AN INTRODUCTION TO ALCHEMY - A Lecture by Laurence Caruana Video
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 (https://youtu.be/6o8ssoGh03g)
2. The Sources of Alchemy (https://youtu.be/GA9mD5ipgFg)
3. A History of Alchemy (https://youtu.be/SPBa8-_w3Jw)
4. The Alchemy of Colour (https://youtu.be/OnODcEAGNS4)
VISIONARY ART:
5. Alchemy & Visionary Art (https://youtu.be/VbKr1KcONU4)
ARTISTS' MATERIALS:
6. The Alchemy of Painting Mediums & Pigments (https://youtu.be/yToRedCDziU)
BONUS LECTURE:
7. The Gnostic Worldview (https://youtu.be/RJBn6ZKrQKo)
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:
https://www.amazon.com/L.-Caruana/e/B00J6ZRFO4?ref=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000
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 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
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