text: In the work Life of Apollonius by Philostratus the Athenian, an allegorical description is given of an occult hill.  The author gives this hill the name "Athanor".
  "Athanor" is the name of two works by 20th century German artist Anselm Kiefer: one currently displayed in the Toledo Museum of Art and the other commissioned by the Louvre museum in 2007 and displayed there. The word was also used the title of a 1968 book of poetry by the Romanian author Gellu Naum, a musical work for orchestra by French composer Joël-François Durand (written in 2001 and premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra  in 2003), a 1990s noel series by American author Jane Lindskold, a photo collage by Romanian artist Geta Bratescu (b. 1926), and an artwork by Janet Saad-Cook located at Boston University's Photonics Center.
  The Athanor Academy of Performing Arts Passau founded in 1995 in the German town Passau is named after this furnace, as is the Belgian , a Masonic Lodge.
  The Athanor magazine is a review of language philosophy, history, and international politics, published once or twice a year.