The Modern Alchemist

wanderthewood:Kennin-ji temple, Kyoto, Japan by Patrick...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:56:21 -0400

wanderthewood:

Kennin-ji temple, Kyoto, Japan by Patrick Vierthaler

Video

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:54:49 -0400

itakephotosofallthethings: Light The Way Deception Falls, WA

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:44:33 -0400

itakephotosofallthethings:

Light The Way

Deception Falls, WA

Video

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:32:35 -0400

kirrascudderphoto:Beaver Creek6/16/16

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:32:13 -0400

kirrascudderphoto:

Beaver Creek
6/16/16

richaldis:Sussex Masonic Centre

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:54:23 -0400

richaldis:

Sussex Masonic Centre

amazinglybeautifulphotography:Rhododendrons brings great...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:46:46 -0400

amazinglybeautifulphotography:

Rhododendrons brings great contrast with the dramatic mountains of Chamonix in France. [3500x2333][OC] - Volcnx

deathandmysticism:Luigi D'Albertis, New Guinea, What I did and...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:46:30 -0400

deathandmysticism:

Luigi D'Albertis, New Guinea, What I did and what I saw, 1880

90377: gray skies goat lake by Sam N www.instagram.com/snofzig...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:46:12 -0400

90377:

gray skies goat lake by Sam N
www.instagram.com/snofzig

"In choosing your god, you choose your way of looking at the universe. There are plenty of Gods...."

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:44:52 -0400

“In choosing your god, you choose your way of looking at the universe. There are plenty of Gods. Choose yours. The god you worship is the god you deserve.”

- Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living. (via vulturehooligan)

Video

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:40:19 -0400

livias:+ together we’re invincible +

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:40:08 -0400

livias:

+ together we’re invincible +

alchemical-adept: warhawk420: livyjowags: romanticsir: I...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:23:39 -0400

alchemical-adept:

warhawk420:

livyjowags:

romanticsir:

I always trust mine; my advice to you, would be to do the same.

Always

WISE WORDS

@didanawisgi Intuition as spiritual guide on the path. I wonder about the holy spirit and where to draw the line between intuition and knowing there is a spirit who is there as a guide. I’ve seen signs and things most scientific minds would call simple coincidence or all the way to full out hallucinations. I stand no longer one who has to have faith to believe, and totally convinced of the presence of both holy and unholy spirits who can cross the threshold. Way to many divisions between science and faith and the black and white thinking of atheism in scientific minds and the highly religious having to deny science to hold their faith due to a lack of an open minded philosophy in fear of losing faith. You stand between the two and I constantly find reading your posts sews that torn spot I have from being pulled by outer sources to one side or the other. You have showed me that Alchemy is the bridge to bringing both together. They are complementary not opposites.
Thanks for the great work you put into your tumblr, and for sharing light in this community we have. Tumblr has a special kind of magic and I’m glad you’re part of it.

@alchemical-adept Thank you Brother. I started this tumblr blog initially as a kind of digital repository of information for my own personal research, as I too struggled with the question of what science is, what spirituality is, and whether or not the two could be conjoined or synthesized into a coherent whole. My experience in the mystery traditions and my training in the sciences only served to further my interest. The more I read, the more I realized that alchemy was the historic counterpart of this discipline that I could not, as yet, put a name to. I discovered that this field had explored in a very serious way, the very questions we seek answers to. It is indeed an ancient “science.” I realized that I was attempting the Great Work without even knowing. Since then I have embraced the Quest. You have clearly stated the purpose of this blog. You are the first to do so, and I am very happy to hear that my labor bears fruit. There is no place I would rather be, indeed, LIVE to be, than in that space between, the sweet spot, called the ‘alchemical marriage’, where Truth reigns supreme. Let us sew together. - REGIII32

“to him whom overcometh will receive the hidden manna and the white stone” - Revelations 2:17

Emerald Tablet of Hermes, translation by Sir Issac Newton c. 1680.

hdslibrary: daemonsdomain: hdslibrary: New Series: Cool...

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:20:20 -0400

hdslibrary:

daemonsdomain:

hdslibrary:

New Series: Cool Clasps!

We’re starting a new monthly series highlighting some of the beautiful clasps we come across in our special collections. Feel free to join in, tumblarians, and use #coolclasps so we’ll be sure to see them!

#coolclasps

Book of Hours in Latin and French, France, Paris ca. 1460, Illuminated by a follower of Master Jean Rolin II

MS M.282, fol. 15 from the Morgan Library and Musuem (Purchased by Pierpont Morgan 1907)

Photo by Daemons Domain

That’s some nice #coolclasps right there!
Oh, and we suppose the rest of the illuminated manuscript is not too shabby either.

Hunting Prester John in the End Times: Columbus and the...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:03:52 -0400

Hunting Prester John in the End Times: Columbus and the Apocalyptic Imaginary

“What do the hunt for a mythical Christian King of the East, a fabled river of African gold and fears of the impending Apocalypse have to do with Christopher Columbus? Turns out, quite a bit. The Age of Exploration has a weird speculative side.”

ravennomad:Perfect

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:53:21 -0400

ravennomad:

Perfect

time-lost-traveler: Greenery. More own photos here.

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:53:13 -0400

time-lost-traveler:

Greenery.

More own photos here.

forgottenwomenfriday: Forgotten Women Friday #41 Lozen-...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:53:09 -0400

forgottenwomenfriday:

Forgotten Women Friday #41

Lozen- 1840-1889- United States

“A Shield To Her People”

Lozen was a Chihenne Chiricahua Apache that was born around 1840, likely in the New Mexico Territory. From an early age, Lozen was less interested in the domestic sphere, the traditional avenue for Apache women, and more interested in the art of war. She quickly proved to be the most athletic of her peers, boy or girl, and became an expert at stealing horses. In fact, the name “Lozen” was an Apache war name given to those who stole horses during raids. As she grew up, she became a medicine woman and warrior, and although this was not unheard of for women of the Apache, it was rare. However, Lozen was not just any ordinary warrior. She was legendary for her supernatural ability to determine an enemy’s location by holding up her hands to the sun and praying. According to Lozen, her gifts came from the Apache deity Ussen, and because of this, she earned the nickname “the Apache Joan of Arc.”

Lozen fought alongside her brother Victorio, the Chief of their tribe, as the US government attempted to seize their lands, and they were often forced to move from place to place for survival. Victorio called Lozen his “right hand, strong as a man, braver than most, and cunning in strategy. Lozen is a shield to her people.” For a time, the Chihenne Chiricahua Apache lived on the San Carlos Reservation, a place so horrible that it was known as “Hell’s Forty Acres.” However, in 1877 the tribe was forced to flee. When the Apache fled, Lozen often inspired terrified women and children to cross flooded rivers like the Rio Grande before she went to fight alongside the tribe’s warriors. According to one Apache boy who traveled with Lozen, “She could ride, shoot, and fight like a man, and I think she had more ability in planning military strategy than did Victorio.”

Over the course of the next three years, the Apache lost nearly half of their people due to battles with US and Mexican armies. Among the dead was Victorio, Lozen’s brother. At this time, Lozen joined up with famed Apache leader Geronimo to take a last stand for her people, and she fought with him until he surrendered in 1885. According to Geronimo, “We were reckless of our lives, because we felt every man’s hand was against us.” Like many captured Native Americans at the time, Lozen died from tuberculosis in 1889 after being imprisoned at a military arsenal in Alabama. She was buried in an unmarked grave nearby. Today, Lozen’s descendants live on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico, which is comprised of approximately 3,000 people.

didanawisgi: Pfirtscher Altar: St. Mauritius [inside of the...

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:53:04 -0400

didanawisgi:

Pfirtscher Altar: St. Mauritius [inside of the left wing] 1524-1526

Anonymous master of the Cranach workshop

State Gallery in Johannisburg Castle, Aschaffenburg

Source: http://lucascranach.org/DE_BStGS_6263

birdsofrhiannon:The Beguiling of Merlin by Edward Burne Jones

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 20:52:58 -0400

birdsofrhiannon:

The Beguiling of Merlin by Edward Burne Jones