THE SOURCES OF ALCHEMY - A Lecture Presentation by Laurence Caruana
This Seven-part Series of Lectures on ALCHEMY, VISIONS & ART begins with four presentations on ALCHEMY, followed by one presentation on alchemical themes in VISIONARY ART, and finally a two-part presentation on the Alchemy of Traditional ARTISTS’ MATERIALS:
ALCHEMY:
1. An Introduction to Alchemy ()
2. The Sources of Alchemy ()
3. A History of Alchemy ()
4. The Alchemy of Colour ()
VISIONARY ART:
5. Alchemy & Visionary Art ()
ARTISTS’ MATERIALS:
6. The Alchemy of Painting Mediums & Pigments ()
BONUS LECTURE:
7. The Gnostic Worldview ()
Filmed at THE VIENNA ACADEMY OF VISIONARY ART during Laurence Caruana’s 2019 Winter Trimester on ’The Alchemy of Paint’, the lectures give an increasingly in-depth understanding of Alchemy, including alchemical themes in Visionary Art and the alchemical nature of artists’ traditional Mediums and Pigments. A bonus lecture on The Gnostic Worldview completes the series.
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’THE SOURCES OF ALCHEMY’ - A BRIEF OUTLINE:
- This lecture places Alchemy within its historical context by pursuing the philosophical sources of alchemical knowledge
- It’s main focus is Ancient Greek Natural Philosophy from Athens (600 BCE - 300 BCE) and the Emanationist Philosophies of Alexandria during the Greco-Egyptian Period (300 BCE - 300 CE)
9:01 - As an introduction, the Emanationist Philosophies are described - how the One expanded into the All - using examples from Neo-Platonism, Pythagoras, Gnosticism and Theurgy
29:36 - In the main section on Greek Natural Philosophy, we present passages on Empedocles’ four elements, Plato’s demi-urge and the great mixing bowl, Aristotle’s four qualities, materia prima, and the origin of metals
53:28 - In the main section on the Emanationist Philosophies of Alexandria, we present passages from the Corpus Hermeticum on the creation, the mixing bowl and the soul ascent,
1:04:52 - Then, from Theurgy (Iamblichus and Proclus), how this worldview operates on statues and divine sigils,
1:17:35 - And finally, from the Alexandrian alchemist Zosimos, we see how this worldview operates in texts on the electrum mirror and achieving perfection.
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