YouTube. In Pursuit of Gold - Alchemy in Theory and Practice - 4. Chapter 6 The Green Lion Lion It is said of “our mercury”, the artificial mercury, that gold will dissolve in it as ice in warm water, but the gold takes a long time, possibly a year, before this takes place. It is also called the “dry water which will not wet the hand”, and this because it arises as a vapour when it is extracted from metals, and naturally distills into a liquid when it is cooled. Before considering further quotations from a few treatises which bear out what has been outlined in previous chapters, it is as well to investigate some more rather difficult terminology.
Prepared mercury is the vapour of metals, and extracted from antimony and iron. Saturn, the planetary name given to lead in the old days, was never used to describe the metal. It is a blind designed to mislead, and invented owing to its descriptively dark nature. Now to deal with the problem as to whether Venus (or copper) is to be used in the work of preparing the “ Secret Fire “. 58. Back. The Secret Book of Artephius. The Secret Book of Artephius This has been transcribed from 'In Pursuit of Gold' by 'Lapidus'. This treatise describes the entire process of preparing the philosopher's stone. There are three separate operations described here: the preparation of the 'secret fire' (the catalyst or solvent which is used throughout the whole work, without which nothing can be achieved, but which is seldom if ever mentioned in any alchemical treatise), the preparation of 'mercury' (a metallic vapor made from antimony and iron, said to resemble vulgar mercury (Hg) in appearance, necessary in the preparation of the stone) and the preparation of the stone itself.
These operations are not presented in sequence. The reader will note that the language is allusive and recondite, that several names are used to refer to the same thing and that one name is used to refer to several things. This is, however, an exceptionally clear alchemical text. Artephius is said to have written this in the 12th century. Museum_explore. Directory of the Alchemy Lab Website.
Alchemy Electronic Dictionary: Find Out the Meaning of Arcane Words and Ciphers Instantly! To find out the meaning of a word, select the beginning letter: Or select the symbol for which you would like to see a definition: For Alchemy Lab website assistance, click ablution The process of washing a solid with a liquid, usually in water. Aion (see Ouroboros) Air Air is one of the Four Elements of alchemy.
Alchemy The word is derived from the Arabian phrase "al-kimia," which refers to the preparation of the Stone or Elixir by the Egyptians. Alembic The upper part of a still; a still-head. Alkahest The alkahest is the power from Above that makes possible alchemical transformation. Aludel A pear-shaped earthenware bottle, open at both ends. Amalgam The amalgam is a solid metal formed by the combination of mercury with gold, silver, lead, or other metals. angel An angel in alchemical treatises symbolizes sublimation or the ascension of the volatile principle.
Ankh animals Animals are often used to symbolize the basic components and processes of alchemy. Antimony Apollo aqua fortis aqua regia aqua vitae. Alchemical Symbols. Axioms of Alchemy: Tools and Principles of Transformation on All Levels. 1. Whatever may be accomplished by a simple method should not be be attempted by a complicated one. There is only one Truth, whose existence requires no proof, because it is of itself proof enough to those who are capable of perceiving it.
Why should we enter into complexity to seek for that which is simple? The sages say: Ignis et Azoth tibi sufficiunt (the Fire and the First Matter are sufficient). The body is already in your possession. 2. Great is the error of those who imagine that the Philosopher's Stone can be hardened without being first dissolved; their time and labor is wasted. 3.
Art may be the handmaid of nature, but cannot supplant her mistress. 4. The nature of a tree cannot be changed by trimming the branches or by the addition of ornaments; it can be improved only by improving the soil upon which it grows or by grafting. 5. There is no other actual knowledge than the knowledge of self. 6. Nature is the product of emotion. 7. 8. 9. 10. Thus Fermentation will be induced. Personal Alchemy Quiz: Find Out Where You Stand in the Alchemy of Personal Transformation. 2 - The Philosopher's Stone. ©2010, montalk.net (Version 0.6 – changelog provided at end of article) The Philosopher’s Stone is not just a spiritual metaphor but an actual substance that can transmute lead or mercury into gold. The Stone is a product of Alchemy. Unlike chemistry, which only deals with physical matter and energy, Alchemy makes use of etheric and astral energies to reconfigure matter at the quantum level.
How Etheric Energy Overrides Physical Laws Alchemical achievements require successfully gathering, concentrating, and multiplying etheric energy. The world around us is made of subatomic particles that regularly undergo unpredictable jumps, teleportation, bilocation, superposition, and other strange quantum behaviors. The world we see around us is merely a crowd of subatomic particles whose individual quantum jumps aren’t apparent because they average to collective stillness.
Physical laws can be bent. The Alchemy of Transmutation What Alchemy does in the case of transmutation of lead into gold, is to. Alchemy. The Alchemy Web Site. Alchemy. Alchemy Websites: Hundreds of Internet Sites Devoted to Ancient and Modern Alchemy.