AN INTRODUCTION TO ALCHEMY - A Lecture 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 ( • AN INTRODUCTION TO ALC... )
2. The Sources of Alchemy ( • THE SOURCES OF ALCHEMY... )
3. A History of Alchemy ( • A HISTORY OF ALCHEMY -... )
4. The Alchemy of Colour ( • THE ALCHEMY OF COLOUR ... )
VISIONARY ART:
5. Alchemy & Visionary Art ( • ALCHEMY AND VISIONARY ... )
ARTISTS' MATERIALS:
6. The Alchemy of Painting Mediums & Pigments ( • THE ALCHEMY OF PAINTIN... )
BONUS LECTURE:
7. The Gnostic Worldview ( • 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.
More information on L. Caruana's books:
www.amazon.com...
More information on The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art:
academyofvision...
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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 Sulphur-Mercury 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

[@trenthogan4212]

Laurence has to play D&D, he'd make a great dungeon Master.

[@lordhonksworth7701]

His voice reminds me a bit of comic book guy from the Simpsons

[@jakeneva8349]

This is awsome. Been studying Alchemy on and off from 2018. Lots of knowledge which connect the dots for me. Thank you so much for this. Lips of wisdom are closed except to the ears of Understanding

[@acarrasco]

Thanks for sharing your lectures.

[@Truthseeker1961]

The music in the beginning sounds almost identical to soundtrack of the old low budget horror film, ''Phantasm'', so make sure Don Coscarelli doesn't hear it because there could be a lawsuit lol. Great teaching BTW.

[@tasharobinson1297]

Love watching your lectures

[@kirillpt2033]

Just finished listening to this particullar ''introduction'' and wonder withc I should jump to now to minimize the chronological disorder. I cant realy find the numbers of the series and witch is connected to witch.
And by the way: greate presentations.

[@jflow5601]

Weirdo

[@Cybervue]

I went to Prague in May 2017, and visited the museum as well. I am so happy to see this!

[@garyburkin]

Thanks, these alchemy lectures are the best I've seen on TH-cam

[@hehe7496]

It was really helpful and interesting for me. I thought the video was like 30 minutes or less. I didn’t expect it’s 1 hour and 30 minutes. Laurence Caruana is confident and smart, no comments he already knows that. I was thinking about the universities and I found Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and I will be so happy to be part of it in the future and learn more and more new information.

[@ruthgoldbergives6945]

Thank 😊you.

[@gullybull5568]

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[@maverickduke3660]

Thank you for your beautiful Soul, generosity in sharing your creative, spiritual profound wisdom.
Namaste🙏💜

[@boxcartwilly]

Excellent presentation, Thank you.

[@danielmcdaid2647]

Wonderful presentation and many thanks,

[@gullybull5568]

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[@powrxplor69]

At 10:45 he says "Constantinople was overrun by the Arabs", no it wasn't, in 1453 Constantinople fell to the Turks. Not the same thing. Rookie mistake there dude.

[@happylindsay4475]

I would assert a simpler definition of why it was called The Land of the Blacks- because Black people inhabited those regions and land.

[@Sinha010]

Of course you would.