Nazi Library of the Occult

Read more HERE

John Dee Painting Hiding Skulls

Read about it at THE GUARDIAN

And some more John Dee craziness: http://hyperallergic.com/267999/reassembling-the-lost-library-of-a-16th-century-magician-who-spoke-to-angels/

Secret Materials

Recently, the New York Times had a piece on terrorists trying to find something called red mercury.

‘In previous generations,

old women wore it in a

necklace to keep the devil’s

eye away,’ one smuggler said.

And in Game of Thrones, we see wildfire, a substance based on Greek fire, a legendary Byzantine weapon.

‘Piss on wildfire and your cock burns off’

All of this is akin to aurum potabile--the never-found philosopher's stone.

The Music of Alchemists

And another, with full instruments:

This is from Michael Maier’s 1617 Atalanta Fugiens

My newest research adventure came to being when I noticed that my favorite flap anatomies contained imagery found in Rosicrucian texts.

Temple of the Rosy Cross

So, this leads to all sorts of craziness. Check out Robert Fludd, Athanasius Kircher, and Michael Maier.