Indeed you are speaking my language.

Regarding alchemy, you probably know that Isaac Newton was an alchemist and spent more time on that (and Biblical exegesis) than he did on science and physics. I wrote about all that here:

https://graham-pemberton.medium.com/isaac-newton-last-of-the-sorcerers-93de6ffb9dc0

If you have time and the inclination I wrote a series of articles on alchemy:

https://graham-pemberton.medium.com/alchemy-how-to-turn-lead-into-gold-maybe-6dd97c19b22c

https://graham-pemberton.medium.com/alchemy-why-it-matters-c138215abc3d

https://graham-pemberton.medium.com/alchemy-those-who-might-have-succeeded-e3a5ccdea0c0

https://graham-pemberton.medium.com/alchemy-concluding-thoughts-the-future-704c4dabd25a

If you're not exhausted by all that, we could move onto astrology afterwards.

best wishes