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188ween 1978 and 1992 he edited the <a href="journal.html">Hermetic Journal</a> and during those years he also began publishing the <a href="http://www.alchemywebsite.com/bookshop/magnum_opus.html">Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks</a>, the important series of fifty five editions of key source texts of the hermetic tradition. From 1990 through 2002 he was supported by the <a href="http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl">Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica</a> to undertake research into hermetic texts. This enabled him to devote much of his time to research and projects making alchemical ideas available to people. In 1995, when the internet became more widely available, he began to construct the alchemy web site in order to make alchemical ideas more accessible to the wider community. It is now recognised as the most important internet resource on alchemy.</p> 189<p align="justify">McLean has a broad interest in all facets of alchemy and tries to reflect all these in constructing the website. In a way he acts as a bridge between the scholarly community interested in alchemy and those with a more esoteric and spiritual perspective. He takes the view that alchemy can best be appreciated and understood by reading the original texts and contemplating its elaborate symbolism, rather than by pointless and empty theoretical speculation. Thus the website provides, for the first time, easy access to many alchemical texts as well as an extensive library of alchemical emblems and symbolism. In parallel with this he has published a number of books (45 as of October 2022) which document alchemical and hermetic ideas.</p> 190<p align="justify">McLean is a great researcher and has often discovered, buried in libraries and specialist collections, important texts, both in printed books and manuscripts, which have been neglected. Some of these he has transcribed and published in the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks and other related series which are sold through the <a href="http://www.alchemywebsite.com/bookshop">alchemy web bookshop</a>. An important part of his work is to attempt an analysis of and commentary on the ideas and symbolism of key hermetic works. In 1999 he began to produce a series of in-depth <a href="http://www.alchemywebsite.com/bookshop/study_course.html">study courses on the interpretation of alchemical 191symbolism</a>.<br> 192<p align="justify">He is especially drawn to the rich vein of allegorical and symbolic material in the alchemical tradition. To make these more accessible to the modern eye he 193has produced <a href="amcldraw.html">coloured versions of key woodcuts and engraved alchemical emblems</a>. He has also made some <a href="http://www.alchemywebsite.com/paintings/oil_paintings.html">facsimile paintings</a> (oil on canvas) of alchemical pictures.</P> 194<p align="justify"> 195Over the last five years he has created over <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHHYioCYXoHG6N50ND18tiA"> one hundred vieos on YouTube</a> on alchemical symbolism, surrealism, artists, and other themes.<br> 196 197He is always willing to correspond on alchemical matters, and for practical reasons prefers to communicate by e-mail through<a href="mailto:[email protected]"> [email protected]</a>. 198He is always interested in hearing of obscure works on alchemy that may have escaped his notice, or of special collections of such material not readily available. Any assistance or suggestions for research into alchemy would be much appreciated. He would welcome any help with preparing English translations of key works from Latin, French or German source material.</p> 199 200<p align="justify">He is always aware that so much more needs to be done to make alchemical ideas available. The alchemical tradition holds a treasure of great significance and inportance to us and there is much to be yet discovered through diligent research and exploration of alchemical source material.</p><br> 201 202 203<img src="images/amcl_small_portrait.jpg" width="141" height="176" border="0" alt=""> 204 205<img src="images/mclean07_small.jpg" width="150" height="191" border="0" alt="Painting"> 206 207<img src="images/amcl_my15.jpg" width="170" height="143" border="0" alt="Emblem from Mylius"> 208 209<img src="mohs27page_tmb.jpg" width="232" height="168" border="0" alt="Sample MOHS page"><br><br> 210 211 212 213 <a href="interview_stone.html">Interview February 1999</a><br><br> 214 215 <a href="interview_BW_2004.html">Interview September 2004.</a><br><br> 216 217 <a href="interview_2006.html">Interview January 2006.</a><br><br> 218 219 <a href="emblems_project.html">Alchemical Emblems Project</a><br><br> 220 221 <a href="http://www.alchemywebsite.com/paintings/tour.html">Tour of McLean's workshop</a><br><br> 222 223 <a href="work_in_progress.html">Work in progress</a><br><br> 224 225<a href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/science/adam-alchemywebsite-rm">Romanian translation by Alexander Ovsov of this web page</a><br><br> 226 227</td> 228 229<!-- end of main column and page --> 230 231 232<td> 233 234 235<a href="bookshop/study_course.html"> 236<img src="images/Study_course.jpg" alt="" width="164" height="200" border="0"> 237<font size="-1">Study Courses</font></a><br> 238<hr> 239 240<a href="Emblem_art/index.html"> 241<img src="images/A016_index_page.jpg" alt="" width="160" border="0"><br> 242<font size="-1"> 243Alchemical, astrological and <br> 244emblematic art prints</a></font> 245<hr> 246 247<img src="images/k_karras_bath.jpg" alt="" width="159" height="195" border="0"><br> 248<font size="-1"><a href="alchemy_art.html">Alchemy and art</a><br> 249 250 251<hr> 252<a href="bookshop/art_book_series.html"> 253<img src="images/ArtBooks04_Prognostications.jpg" alt="" width="150" border="0"><br> 254Art books Series</a> 255<hr> 256 257<a href="http://www.alchemywebsite.com/bookshop/Bosch_course.html"> 258<img src="bookshop/Bosch_CD_small_black.jpg" alt="" width="160" border="0"><br> 259Study course on Bosch's <br> 260Garden of Earthly Delights</a><br> 261<a href="bosch/Study_course.html"> 262New Hieronymus Bosch Website</a></a><br> 263 264</td> 265 266</tr> 267 268</table> 269<!-- End of Main Table --> 270 271
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