Brian Cotnoir is an alchemist, artist and award-winning filmmaker. His books include Alchemy- The Poetry of Matter, Practical Alchemy- A Guide to the Great Work, Alchemical Meditations, On the Quintessence of Wine and the Emerald Table. His film work has been screened at the Museum of Modern Art, Sundance Film Festival, HBO, PBS and other international venues.
"This wise, lucidly-written book is his canonical distillation:
here, in concentrated but lucid fashion, he offers explanations and
exercises that will be of immeasurable help to anyone hoping
to navigate this enormous field." - Sukhdev Sandhu directs the
Colloquium for Unpopular Culture at New York University
"Magister Cotnoir distills and multiplies his ideas and sources
with easy and unforced erudition. Finally, a book on Alchemy that
tells us what to do." - Bill Breeze (known as Hymenaeus Beta),
Frater Superior, O.T.O.
"Brian Cotnoir’s study of the Royal Art is here distilled in a form
perfect for the student of alchemy and for those seeking to use the
ideas, concepts and discipline of alchemy in their own creative
practice." - Jesse Bransford, artist, Clinical Associate Professor
of Art, NYU Steinhardt, and author of A Book of Staves
"Well-organized, clear and concise, this study provides an
understandable framework for students of all levels to enter into
this notoriously complex and difficult terrain." - Susan L. Aberth,
Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Bard
College and author of The Tarot of Leonora Carrington.
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