Albert Poisson was born in 1868 in France and died prematurely in 1894. A discreet but significant figure of the late 19th century, he belonged to the circle of French occultists surrounding Papus and the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Cross. He was part of a movement seeking to restore a serious understanding of alchemy, far from caricatures and purely chemical interpretations. His name remains linked to a work that has become a reference, Theories and Symbols of the Alchemists, published in 1891. In this text, he offers a structured reading of alchemical texts, explaining their language, images, and correspondences. He does not present alchemy as a mere attempt to make gold, but as a complete discipline, with its rules, operations, and precise vocabulary.






















































































































































































































