Sylvia Rose
Soul Perspectives: Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato
The concept of a human soul, as well as a world soul or Anima Mundi, is found in many cultures. In Greek philosophy ancient thinkers...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 314 min read
Aristotle: Intellect & Psyche the Soul
Aristotle (c. 350 BCE) develops the Platonic concept of souls present in living beings, categorizing them based on distinct functions....
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 304 min read
Renaissance Alchemy: Tria Prima Meanings
The tria prima are mercury, sulfur and salt. Based on medieval views of mercury and sulfur making up all metals, Swiss physician and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 293 min read
Alchemy, Demons & the Roman Inquisition
During the late sixteenth century, the Roman Inquisition is influential in shaping perspectives on different forms of divination and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 293 min read
Writing Inside Eggs Italian Renaissance
Writing inside eggs is invented by Naples polymath Giambattista della Porta. In the 16th century he uses this method to smuggle messages...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 297 min read
Naples Renaissance: Holy Alchemy
Convents play a crucial role as centers of research and innovation during the alchemical Renaissance in Naples. The religious...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 275 min read
Four Humors & Medical Stagnation
The theory of the four humors dominates medicine for two thousand years. Since the time of the ancient Greeks to the 19th century, humor...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 274 min read
Rosicrucianism in the Renaissance
Rosicrucianism is the study or following of a movement based in Renaissance thought, popular in the 17th century. Rosicrucians explore...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 273 min read
Yliaster: Quest for the Magnum Opus
Yliaster or Iliaster is a concept attributed to Renaissance alchemist and physician Paracelsus. This term arises from alchemy, where it...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 275 min read
Robert Fludd & Renaissance Medicine
Robert Fludd (1574 - 1637) is an influential figure of the European Renaissance. He's known as a cosmologist, astrologer, mathematician...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 263 min read
Natural Magic of the Renaissance
Natural magic is a type of Renaissance magic, working directly with forces inherent in nature, as in physics, compared to ceremonial...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 265 min read
Michael Maier: Rosicrucians, Art & Alchemy
Michael Maier (1568–1622) is a German physician, alchemist, epigramist and composer. A prolific writer and shrewd thinker, he influences...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 253 min read
Medici & Alchemy: Italian Renaissance
The powerful Medici family of Italy, like many ruling courts, patronize and practice alchemy. In the Renaissance alchemy is a topic of...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 254 min read
Pope vs Alchemy 1317 AD: Falsification
Pope John Paul XII bans the practice of alchemy for the falsification of metals in 1317. In the Middle Ages, alchemy is a mysterious...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 254 min read
Democritus - Atomic Theory 400 BCE
Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher, makes a groundbreaking conclusion: matter is fundamentally indivisible. He introduces the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 246 min read
Psychology: Archetype of the Self
In Jungian psychology, the Self archetype is the deepest core of a person's being, including conscious and unconscious aspects and the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 244 min read
Islamic Alchemy: Abu Bakr al-Razi
Abū Bakr al-Rāzī c. 864 - 930 AD is a Persian alchemist, philosopher and physician during the Islamic Golden Age . One of the most...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 243 min read
Alchemy & Astrology: Cosmic Connections
Alchemy and astrology have a long history as related spiritual disciplines. Alchemy, arising from metallurgy and ancient medicine, is the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 244 min read
Alchemists & Formulas: Pseudo-Democritus
Pseudo-Democritus numbers among the Alexandrian alchemists and writers, with works appearing in the early centuries AD. Originally...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 234 min read
Spiritual Alchemy: Cupellation Process
Cupellation involves smelting and manipulation of metals to improve their qualities or separate them into components. Silver is often...
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