This Sevenpart 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 twopart presentation on the Alchemy of Traditional ARTISTS' MATERIALS:

ALCHEMY:
1. An Introduction to Alchemy (   • AN INTRODUCTION TO ALCHEMY  A Lectur...  )
2. The Sources of Alchemy (   • THE SOURCES OF ALCHEMY  A Lecture Pr...  )
3. A History of Alchemy (   • A HISTORY OF ALCHEMY  A Lecture Pres...  )
4. The Alchemy of Colour (   • THE ALCHEMY OF COLOUR  A Lecture Pre...  )

VISIONARY ART:
5. Alchemy & Visionary Art (   • ALCHEMY AND VISIONARY ART  A Lecture...  )

ARTISTS' MATERIALS:
6. The Alchemy of Painting Mediums & Pigments (   • THE ALCHEMY OF PAINTING MEDIUMS AND P...  )

BONUS LECTURE:
7. The Gnostic Worldview (   • THE GNOSTIC WORLDVIEW  A Lecture by ...  )

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 indepth 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.

More information on L. Caruana's books:
https://www.amazon.com/L.Caruana/e/B...

More information on The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art:
http://academyofvisionaryart.com

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1. AN INTRODUCTION TO ALCHEMY

PART ONE

A brief introduction on the lecturer’s personal approach to the sacred art
4:54 The question: What is Alchemy?
8:07 The etymology of the word 'Alchemy
12:27 The Historical Periods of Alchemy
16:32 The Spiritual Worldview of Alchemy
22:30 Omnia ab Uno: Omnia ad Unum

PART TWO

29:34 The basic allegorical concepts of Alchemy
29:55 The Prima Materia
33:05 The Four Elements and Qualities
41:15 The Tetrasomy of lead, tin, iron and copper
42:38 The Four Degrees of Fire
46:00 Aristotle's vapours and exhalations as the source of metals
47:28 The SulphurMercury Theory
54:15 The Stages of the Opus
57:48 Distillation
1:01:17 Planetary Correspondences
1:10:02 Man as Microcosm
1:10:38 The Trinity of Body, Soul & Spirit
1:13:00 The Philosopher’s Stone
1:17:34 The Emerald Tablet
1:20:37 The Basilica Philosophica