Alexandria is a sparkling jewel on the Mediterranean Sea. Here, in the early centuries AD, alchemy ascends to a Golden Age. Influences...

The parabalani (parabolini) range throughout Alexandria from the plague times of the 3rd century AD to the 6th century of Justinian....

Hypatia is a Neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician c. 350 - 415 AD in Alexandria. She's both a scholar and teacher. Daughter of a...

Zosimos of Panopolis or Zosimus Alchemista (Zosimus the Alchemist) is a Greek alchemist and Gnostic mystic. Born near today's Akhmim in...

Amentet (Imentet) is a goddess of the dead in ancient Egypt. She wears a red sheath dress and lives in a tree near the entrance of Duat....

The prima materia, materia prima or first matter of alchemy and philosophy is the omnipresent substance needed to create the...

Serket is the ancient Egyptian goddess of healing relating to venomous stings of scorpions and bites of snakes. She often wears a...

The menat necklace can be worn by any gender. Fundamentally it protects against evil spirits and malevolent magic, makes women fertile...

Khonsu is the Moon God of ancient Egypt. His name means "traveler". At one time, he shone as brightly as the Sun. In some depictions he...

The Ogdoad of Egypt are eight primordial entities, four female and four male, centered in Khemenu (Greek Hermopolis). Gnostics adopt and...

Hermes Trismegistus is a blend of two major gods, Egyptian Thoth and Greek Hermes. With the rise of alchemy, both gods are patrons of the...

The Emerald Tablet, also known as the Smaragdine Table or the Tabula Smaragdina, is a compact and cryptic Hermetic text. The Tablet is of...

Alchemy in Egypt goes beyond transmutation of base metals into noble gold or silver. In the civilizations of Egypt, Arabia, India, China...

Electrum is a natural alloy of silver and gold . In the ancient world, electrum is a metal of superior value due to its hardness and...

Oxhide (ox hide, ox-hide) ingots are popular trade goods during the Bonze Age. An ingot is a piece of metal or other material such as...

The Tjeker (Tjekker, Teresh, Taresh) are a seafaring culture in constant conflict with Egypt, and one of the tribal groups named in the...

Ib ( jb ) is the ancient Egyptian heart, the center of intelligence and existence in a body. It's also called qaib or qa-ib referring to...