The year is 1610. You are an aspirant occultist. John Dee is dead. Shakespeare is soon for the grave. Europe has spent the last century and a half embroiled in bloody religious wars at the behest of kings and priests. Faith in the old institutions is strong, but there are whispers. Dangerous ideas like science, democracy, rationalism, and the rights of man, are taking root in the coffee shops a...
2023-08-23 16:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostSHIT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORE
Al-Ghazali
Ramon Lull
Ficino
Pico
Reuchlin
Agrippa
Paracelsus
A DISCUSSION OF TERMS
Magic: Magic is inf
2023-08-05 17:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostSOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student, alchemy can be neatly summed up as “proto-chemistry.” For most o...
2023-07-31 16:47:22 +0000 UTC View PostSOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student, alchemy can be neatly summed up as “proto-chemistry.” For most o...
2023-07-27 16:40:07 +0000 UTC View PostSOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student, alchemy can be neatly summed up as “proto-chemistry.” For most o...
2023-07-23 17:30:45 +0000 UTC View PostSOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student, alchemy can be neatly summed up as “proto-chemistry.” For most o...
2023-07-17 17:27:08 +0000 UTC View PostSOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student, alchemy can be neatly summed up as “proto-chemistry.” For most o...
2023-07-12 15:52:59 +0000 UTC View PostSOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O great pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student, alchemy can be neatly summed up as “proto-chemistry.” For ...
2023-07-08 17:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostSOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
MARIA HEBREA, THE FIRST ALCHEMIST - 1 page
SOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
PART 1: THE FORERUNNERS OF ALCHEMY
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
SOURCES
[1]: The Alchemical Choir: A History of Alchemy by P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
[2]: The Cambridge Core Alchemy Reader by Stanton J. Linden
C.T. KELLY’S SPEEDRUN GUIDE TO ALCHEMY V1.0 BETA
PART 1: THE FORERUNNERS OF ALCHEMY
HERMES TRISMEGISTUS
PARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Doctor, lay-theologian, grandfather of toxicology, and quite possibly the most important alchemist in history, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard...
2023-06-18 16:42:36 +0000 UTC View PostPARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Alchemist, doctor, lay-theologian, and grandfather of toxicology, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard who would draw from alchemy and magic to lay...
2023-06-14 18:26:50 +0000 UTC View PostPARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Alchemist, doctor, lay-theologian, and grandfather of toxicology, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard who would draw from alchemy and magic to lay...
2023-06-13 17:46:15 +0000 UTC View PostA DISCUSSION OF TERMS
Magic: Magic is infamously difficult to define. Ask a Roman centurion, a Zhao dynasty scholar, an American revival preacher, for their definition of magic, and they will give you wonderfully varied answers. Magic changes depending on time period, culture, location, and historical moment. A book could be a tome of powerful magical secrets on one side of a river, and a...
2023-06-06 16:56:42 +0000 UTC View PostPARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Alchemist, doctor, lay-theologian, and grandfather of toxicology, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard who would draw from alchemy and magic to lay...
2023-06-06 16:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostPARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Alchemist, doctor, lay-theologian, and grandfather of toxicology, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard who would draw from alchemy and magic to lay...
2023-06-05 15:48:51 +0000 UTC View PostA DISCUSSION OF TERMS
Magic: Magic is infamously difficult to define. Ask a Roman centurion, a Zhao dynasty scholar, an American revival preacher, for their definition of magic, and they will give you wonderfully varied answers. Magic changes depending on time period, culture, location, and historical moment. A book could be a tome of powerful magical secrets on one side of a river, and a...
2023-06-03 18:16:50 +0000 UTC View PostPARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Alchemist, doctor, lay-theologian, and grandfather of toxicology, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard who would draw from alchemy and magic to lay...
2023-06-03 18:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
John Dee changed what it meant t
2023-06-03 18:15:42 +0000 UTC View PostPARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Alchemist, doctor, lay-theologian, and grandfather of toxicology, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard who would draw from alchemy and magic to lay...
2023-05-25 16:27:14 +0000 UTC View PostPARACELSUS
Sometimes, good ideas need a bastard. Alchemist, doctor, lay-theologian, and grandfather of toxicology, Phillipus Aruelious Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoenhiem –better known as Paracelsus– was a preeminent shit-talker in a Europe that already contained Martin Luther. He was the five-foot-nothing, always-armed-with-a-sword bastard who would draw from alchemy and magic to lay...
2023-05-17 16:19:20 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
John Dee changed what it meant t
2023-05-16 16:37:58 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
John Dee changed what it meant to practice magic. Occultist, Alchemist, Astronomer, Mathematician, Wife-swapper, Court Magician to Queen Elizabeth I, and quite possibly the most educated person alive at the time, John Dee represents the pinnacle of Renaissance magic and learning. He is a figure so influential, he threatens to take over an introductory text like this one.
Th...
2023-05-11 17:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
John Dee changed what it meant to practice magic. Occultist, Alchemist, Astronomer, Mathematician, Wife-swapper, Court Magician to Queen Elizabeth I, and quite possibly the most educated person alive at the time, John Dee represents the pinnacle of Renaissance magic and learning. He is a figure so influential, he threatens to take over an introductory text like this one.
Th...
2023-05-10 16:45:14 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
John Dee changed what it meant to practice magic. Occultist, Alchemist, Astronomer, Mathematician, Wife-swapper, Court Magician to Queen Elizabeth I, and quite possibly the most educated person alive at the time, John Dee represents the pinnacle of Renaissance magic and learning. He is a figure so influential, he threatens to take over an introductory text like this one.
Th...
2023-05-09 16:52:36 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
John Dee changed the game. Occultist, Alchemist, Astronomer, Mathematician, Wife-swapper, Court Magician to Queen Elizabeth I, and quite possibly the most educated person alive at the time, John Dee represents the pinnacle of Renaissance magic and learning. He is a figure so influential, he threatens to take over an introductory text like this one.
The son of a wealthy Wels...
2023-05-05 17:47:39 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
John Dee changed the game. Occultist, Alchemist, Astronomer, Mathematician, Wife-swapper, Court Magician to Queen Elizabeth I, and quite possibly the most educated person alive at the time, John Dee represents the pinnacle of Renaissance magic and learning. He is a figure so influential, he threatens to take over an introductory text like this one.
The son of a wealthy Wels...
2023-05-02 17:42:17 +0000 UTC View PostJOHN DEE
(We gotta talk about Paracelcus before this)
Occultist, Alchemist, Mathematician, Antiquarian, Humanist, Wife-swapper, Court Magician to Queen Elizabeth I, and quite possibly the most educated person alive at the time, John Dee represents the pinnacle of Renaissance magic and learning. He is a figure so influential, he threatens to take over an introductory text like this o...
2023-04-28 16:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post