It has often been said that alchemical secrets can be discovered within ancient drawings and paintings.

I feel like this ancient scroll drawing of Thai Hsuan Nu, a woman alchemist from China, holds a specific secret that might reveal itself if I study it long enough.

Miles, from the Holoplex blog and Infinity Hole podcast has just started a China adventure. You can read whatever he's able to sneak past the great firewall of China as it happens at his blog.


Image credit goes to Jeannie Radcliffe from her thought provoking article titled Chinese Alchemy and Art copyright 2001.