[caption id="attachment_542" align="alignleft" width="340"] Portrait of alchemist Nicolas Flamel by the French painter Balthazar Montcornet from the 17th century. The French scribe is the epitome of Alchemy and his legendary possession of the Philosopher's stone appears in esoteric literature such as the alchemical novel »The
[caption id="attachment_242" align="alignleft" width="340"] Moina Mathers - The high priestress behind the Golden Dawn[/caption] Moina Mathers is often seen as the "strong woman behind the great man". The unconventional beauty of her time, with her unruly dark-brown hair, blue eyes, and slightly dark skin complexion, who
[caption id="attachment_209" align="alignleft" width="340"] The Great Work - Illustration in Dom Pernety's "Dictionnaire Mytho Hermétique", a seldom remembered book with enormous impact on alchemy and hermetic philosophy[/caption] “Adepts do not run after gold and silver” wrote French polymath Dom Pernety more than 300 years ago, referring to
[caption id="attachment_64" align="alignleft" width="350"] Ceremonial magician and one of the fathers of modern occultism: Éliphas Lévi Zahed, born Alphonse Louis Constant[/caption] One of the stories I like to tell when showcasing how I feel about the way occult practice is perceived even today is that of
