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2008

21 June, 2008. NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 available.
The tenth Newsletter [1.30MB, 1 page, .pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Regular Contents: Podcast Quarter Series, News from the Archive & Paracelsus College Workshops

21 June, 2008. New Episode of AlchemyPod Quarter Series.
The third issue of the quarterly podcast is available for listeners. This issue is "Meditation and Alchemy", by Hans Nintzel. Each quarter a new issue will feature a text from the R.A.M.S. Digital Collection.

26 May, 2008. Next Prima Course Announced.
The next 7 day Prima in Herbal Spagyrics etc., is  from Monday 6th to Sunday 12th of October 2008.

1 April, 2008. Hans Nintzel's Birthday.
Had Hans Ninzel, the founder of R.A.M.S., been alive today he would have celebrated his 76th birthday!

20 March, 2008. NEWSLETTER ISSUE 9 available.
The ninth Newsletter [1.30MB, 1 page, .pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Regular Contents: Podcast Quarter Series, News from the Archive & Paracelsus College Workshops.

20 March, 2008. New Episode of AlchemyPod Quarter Series.
The second issue of the quarterly podcast is available for listeners. This issue is "A French Alchemical Romance and Adventure", by Hans Nintzel. Each quarter a new issue will feature a text from the R.A.M.S. Digital Collection.

7 March, 2008. New Title Found and Scanned.
Paracelsus College discovered and kindly scanned their copy of "Compendium of Alchemical Tracts", from the files of and translated by S. Bacstrom, M.D., a R.A.M.S. 1977 issue that was missing from the digital collection.

20 February, 2008. Promotional cards included.
To assist the word-of-mouth knowledge spread of this small project mini business cards have been printed and two are included in every package to kindly inform your collegues, friends and associates.

17 January, 2008. RAMS Digital 2nd Birthday.
It is the second birthday of RAMSdigital.com launched this time two year ago!
24 months on and the lamp is still burning.

2007

22 December, 2007. AlchemyPod Podcast Quarter Series Launched.
Starting at this solstice, December, 2007, a quarterly podcast will be available for listeners. This first issue is "Alchemy is alive and Well", by Hans Nintzel. Each quarter a new issue will feature a text from the R.A.M.S. Digital Collection.

22 December, 2007. NEWSLETTER ISSUE 8 available.
The eighth Newsletter [1.50MB, 1 page, .pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Contents: Podcast Quarter Series, News from the Archive & Paracelsus College Workshops.

4 December, 2007. Buying as a Gift?
Have a free card included in the packaging with the collection to say: Thank you, Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas or ... Email instructions or place details with the Paypal transaction.

16 October, 2007. New DVDrom Catalogue.
The DVDrom Catalogue page has been updated with title images and links; whilst the authors page has additions and a new link from the projects list.

23 September, 2007. NEWSLETTER ISSUE 7 available.
The seventh Newsletter [1.30MB, 1 page, .pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Contents: DVDrom success, Copy Fund & upcoming projects.

7 September, 2007. Paracelsus College Announce Next Secunda Workshop.
A Ten day introduction into the Theory and Practice of Alchemy in the Mineral Kingdom will be conducted from Friday 18th to Sunday 27th January 2008.
For more details visit: Paracelsus College.

24 July, 2007. DVDrom now available.
The R.A.M.S. Digital Library Collection is now available on one DVDrom! Still with Free global postage and easy Paypal service. 118 titles on one easy to use DVDrom disc. Buy now.

17 July, 2007. Texts donated to Paracelsus College.
At the completion of scanning the recent additions to the digital collection the original paper titles have been donated to the Paracelsus College library for the use of students.

21 June, 2007. NEWSLETTER ISSUE 6 available.
The sixth Newsletter [1.36MB, 1 page, .pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Overviews of the T.O.C. completed, alchemyPOD season & upcoming projects.

1st June, 2007. Publication Timeline Updated.
Titles from volume 3 have been added to the Publication Timeline; confirming 1982-83 as the peak publication year and furthering the latest dated year to 1993 for the original R.A.M.S., and the Philip Wheeler archive capped at 1988. Titles linked to the T.O.C. files.

29 May, 2007. Last T.O.C. completed.
The Table of Contents for "The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine" is the final T.O.C. to add to the collection; bringing to a completion the T.O.C. project! The Download page has been updated to reteive the complete .RTF files for the complete collection and Volume 3.

16 May, 2007. Additional T.O.C. added to Volume 3
The Table of Contents for: "Writings of Urbigerus", "Theoricus Degree", "A System of Causasian Yoga" & "Correct Usage" have been added to the Catalogue of the new Volume 3.

8 May, 2007. More T.O.C. added to Volume 3
The Table of Contents for: "The Marrow of Alchemy", "Liquor Alcahest", "Fountain of Philosophical Salt" & "A Recapitulation", "Some Processes of Johan Gottfried Tugel's" & "Lessons in the Unfoldment of the Philosopher's Stone" have been added to the Catalogue of Volume 3.

3 May, 2007. Paracelsus College Announce Next Workshop.
The next 7 day Prima course in Herbal Spagyrics, Astro cycles and QaBaLa will be conducted from Monday 24th to Sunday 30th September 2007.
For more details visit: Paracelsus College.

20 April, 2007. Further T.O.C. added to Volume 3
The Table of Contents for: "Das Aceton" (The Acetone)", "Selected Chemical Universal and Particular Processes" , "Philosophy of The Universe" , "The Art of Spagyric Medicine" & "The Art of Alchemy" have been added to the Catalogue of the new Volume 3.

18 April, 2007. Webhosting renewed.
Ramsdigital has renewed a two year lease with halftheory.com, the webhosting company. This is double the period of the previous tenancy and gaining a 10% discount off the expense. The next contact will be april, 2009.

13 April, 2007. Unknown Titles Discovered.
Three new titles have resurfaced from a private library that where previously unknown in the R.A.M.S. Collection.
1. "Correct Usage" An old german alchemical manuscript containing various 'recipes'. Translated by: Christine Banerji.
2."Lessons in the Unfoldment of the Philosopher's Stone".
By: Adiramled (Delmar D. Bryant)
3."The Art of Alchemy" or The Generation of Gold. By: Adiramled (Delmar D. Bryant).
These titles have been added to Volume 3.

1 April. Hans Nintzel's Birthday.
Had Hans Ninzel, the founder of R.A.M.S., been alive today he would have celebrated his 75th birthday!

31 March, 2007. Website receives additional 100meg.
The Host server of RAMS digital, Halftheory.com, has donated an additional 100meg after becoming aware of the space restrictions on the new podcast, alchemyPOD. This will enable more episodes to remain online. Thank you halftheory.com

28 March, 2007. CDrom Package Price Reduced! Save $5!
Due to a recent bulk purchase of CDroms and packaging a New price has been made available for the next 100 Collections. This purchasing power has been helped by recent reader purchases. Ordering the CDrom package is now AU$54, a saving of $5!

21 March, 2007. NEWSLETTER. ISSUE 5. available.
The fifth Newsletter [1.56MB, 3 page, .pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Overviews of the Scanned text and new collection, major investment and alchemyPOD update.

16 March, 2007. Further T.O.C. added to Volume 3
The Table of Contents for: "MONSR. DE LA BRIE'S PROCESS", "De Auro (on gold)" , "Treatise on Metallic and Mineral Medicines" , "Three Tracts of the Great Medicine of the Philosophers" & "Liber Ratziel" have been added to the Catalogue of the new Volume 3.

12 March, 2007. T.O.C. added to Volume 3
The Table of Contents for: "18 Short Tracts of Alchemy", "An Old Alchemical Treatise", "Potpourri Alchemia", "Potpourri Alchemia. Vol.2" & "Writings of Urbigerus" have been added to the Catalogue of the new Volume 3.

11 March, 2007. NEW third CDrom List released
The R.A.M.S. Digital collection has expanded by near a third of its size with the release of the 24 newly scanned texts on the third CDrom. The .RTF is available from the download page. The R.A.M.S. Digital collection is now 115 alchemical titles digitalized onto 3 CDroms for only AU$59!

5 March, 2007. Pro PDF software compresses JPG files
A major version upgrade has taken place at RAMS Digital with the employment of Professional PDF software to compress the library of scanned JPG files into single [TITLE]_original.PDF files. This process has fundamentally transformed the digital collection onto 2 CDroms! A new catalogue is now available. New .RTF files are available from the download page.

28 February, 2007. 2966 pages now scanned!
As a leading teaser to the Equinox Newsletter and major announcement, news arrived from the scanning department that 2966 new pages have been scanned from original R.A.M.S. documents sourced from the Nintzel Estate.

16 February, 2007. AlchemyPOD reaches 1K and turns to Enhanced.
AlchemyPOD, an instructional Alchemy Podcast sponsored and hosted by R.A.M.S. Digital, has exceeded 1000 downloads; Engaging the new enhancing .m4a format for ipods and itunes to include photographs in the podcasts. Due to requests .mp3 format continues to be available.

30 January, 2007. Title Covers Added.
A project to add all the original R.A.M.S. Title Covers (in .jpg format) to the text listing in the catalogue has been completed. See Catalogue 1 for example.

24 January, 2007. Original prices, etc.
Original R.A.M.S. prices based on 12c/page from 1985 added to catalogue details together with original (8.5'x11') page counts. Catalogue index page updated with product image links and timeline graphics.

17 January, 2007. RAMS Digital 1st Birthday.
It is the first birthday of RAMSdigital.com launched this time last year!
12 months on and slowly developing.

2006

22 December. AlchemyPOD LAUNCHED
Your essential source of alchemy laboratory instructions, theory and discovery is now available!
Listen to Alchemical Papers, articles and books on the topic of Alchemy. AlchemyPod is the first weekly Alchemy Podcast on the internet. Featuring: The Heredom Papers, titles from the Restorers of Alchemical Manuscripts Society (R.A.M.S.) Digital Library and more... sponsored by www.ramsdigital.com ! Click here.

22 December. NEWSLETTER.ISSUE 4.
The forth Newsletter [43kb pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Overviews of the AlchemyPOD and Wanted/Completed List.

16 December. MAJOR NEWS! WANTED LIST DELETED!
The digital collection is nearing completion with Jeff Nintzel, Hans' son, genorously donating the missing titles to the library. A project that spans the entire year, Jeff has documented the archives and released many pieces of interest. More details to come in the Solstice Newsletter.

28 November. NEXT COURSE ANNOUNCED.
Paracelsus College has announced their next Alchemy courses, Prima. See below for details.

4 November. PODCAST RECORDING NEARING COMPLETION.
This week will host the second and final booking in a recording suite to complete the first RAMSdigital sponsored Alchemy Podcast recording. Followed by editing and compression the podcast is on-track for commencement at the Solstice!

28 September. NEWSLETTER.ISSUE 3.
The third Newsletter [196kb pdf] has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Overviews of the completion of the proofreading project and more.

23 September. NEW LOWER PRICE.
As a consequence of the the new compiling of the Library onto 4 CDroms costs have been reduced on printing, postage and packaging. So, now R.A.M.S. Digital can offer the collection at AU$59!

19 September. Collection now 4 discs.
The Glauber titles contained over two volumes have been in the process of proof-reading; Hence .jpg files where being deleted as pages are being checked. Upon completion of this proofreading project the two discs have been combined as CDrom 4.

18 September. Another large Glauber text proofread.
Proofreading and formating has completed 428 pages of the original:
"A Spagyrical Pharmocopoea", or "Dispensatory". Being an exact discription by what means, profitable, efficacious, and penetrating Medicines may be made, and prepared out of Vegetables, Animals, and Minerals. First through Seventh Parts with First through Third Appendix Parts of Seventh Part. Complete Works of Glauber, trans. by Chris. Packe. R.A.M.S. 1983. 354 pages. (SPAGPHARM: .doc, .pdf. 1:29p 2:75p 3:21p 4:33p 5:37p 6:51p 7:33p 7a:75p) Table of Contents.

23 August. Western Union Service Accepted.
Upon a successful completion of the first Western Union transaction with a customer in the Ukraine without a credit card or bank account with direct banking R.A.M.S. Digital is now utilising this service for the convenience of clients. See the Buy Page for more info.

22 August. Original Print Time-Line.
A new Time-Line has been created to display the original publication years of the titles in the R.A.M.S. Digital Collection. Upon initial perusal the weight of 17th Century texts is well displayed. Where dates where not know the life-time of the author has been used. In the process several corrections to the catalogue have been made. Go here.

25 July. Large Title Proofread.
Proofreading and formating has completed 274 pages of the original:
"The Centurys: First through Fifth", or "Wealthy Store-house of Treasures" (5 books), 1667 from the Complete Works of Glauber, trans. by Chris. Packe. R.A.M.S. 1983. 207 pages (1st 96 pages, 2nd 72 pages, 3rd 15 pages, 4th 13 pages, 5th 11 pages). Table of Contents.

21 June. Newsletter. Issue 2.
The second Newsletter has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Overviews of the proofreading project and more.

3 June, Title Proofread.
"A Short Book of Dialogues", or "Certain Colloquies of some Studious Searchers after the Hermetick Medicine and Universal Tincture." Complete Works of Glauber, proofreading completed.

16 May. Title Proofread.
“The Consolation of Navigators” from the Complete Works of Glauber, proofreading completed.

2 May. Title Proofread.
"An Index of the Complete Works of Glauber", Philip Wheeler. Proofreading completed.

26 April. Title Proofread.
"Novum Lumen Chymicum", or "A New Chymical Light", from the Complete Works of Glauber, proofreading complete.

21 April. Title Proofread.
"A Treatise of the Signature of Salts, Metals, and Planets", from the Complete Works of Rudolph Glauber, proofreading complete.

19 April. Buy Button Error Corrected.
A major error to the 'Buy Now' buttons on this website have been corrected. A sincere apology to anybody effected by this error. Any order placed to the incorrect email address 'ramsdigital@go.to' have not been received and will require re-ordering.

12 April. Catalogue divided.
For ease of navigation the Catalogue page has been divided into separate pages using the menu bar:
Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volume 4 | Volume 5

11 April. Proofread title.
"A True and Perfect Description of Extracting Good Tartar from the Lees of Wine." from the Complete Works of Rudolph Glauber, proofreading complete.

1 April. Hans Nintzel's Birthday.
Had Hans Ninzel, the founder of R.A.M.S., been alive today he would have celebrated his 74th birthday!

25 March. Further Proofreading.
"De Purgatorio Philosophorum" proofreading completed.

21 March. Newsletter. Issue 1.
The first Newsletter has been created to keep you updated with changes in the Library over the past quarter. Overviews of the proofreading project and more.

17 March. RSS Feed Created.
An RSS Feed to keep you up-to-date with changes on the site from your desktop. The New rss button on the menu (left) has the direct link. Otherwise use http://www.ramsdigital.com/rss/RAMSrss.xml in your RSS Reader.

11 March, 2006. Subscription corrected.
The Newsletter Subscription form engine has been corrected not to bounce new members. Apologies for any inconvenience the previous code has caused. All members have been added to the newsletter service.

8 March, 2006.
"The Hellish Goddess Proserpina" from the Complete Works of Rudolph Glauber. Proofreading completed.

4 March, 2006. Title found.
One title found on the wanted list and added to CDrom 2.
"Treatise on Metallic and Mineral Medicines" by Quercetanus (Joseph Du Chesne). R.A.M.S. 1986. 84 pages.

28 February, 2006.
"Three Principles of Metals" from the Complete Works of Rudolph Glauber. Proofreading completed.

19th February, 2006. Timeline Created.
A sub-project to list all the R.A.M.S. publications in a timeline based on the release date has been created. The project is not complete as some titles where not published with a date or the digital copy did not include it, however the majority of the titles have a date and creating this timeline gives an insite into the history of the original R.A.M.S. Click here.

11th February, 2006.
"Libellus Ignium", or "Book of Fires" from the Complete Works of Rudolph Glauber. Proofreading completed.

9th February, 2006. Newsletter Subscriptions have commenced.
A free newsletter from R.A.M.S. Digital will commence on the Autumn Equinox 2006. It is intended to maintain contain with clients and report news from the library. A subscription form (see below) has been created on the front page of the website for ease of use.

2nd February, 2006. Catalogue restructed.
Each title has a separate page being created that includes an image of the cover and table of contents. This replaces the previous catalogue that was one long text page. However, the downloadable catalogue file remains as a single file to assist searching.

22nd January, 2006.
Hans Nintzel page updated.
Improved biography and bibliograph details for Hans Nintzel HTML page, including links to the articles "Alchemy is Alive and Well" , 1988 and "Meditation and Alchemy," 1978.

17th January, 2006.
Ramsdigital.com launched!
It is with great pleasure that weinform you that http://www.ramsdigital.com
has been registered and is now active!
It's a bit of a long story, so here is the short version. Just before the solstice an email was received from paypal informing of a customer complaint which made it sadly aware that the http://go.to redirecting service had failed and was bouncing emails as well as unreliably redirecting. http://go.to had been utilised for years but it seems time changes ....So, happily with a cut-price deal www.ramsdigital.com has come into existance.
The transfer of the old site is now complete with a new template undercarriage which does away with the use of frames on the webpages... o.k. it's all to much boring detail, it's just excited to finally have a permanent .com address. Thanks to Scott Sinclair for the web brokering service.

16th January, 2006.
'The Three Most Noble Stones Generated by Three Secret Fires' from the Complete Works of Rudolph Glauber. Proofreading completed.

9th January, 2006.
'Elias Artista' from the Complete Works of Rudolph Glauber. Proofreading completed.

6th January, 2006.
'The Secret Fire of the Philosophers' Proofreading completed.

6th January, 2006.
Proofreading Project Commenced.
Proofreading Project has commenced on the Works of Glauber, aiming to combine the two discs and remove the need for the .jpg files. The completed files are in both .PDF and .DOC, with trials of .PDB (palm) format.

2005

29th December, 2005. T.O.C. Completed.
The creation of 'Table of Contents' information of each title in the library arranged into CDrom groups has been completed. The new files are available for download.

28 December, 2005. EMAIL PROBLEMS CORRECTED!
My sincere apologies for any inconvenience the bouncing email has created. Today I have realized that the go.to account have problems and have resorted to using a westnet account until the issues are corrected.

23 November, 2005.
Hannah Isabelle Kettle born at 9:41pm!

4 November, 2005.
Site re-designed. A major make over incorporating frames and an improved navigation bar.

25 October, 2005.
Finished 'Table of Contents' for CDrom 5. New 'Volume 5 content file' available in .RTF format from download page.

24 October, 2005.
One title found and added to CDrom 1.
"The Transmutation of Base Metals Into Gold and Silver" David Beuther.
Added link to xe.com currency convertor on Buy page.

16 October, 2005.
New CDrom paper packaging replaces plastic cases resulting in a AU$6 savings and a NEW PRICE = $63 for the 5 CDrom including postage.

10 October, 2005.
RAMS Digital Library listed as 'Featured Site' on Alchemy Lab Webring.
Finished 'Table of Contents' for CDrom 4.
New 'Volume 4 content file' available from download page.

08 October, 2005.
Five titles found and added to CDrom Volume 1:
"Arcana Divina" ( The Divine Secret ) Anonymous.
"Discourse on the Fountain of Philosophical Salt" Solinus Salztal.
"Revelation of the True Chemical Wisdom" Friederich Gualdus.
"Philosophia Maturata Of the Stone of the Philosophers" St. Dunstan.
"Verbum Dismissum" Count Bernard Trevisan.

03 October, 2005.
Commenced work on Table of Contents for CDrom 4.
Finished 'Table of Contents' for CDrom 2.
New 'Volume 2 content file' available from download page.

26 September, 2005.
New Volume 3 content file available from download page.

16 September, 2005.
Finished 'Table of Contents' for CD 3.

01 September, 2005.
Documents found on "Want List", details soon.

August, 2005.
Added Google search to home page.
Improved buying buttons for paypal intergration.
Joined Alchemy Lab Webring, pending.
Added William Salmon and John Heydon biographies to authors page.

07 July, 2005.
Searching for missing texts.
New CDrom found on Ebay.
Commenced creating 'Table of Contents' lists for CDrom 3.
New Catalogue format.

June, 2005.
New navigation bar which includes new links to the new projects: spoken & PDA which will commence soon.
Improving and detailing catalogue information.
Started 'authors' section to include biography of authors & timeline of titles.

05 May, 2005.
http://go.to/ramsdigital website launched [05/05]