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Hôtel Lallemant à Bourges, architecture de la Renaissance associée à l’histoire de l’alchimie et de Fulcanelli

Fulcanelli, the faceless alchemist of the 20th century

Behind Fulcanelli, a 20th-century master alchemist, lies a network of occultists and an uncertain identity. The origins of a hermetic...

Haches polies néolithiques de Kerham conservées à Carnac, pierres similaires aux céraunies

Lightning stones, when prehistoric axes became talismans

Neolithic axes unearthed from the ground became protective talismans. From antiquity to the European countryside, discover the history of thunderstones.

Exécution d’Urbain Grandier à Loudun, estampe historique publiée en 1701

The Possessed Women of Loudun and the Fall of Urbain Grandier

Possessions, public exorcisms, pacts attributed to demons, and trials for witchcraft: the Loudun affair led Urbain Grandier to the stake...

Portrait gravé de Cagliostro par Christophe Guérin en 1781

Cagliostro, the adventurous mage who fascinated Europe

From Palermo to the salons of Paris, Cagliostro was a healer, alchemist, clairvoyant, and founder of an Egyptian Rite. A...

Papyrus magique grec du IIIe siècle, illustration d’un article sur le paredros

Who was Paredros, the assistant spirit of ancient magicians?

In the Greco-Egyptian magical papyri, the paredros is the one who stands beside the operator. Who was this assisting spirit...

Portrait gravé authentique de Robert Fludd par Matthäus Merian, 1626 — Aeternum, blog & boutique ésotérique

Who was Robert Fludd really?

Who was Robert Fludd really? An English physician, alchemist, defender of the Rosicrucians, and great theorist of the macrocosm and...

Portrait gravé authentique de Michael Maier par Matthäus Merian, 1618 — Aeternum, blog & boutique ésotérique

Who was Michael Maier really?

Who was Michael Maier really? Physician to Rudolf II, alchemist, poet, advocate of the Rosicrucians, and author of Atalanta fugiens,...

Portrait gravé authentique de Heinrich Khunrath dans l’Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae — Aeternum, blog & boutique ésotérique

Who was Heinrich Khunrath really?

Who was Heinrich Khunrath really? A physician, Christian alchemist, reader of Paracelsus, and intellectual associate of John Dee, Heinrich Khunrath...