Nicolas Flamel is one of the most mysterious figures in history, a man whose name has become synonymous with alchemy, secret ...

An encryption table for the Bellaso / Della Porta cipher, invented in Italy in 1553. Only ten rows are shown, as wx / yz were not in the key. An encryption table for the Bellaso / Della Porta cipher, ...

What is alchemy? Where magic meets chemistry, according to pop culture. The wizards in Harry Potter practice it. (The British version of J.K. Rowling's first book, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's ...

Chemical reactions reflect human dramas, which reflect celestial movements, which reflect the mind of the divine.

This document, which Newton likely wrote in the mid-1670s, is part of an eight-page manuscript now housed at Yale University.* The manuscript contains extracts from Newton's favorite alchemist, the ...

What secret alchemical knowledge could be so important it required sophisticated encryption? The setting was Amsterdam, 2019. A conference organized by the Society for the History of Alchemy and ...