Located in Glasgow, McLean accessed the wealth of alchemical texts located in The Ferguson Collection in Glasgow University Library, the Young Collection also in Glasgow, and the John Read Collection at University of St Andrews. McLean developed an interest in alchemy in his youth which has continued throughout his life. In 2017 he set up an art gallery The Studio and Gallery in Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire in order to promote the work of emergent and lesser-known artists. He also created a series of 20 video lectures on many facets of surrealist paintings. This currently shows the work of 100 surrealist artists. In 2016 he set up the Surrealism Website in order to document surrealist painters. From 2004 he began collecting tarot cards in order to document tarot art and built up a collection of 2500 items. In 1978 he founded the Hermetic Journal which he published until 1992 during which time he also started publishing the Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks, a series of 55 editions (to 2018) of key source texts of the hermetic tradition. For the Irish Olympic boxer, see Adam McLean (boxer).Īdam McLean (born 7 March 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish writer on alchemical texts and symbolism. For the footballer of the same name, see Adam McLean (footballer).
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