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Natural Colors: How to Extract Plant Pigments

Sylvia Rose

Sep 20, 20244 min read

Natural Colors: How to Extract Plant Pigments

Artists and craftspeople have used plant pigments as a source of color for millennia. Works of art and textile dyes using vegetable...

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Earth of Chios: Ancient Alchemy, Cosmetics, & Medicine

Sylvia Rose

Sep 20, 20244 min read

Earth of Chios: Ancient Alchemy, Cosmetics, & Medicine

Earth of Chios is a white to gray powdery mineral soil or fine grained clay found on the Greek island of Chios. Earth of Chios or Chian...

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Alchemy Processes & Related Astrology Signs

Sylvia Rose

Sep 20, 20248 min read

Alchemy Processes & Related Astrology Signs

Alchemy and astrology interact on levels of occult arts, principles of science and laws of nature. Just for fun, here are the twelve...

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Lunar Caustic AgNO3: Lapis Infernalis of Alchemy

Sylvia Rose

Sep 19, 20243 min read

Lunar Caustic AgNO3: Lapis Infernalis of Alchemy

Lunar caustic ( lapis infernalis ), Höllenstein (hellstone) or silver nitrate ( argentinium nitrium ) is esteemed by alchemists of the...

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Steam Distillation in Ancient & Medieval Alchemy

Sylvia Rose

Sep 19, 20244 min read

Steam Distillation in Ancient & Medieval Alchemy

Steam distillation develops from simple and fractional distillation techniques, and is first known to be documented among the Islamic...

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Fractional Distillation: Ancient & Medieval Alchemy Processes

Sylvia Rose

Sep 19, 20242 min read

Fractional Distillation: Ancient & Medieval Alchemy Processes

Fractional distillation is a technique to separate components of a mixture based on their various boiling points. In this process, a...

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Science of Alchemy: Simple Distillation Process

Sylvia Rose

Sep 19, 20246 min read

Science of Alchemy: Simple Distillation Process

Simple distillation is a technique of ancient and medieval alchemists. It can be a process on its own or part of a larger work, involving...

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Distillation in Alchemy: Ancient Process & Equipment

Sylvia Rose

Sep 18, 20245 min read

Distillation in Alchemy: Ancient Process & Equipment

Distillation transforms substances through heating, cooling, and separating liquids from solids. It's for brewing spirits, and is an...

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Secrets of Aqua Vitae in Alchemical Science

Sylvia Rose

Sep 18, 20243 min read

Secrets of Aqua Vitae in Alchemical Science

Aqua Vitae literally means Water of Life in Latin. It's also called Elixir Vitae or Elixir of Life. Alchemists from ancient Alexandria...

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5 Waters of Ancient Alchemy: Aqua Caustic

Sylvia Rose

Sep 18, 20245 min read

5 Waters of Ancient Alchemy: Aqua Caustic

The Waters of Alchemy are ravenous acids, miraculous solvents and corrosive fluids vital to alchemical process. Not for children ....

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10 Alchemical Metals - Ancient Metals of Alchemy

Sylvia Rose

Sep 17, 20246 min read

10 Alchemical Metals - Ancient Metals of Alchemy

Ten metals are used in alchemy since its ancient emergence. They are antimony, bismuth, copper, gold, iron, lead, quicksilver (mercury),...

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Alchemical Salt: Essential Salts of Alchemy

Sylvia Rose

Sep 17, 20245 min read

Alchemical Salt: Essential Salts of Alchemy

Salts are ubiquitous in nature and play critical roles in sciences from biology to medicine. In alchemy, salts are standard ingredients....

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Paracelsus: Renegade Renaissance Physician

Sylvia Rose

Sep 16, 20244 min read

Paracelsus: Renegade Renaissance Physician

Renegade physician Paracelsus is one of the most dramatic figures of the European Renaissance. Doctor, alchemist, astrologer,...

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The Alembic: Essential Alchemy Equipment

Sylvia Rose

Sep 16, 20243 min read

The Alembic: Essential Alchemy Equipment

The alembic is an essential alchemical tool. It functions like a retort, which in lead, iron or copper form has been used through...

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Literature: Great Literary Patrons in History

Sylvia Rose

Sep 16, 20244 min read

Literature: Great Literary Patrons in History

Benefactors of literature cultivate intellectual centers of creativity and innovation. Here are five powerful historical patrons whose...

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The Pseudos: Underground Alchemy Writers

Sylvia Rose

Sep 16, 20247 min read

The Pseudos: Underground Alchemy Writers

Who said that? Pseudos are writers whose work is falsely attributed to a major figure. The real writer can be one or more. Many share...

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Sylvia Rose

Sep 15, 20245 min read

Finding the Philosophers' Egg

Atomic theory first appears in the 5th century BCE. Later examination notes the atom is much like an egg. Atoms have an extremely small,...

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Arnaldus de Villanova: Medieval Alchemist

Sylvia Rose

Sep 15, 20244 min read

Arnaldus de Villanova: Medieval Alchemist

Arnaldus de Villanova (1240 - 1311) is a prominent figure of medieval alchemy, literature and medicine. He comes from Spain, studies at...

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White Herb of Maria: Ancient Alchemy Secrets

Sylvia Rose

Sep 15, 20245 min read

White Herb of Maria: Ancient Alchemy Secrets

Maria or Mary the Jewess c. 100 AD is considered the first true alchemist. In her works she mentions a clear white herb growing on small...

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Diplosis: Gold Doubling & Multiplication in Alchemy

Sylvia Rose

Sep 14, 20244 min read

Diplosis: Gold Doubling & Multiplication in Alchemy

Displosis is the ancient practice of doubling gold. It's considered to be a skill of alchemists and early metal workers as well. If done...

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