Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton Newton the Alchemist Sir Isaac Newton, the famous seventeenth-century mathematician and scientist, though not generally known as an alchemist, practiced the art with a passion. Though he wrote over a million words on the subject, after his death in 1727, the Royal Society deemed that they were “not fit to be printed.” The More...
Nicholas Flamel
Nicholas Flamel The Book of Abraham the Jew Flamel Wisdom has various means for making its way into the heart of man. Sometimes a prophet comes forward and speaks. Or a sect of mystics receives the teaching of More...
Diamond Alchemy Symbol
Diamond Alchemy Symbol Diamond Alchemy Symbol Meanings I was recently asked about the diamond as an alchemy symbol. The diamond is a symbol of refracting light to the alchemist. As such, the diamond is symbolic More...
Alchemy Planet Symbols
Alchemy Planet Symbols To the alchemist, there was no area of life where the planets were not involved. The Greeks had a personified view of the planets – as each was a being in their own right, and played a More...
Animal Alchemy Symbols
Exploring Animal Alchemy Symbols Animal alchemy symbols are an extension of the tradition. Animals are viewed with just as much reverence and high regard in alchemy as they are in other deeply spiritual traditions More...
Ancient Alchemy Symbols
Ancient Alchemy Symbols and Universal Meanings Ancient Alchemy Symbols and their oft times cryptic meanings began out of necessity as alchemists disguised their practices from the hugely powerful European church. More...
Elemental Alchemy Symbols
Alchemy Symbols At the most basic level, elemental alchemy symbols represent the raw self; having the capacity of being transmuted into a higher, incorruptible self. This page investigates alchemy element symbols More...
Alchemical Fire in a Glass: A Primer
Alchemical Fire in a Glass: A Primer This is the excerpt of an alchemical tract which began my search for a hypothesis of the actual chemical formula and the ancient alchemist’s method of creating the chemical. More...
What Is Alchemy?
What Is Alchemy? Alchemy Is a Craft The gold of alchemy was simply hastened perfection, inner and outer, the divinization of matter and man. This idea is certainly not strange to any craftsman. “When a More...
Alchemy in the Middle Ages
Alchemy in the Middle Ages Alchemy in the Middle Ages was a mixture of science, philosophy and mysticism. Far from operating within the modern definition of a scientific discipline, medieval alchemists approached More...
