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, rat...
2023-08-23 16:58:57 +0000 UTC
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SHIT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORE
Al-Ghazali
- Book of Invocations and Supplications was hella influential on Dee
Ramon Lull
- Put this guy before the Renaissance Sages
Ficino
Pico
Reuchlin
Agrippa
Paracelsus
2023-08-22 15:19:04 +0000 UTC
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A DISCUSSION OF TERMS
Magic: Magic is inf
2023-08-05 17:51:38 +0000 UTC
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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
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student...
2023-07-31 16:47:22 +0000 UTC
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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
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student...
2023-07-27 16:40:07 +0000 UTC
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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
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student...
2023-07-23 17:30:45 +0000 UTC
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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
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student...
2023-07-17 17:27:08 +0000 UTC
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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
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My student...
2023-07-12 15:52:59 +0000 UTC
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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
WHAT EVEN IS ALCHEMY?
Tat: “O great pop-history esoterica blogger, what is Alchemy?”
C.T: “My s...
2023-07-08 17:24:16 +0000 UTC
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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
MARIA HEBREA, THE FIRST ALCHEMIST - 1 page
- No later than the 1st-3rd century
- Was probably re...
2023-07-03 16:25:51 +0000 UTC
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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
- Probably not an ancient egyptian priest<...
2023-06-26 17:07:00 +0000 UTC
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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
- Probably not an ancient egyptian priest<...
2023-06-25 16:18:12 +0000 UTC
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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 L...
2023-06-18 16:42:36 +0000 UTC
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PARACELSUS
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-a...
2023-06-14 18:26:50 +0000 UTC
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PARACELSUS
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-a...
2023-06-13 17:46:15 +0000 UTC
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A 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 cou...
2023-06-06 16:56:42 +0000 UTC
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PARACELSUS
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-a...
2023-06-06 16:56:12 +0000 UTC
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PARACELSUS
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-a...
2023-06-05 15:48:51 +0000 UTC
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A 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 cou...
2023-06-03 18:16:50 +0000 UTC
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PARACELSUS
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-a...
2023-06-03 18:16:07 +0000 UTC
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JOHN DEE
John Dee changed what it meant t
2023-06-03 18:15:42 +0000 UTC
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PARACELSUS
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-a...
2023-05-25 16:27:14 +0000 UTC
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PARACELSUS
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-a...
2023-05-17 16:19:20 +0000 UTC
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JOHN DEE
John Dee changed what it meant t
2023-05-16 16:37:58 +0000 UTC
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JOHN 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, ...
2023-05-11 17:24:24 +0000 UTC
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JOHN 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, ...
2023-05-10 16:45:14 +0000 UTC
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JOHN 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, ...
2023-05-09 16:52:36 +0000 UTC
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JOHN 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 ov...
2023-05-05 17:47:39 +0000 UTC
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JOHN 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 ov...
2023-05-02 17:42:17 +0000 UTC
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JOHN 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 i...
2023-04-28 16:49:42 +0000 UTC
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