McKenna-- Lectures on Alchemy

In the spirit of that last sentence, I decided to post here the transcriptions, given to me by a friend, of a lecture series that Terence presented on alchemy. I do not know where or when the lectures were given. Note: I have not edited the transcriptions at all-- they are exactly as I received them.

The Spell Binder: Alchemy

Contrary to popular opinion, alchemy was not merely a quest for the recipe to make gold and neither was it a purely mediaeval venture. Alchemy has its origins in ancient Egypt and in ancient Babylonia, well before the birth of Christ.

Inner Alchemy--Gurdjieff, Taoism, Self-Transformation

Inner Alchemy is a quarterly newsletter-journal dedicated to the art & science of self-transformation.

Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts: Pharmaceutics and Alchemy

The Arabic word al-kimiya, from which we derive the word alchemy, was used for both chemistry and alchemy, and no clear distinction was made between the two activities.

Famous Alchemists

Famous Alchemists

from the University of Bristol School of Chemistry

Alchemists

An alchemist was a person versed in the art of alchemy, an ancient branch of natural philosophy that eventually evolved into chemistry and pharmacology. Alchemy flourished in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, and then in Europe from the 13th to the 18th centuries.

Timeline of alchemists

This chart depicts the lifes of key alchemists and related writers, from the 13th to the end of the 18th century. By placing each writer in a historical context, this will help us understand the influences and borrowing of ideas.

Famous Alchemists

"Alchemy: The Struggle for Immortality" Copyright Gerald del Campo 1995

Alchemy: Turning Rocks to Gold Since the Middle Ages!

Alchemy. Such a misunderstood science. I hope this article can help set things straight for whomever reads it.

The Alchemists

The alchemists are a sub-group somewhere between Order of Hermes and the Sons of Ether. While they use the terminology and symbols of the Order, they share the solitary attitude and the interest in the sphere of matter with the Sons.

Lesser Alchemy

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab: Potions, Perfumes, and Esoteric Brews

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Alchemy Works Seeds & Herbs - The Raw Materials of Magick

Whether you practice witchcraft, ritual magick, or simply enjoy unusual seeds and botanicals, you will find something here of interest. All these seeds, herbs, and resins have traditionally played a role in ancient or modern Earth-based spirituality (Paganism) and magick.

Alchemy - Play at Shockwave.com

Turn lead into gold with Alchemy. The goal is to convert an entire lead playing board into gold pieces by placing runes into matching configurations. But be wary of snap judgments. Alchemy requires a forward-thinking mind.

Chemistry Instruction at Merlin's Academy of Alchemy

The best Chemistry courses on the Internet. Self-learning, self-paced, hypertextbook and exams. Low cost, high quality chemistry education for home school or institutions.

Al-Qemi Homepage

Spagyric & Alchemical Products.