Editing Alchemy (section)

=== Modern historical research ===
The history of alchemy has become a recognized subject of academic study.<ref>[[Lawrence M. Principe|Lawrence Principe]]. ''The Secrets of Alchemy.'' University of Chicago Press, 2015.</ref> As the language of the alchemists is analysed, historians are becoming more aware of the connections between that discipline and other facets of Western cultural history, such as the evolution of science and [[philosophy]], the sociology and psychology of the intellectual communities, [[Kabbalah|kabbalism]], [[Spiritualism (beliefs)|spiritualism]], [[Rosicrucianism]], and other mystic movements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/exeseso/ |title=Exeter Centre for the Study of Esotericism. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Exeter, UK |publisher=University of Exeter|access-date=7 June 2011|archive-date=14 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814143841/http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/exeseso/}}</ref> Institutions involved in this research include The Chymistry of Isaac Newton project at [[Indiana University]], the [[University of Exeter]] Centre for the Study of Esotericism (EXESESO), the [[European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism]] (ESSWE), and the [[University of Amsterdam]]'s Sub-department for the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents. A large collection of books on alchemy is kept in the [[Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica]] in Amsterdam.

Journals which publish regularly on the topic of Alchemy include ''[[Ambix]]'', published by the [[Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry]], and ''[[Isis (journal)|Isis]]'', published by the [[History of Science Society]].