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| | Alchemy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Nicholas Flamel had these mysterious alchemical symbols carved on his tomb in the Church of the Holy Innocents in Paris. | | | So the alchemical symbols and processes often had both an inner meaning referring to the spiritual development of the practitioner as well as a material meaning connected to physical transformation of matter. | | | In one aspect of the alchemical world view the transmutation of base metals into gold symbolized an endeavour toward perfection or the utmost heights of actual existence. |
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| | Field-Harmonic Key to the Thoth Tarot |
| | The symbolism of circumstance is always alchemical and sexual. | | | In fact the whole idea of leaving an imprint on a shroud is alchemically symbolic of mortal Aquarius' deepest desire to leave a mark before finally dying, a shroud symbolizing Sagittarius like most garments - an aura. | | | That idea was given to Adolf Hitler to ruin in most people's minds, as title to a book he wrote. |
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| | INTRODUCTION TO ALCHEMY IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY: |
| | One of the main symbols of reconciliation of this conflict are various mandala forms, present from alchemy to Tibetan Buddhism. | | | This is an alchemical metaphor or version of the generic process of spiritual rebirth. | | | In the alchemical search for the God-head in matter (Kether in Malkuth), Paracelsus contended that matter was a living counterpart of the creating deity. |
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| | Surrealism, Alchemy, and the Northern Renaissance |
| | Alchemical symbols in Northern Renaissance art must be read within the context of alchemy as an accepted science that encompassed the medicinal, spiritual, and chemical, as well as the mystical. | | | A seven runged ladder rises behind him, representing seven alchemical metals that are associated with planetary gods. | | | The works of Remedios Varo, and some by Leonora Carrington, highlight the Surrealist's view of alchemical process as spiritual, rather than material, transformation, typified by the depiction of a spiritual journey. |
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| | Romanticism On the Net 5 (February 1997) |
| | The alchemical Stone, then, is predictably a sphere: the aim of alchemical individuation is the reproduction of a unity, the Original Being, who in Platonic thought was a sphere. | | | (23) "Disagreeables," then, correspond to unpleasant, dark, or impure alchemical states which through the unifying perception generated by the holism of great art are reconciled in a unity that to Keats is synonymous with Beauty and Truth. | | | This averment of self-perfection is, then, an instance of the "de-moralisation" of the religious quest, which characterises the subjection of the self to the morally neutral archetypal realm. |
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| | Western Alchemy is essentially derived from Islamic Alchemy, and the first alchemical texts were translated from the arabic in the 12th century. | | | The word alchemy is derived from the arabic 'Al Kimiya’, used in the Islamic world to denote not only the art of producing the elixir or philosopher's stone but also the substance or medium of transformation. | | | The civil and religious centres of a Celtic kingdom were nominally located at the geographic midpoint of the kingdom; the religious centre was commonly the nearest site to this location which had the right 'vibes' - the holy sanctuary. |
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| | The Alchemist's Tale by John Granger |
| | Certainly, the similarity of this language to the Christian spiritual path is remarkable—and understandably so, because the symbols of the completion of the alchemical work are also traditional ciphers for Christ, the God/Man, in whose sinless two natures Christians are called to perfection in his Mystical Body, the Church. | | | And one of these traditions is the use of alchemical symbolism to convey spiritual realities. | | | It will also help explain the worldwide popularity of these books (because they speak to deep spiritual desires), in what way Christian objections to them are ironic (because they miss Rowling’s point), and why the almost uniform approach of scholars to the books as cultural artifacts to be dissected is a typically modern mistake (ditto). |
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| | C. G. Jung and the Alchemical Renewal |
| | While the tensional relationship of the opposites remains the great operational mechanism of manifest life and of transformation, this relationship exists within the context of a unitary world-model wherein matter and spirit, King and Queen, appear as aspects of a psychoid realm of reality. | | | Surrounded by a splendid garden, elegant furnishings, fine wines and refreshments, the brilliant and distinguished guests of Madame Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn gathered to witness the unveiling of alchemy in its 20th Century psychological embodiment. | | | Jung's dreams in 1925, 1926, and thereafter frequently found him in ancient houses surrounded by alchemical codices of great beauty and mystery. |
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http://www.gnosis.org/jung_alchemy.htm
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| | Alchemy, Alchemical Fire and the Hermetic Art |
| | Arab alchemical treatises, such as those by Persian physicians al-Razi (886-925) and Avicenna (980-1036) were popular during the Middle Ages. | | | In the West, interest in the spiritual dimension of alchemy was rekindled in the mid-twentieth century through the works the psychiatrist Carl C. Jung on Gnostic and alchemical spiritualism. | | | The Alchemical Mandala: A Survey of the Mandala in the Western Esoteric Traditions. |
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| | ALCHEMY BOOKS, ALCHEMICAL BOOKS |
| | His symbolic attitude facilitates a kind of inter-confessionalism: he states in Hall ar-Rumuz that "the result of the alchemical work can be produced by a person from any religion". | | | Drawing on the teachings of the Egyptian, Greek, and Hebrew mystery schools, and quoting extensively from important alchemical writers, Garstin details this process of purification. | | | Alchemy-the ancient science that aims to transform various substances into different and more noble elements-remains one of the most misunderstood of the great wisdom traditions. |
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| | Alchemical Kubrick 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Great Work - On Film |
| | Zarathustra is the great god of the Zoroastrians, who are the early holders of the alchemical tradition. | | | Kubrick has evoked the spiritual and physical evolution of our race as it has been transformed by this magical black stone. | | | There can be no doubt that Kubrick had read Childhood's End and understood it's significance. |
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| | Classes in Alchemical Healing, Egyptian Mysteries, Planetary Healing and Goddess empowerments |
| | It honors the accumulated wisdom of the Earth and humankind, both in written and oral traditions, and it permits entry into the magical realms of intuition and limitless knowledge. | | | Many of the empowerments in the book as well demonstrations and practice in most techniques will be given. | | | It will be a luscious feast of knowledge and experience that will renew and prepare you to face the future with new tools and new awareness. |
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| | alchemical traditions |
| | The very nature of alchemical language is intentionally cryptic, even our modern word gibberish comes from an Arabic alchemist's name, Jabir -- whose cryptic alchemical notes were incomprehensible to the uninitiated. | | | The Emerald Tablet was re-discovered in the West during the renaissance, and led many alchemists of that time to study both Arabic and Western Alchemical texts. | | | In the East, both Chinese and Indian traditions incorporate sexual imagery into the understanding of alchemy, the union of opposites, yin/yang, yoni/lingam, man/woman, and other dualities are unified into the "one thing," the great mystery. |
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| | The Alchemical Mass: The Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet |
| | The Alchemical Mass: Introitus/ Kyrie/ Collecta and Gloria/ Epistola and Graduale/ Offertorium/ Ave Maria and Commune. | | | “The Alchemical Mass” combines the formal sounds of church with the kinds of natural motifs that are commonly found in native religious rites. | | | It parallels the traditional mass in many ways and honors God, Christ, and the virgin Mary. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: The Alchemical Body : Siddha Traditions in Medieval India |
| | Working from previously unexplored alchemical sources, David Gordon White demonstrates for the first time that the medieval disciplines of Hindu alchemy and hatha yoga were practiced by one and the same people, and that they can be understood only when viewed together. | | | As the siddhi from this bitter rasayana, one will come to recognize the idealized beautiful bodies adorning the covers of contemporary yoga journals, as descendants of the Siddha alchemical quest for bodily immortality: Hatha yoga is tantric alchemy. | | | The emperor Aurangzeb issued a firman to Anand Nath, the abbot of Jakhbar, an obscure monastery in the Punjab, in 1661 or 1662: The letter sent by Your Reverence has been received along with two tolahs of quicksilver. |
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Alchemical Healing : A Guide to Spiritual, Physical, and Transformational Medicine |
| | Those who follow the Alchemical Healing path accomplish a spiritual transformation of the self, turning the dark mystery of the subconscious into the alchemical gold of knowledge and enlightenment. | | | There are many exercises, meditations and attunements throughout the book that teach the healer or prospective healer how to access the universal life force. | | | Clearly, I am impressed with and highly recommend this book, especially to those dedicated to a spiritual path and healers of all kinds. |
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| | Llewellyn Encyclopedia |
| | To that end, the alchemical theory states that eternal wisdom remains latent, dormant and obscure in humanity so long as a mundane state of ignorance and superficiality exists. | | | Another possible origin of the word is the Greek "cheo" which means "I pour" or "I cast"—a word often used in reference to the ancient Greek metalworkers who used many alchemical formulae. | | | This is not an easily understood art, because the primal medium of alchemical expression is through the use of allegory and mythological symbols, which can be interpreted simultaneously both at a material and a spiritual level. |
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| | Alchemical Materials |
| | Orichalcum itself may be used in either its Alchemical or Mystical forms. | | | All of the component materials must be in their Mystical forms. | | | The remaining substance may then be melted with alchemical heat, and cast into whatever shape is needed. |
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| | eBay - Book: Alchemical Healing |
| | It offers both an art form and a spiritual path that develops one's ability to co-create the future with the wisdom of the spirit world. | | | Alchemical Healing: A Guide to Spiritual, Physical, and | | | Alchemical Healing presents a sacred journey into the most profound principles and mysteries of creation. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Taoism |
| | One may well ask how the pure abstract doctrine of Lao-tze was turned into a medley of alchemical researches, a practice of witchcraft, with the addition of Buddhist superstitions, which constitute to-day what is called Tao-kiao, the religion or the teaching of Tao. | | | Chang Heng, son of Chang Tao-ling, continued his father's tradition both in spiritual and alchemical researches, and Chang Lu the grandson, played an important part in the Yellow Cap Rebellion at the beginning of the Han dynasty. | | | Some men have been worshipped as gods after their death: Kwan-ti, the god of war; Hu-tsu, a physician; a medical divinity, Ko-tsu Sa-tsu ; etc. |
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| | Wicce's Tarot Collection |
| | In their place is a system which utilizes and explains the alchemical beliefs of the fluids and elixirs which make up the substance of life. | | | Gone are all the traditional elements of the tarot as you know them. | | | Truly, if you did not have the book available, you would really be in the dark with this one. |
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| | CATALOGUE OF THE ALCHEMICAL WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO RAIMOND LULL |
| | None of the alchemical writings traditionally attributed to Lull can be plausibly ascribed to him. | | | Researchers of the nineteenth and twentieth century, following the arguments already put forth by J. Sollier and J. Custurer at the beginning of the eighteenth century, have definitely assessed the question. | | | It consistes of a list of the alchemical works attributed to Raimond Lull from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, with essential informations concerning each of them. |
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| | Alchemical Tarot |
| | Inspired by the spiritual alchemy of the Rosicrucians, the Alchemical Tarot is full of alchemical symbolism and explains "the beliefs of the elixirs that make up the substance of life." Card art is hand-drawn in style reminiscent of comic books. | | | Support Aeclectic Tarot by ordering the Alchemical Tarot from |
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| | Study Courses on alchemical symbolism |
| | I began producing my study courses in 1999 in response to some people asking me to provide them with explanations of alchemical imagery and texts. | | | This is a short course focussing on the amazing, beautiful, complex and enigmatic Ripley scroll. | | | This was partly due to the archaic language of some of these texts or the obscurities of emblematic symbolism, but it also arose from the fact that few people are able to contextualise the ideas in these texts or symbols in order to understand the difficult and obscure terms. |
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| | Reiki, Reiki Healing, Healing, Healer, Energy Healing, Reiki Distance Healing, Spiritual Teacher, Relaxation CD, Reiki ... |
| | Diane Radha Sivani is a Self-Realized Master and Alchemical and Reiki Spiritual Healer. | | | By skillfully combining unconditional love, shamanism, energy healing and alchemy, physical, psychological and spiritual healing may be realized. |
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| | Chthonios Books : Esotericism in Hermetic and Alchemical traditions |
| | This page gives some background material and explains Chthonios’ approach to the Hermetic and Alchemical traditions. | | | Chthonios Books : Esotericism in Hermetic and Alchemical traditions | | | Below is a list of some important terms and people (with variant forms) from Hermetic and Alchemical traditions which Chthonios specialises in. |
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| | Alchemical Tarot |
| | Adding to the challenge is the fact that most alchemical texts are written in a convoluted and confusing style. | | | This deck extracts essential principles of the alchemical Opus and arranges them according to principles of Pythagorean number symbolism. | | | It is surprising, given this large body of sources, that the authors have synthesized such a harmonious whole. |
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| | The Alchemical Mandala |
| | Not only is The Alchemical Mandala a comprehensive guide on how to ‘read’ the cosmological and spiritual symbolism of alchemical engravings, it also outlines three ways for working practically with these mandalas in meditation. | | | This is the first book exclusively dedicated to the mandala tradition in the West and is an extremely valuable sourcework on account of the illustrations and commentaries. | | | Though various Western traditions possess such contemplative tools, they have not often not been recognized as such, except by those deeply schooled in Western esotericism. |
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| | The Alchemy Web Site |
| | Divided into over 1300 sections and providing tens of thousands of pages of text, over 2000 images, over 200 complete alchemical texts, extensive bibliographical material on the printed books and manuscripts, numerous articles, introductory and general reference material on alchemy. | | | This site is organised by Adam McLean, the well known authority on alchemical texts and symbolism, author and publisher of over 40 books on alchemical and Hermetic ideas. | | | On this web site you will be able to explore the riches of alchemical texts, some of which are wonderful works of allegorical literature, delve into its amazing, beautiful and enigmatic symbolism, and ponder its underlying hermetic philosophy, which holds a picture of the interconnection of the Macrocosm and Microcosm. |
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| | Alchemical Tarot |
| | The salamander represents fire on the ace of wands. | | | The Alchemical Tarot combines the symbols and wisdom of alchemy with the tarot. | | | This book serves as introduction to alchemy and a reference book for the deck. |
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| | My Home Page |
| | On first glance though the book and deck, I had the following impressions and noted the following things: | | | The following is a brief review of this book and deck set that I wrote shortly after purchasing this book. | | | The Alchemical Tarot -- A Deck and Book Set |
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| | Languages & Writing Systems |
| | Harold Bayley, in his book The Lost Language of Symbolism, finds that the watermarks used by the various printers' guilds were not arbitrary - they were a Hermetic, hieratic "language" in themselves, rich in alchemical and mystical content. | | | Bayley was one of the first people to suggest that it might be worthwhile to historians to take a closer look at the membership and structure of the printers' guilds, but his call for such an examination has been largely ignored. | | | But few people have been exposed to the equally mysterious traditions of the printers' and papermillers' guilds. |
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| | the magic of the fire circle |
| | What is happening during the course of an all-night fire? | | | In the alchemical tradition a container or vessel is often hermetically sealed to outside influences. | | | After observing the ritual process for a number of years, and comparing stories and experiences with others, we have found that the alchemical model is a useful tool for understanding the all-night sacred fire circle ritual. |
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| | Neil's Alchemical Web Site |
| | The site now includes personal alchemical experiences, a list of books I have found illuminating and some of my poetry. | | | This site is very much a work in progress. | | | In particular, I am interested in the Elizabethan Magician Dr. John Dee and in the notorious Aleister Crowley. |
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| | Green Earth Foundation - Ralph Metzner |
| | Click here for Metzner Alchemical Divination Practices Training Program | | | May 2005 — Update on the MAD Practices Training: Essay by Ralph Metzner - Some Comments on the History and Philosophy of Alchemical Divination | | | June 3, July 1, July 8, July 29 - click here: events |
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| | The Alchemy Web site |
| | Alchemical and chemical symbols used by Scheele (18th century) | | | Alchemical writers used beautiful imagery as a means of illustrating their ideas. | | | Animated version of the alchemical process shown in the Crowning of Nature manuscripts. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Alchemical symbol |
| | Alchemical symbols, originally devised as part of the protoscience of alchemy, were used to denote some elements and some compounds until the 18th century. | | | Updated 159 days 15 hours 48 minutes ago. |
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| | Alchemical Hypnotherapy |
| | The ancient Alchemists made clear in their writings that the substance of their transmutation was the human soul. | | | According to David Quigley, the originator of Alchemical Hypnotherapy, “In my experience, everyone I’ve worked with who has been committed to finding a spiritual, emotional or metaphysical meaning behind their symptoms has had at least some healing or remission.” | | | There is impressive evidence of cures and remissions when people search for a meaning in their symptoms and assume a part of the unconscious mind creates their illness psychologically. |
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| | Alchemical paintings of Adam McLean |
| | McLean sees his task as an artist is to make modern copies of illustrations from these ancient manuscripts and books. | | | Although some of this ancient alchemical imagery has entered into the public forum through being included as illustrations in popular books, the riches of this material are only available to experts and those researching into ancient alchemical manuscripts. | | | Many of these works cannot be merely copied as the originals in the manuscripts have either become damaged, the colours changed through time, or the original drawing having some inadequacies, therefore some works need to be reborn or restored from the original image. |
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| | Alchemical Contexts |
| | The drawing seems to be an alchemical treatise that serves on the one hand to clarify the nature of man's dilemma in a dualistic and seemingly chaotic world and on the other, poetically express all the forces and concerns acting on the artist's life at the time. | | | Because of this and the fact that Picasso's symbols tend to be universal, the drawing appears to contain a message that seems to challenge our materialist attitude towards the world and which has the ability to plunge us into the magical living world of symbols. | | | Picasso's art was likewise indebted to this mystical tradition. |
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| | Trance Connections Hypnotherapy -- Home |
| | Through Alchemical Hypnotherapy, I was able to reclaim the compass to my soul. | | | Through his study of ancient transcripts, Dr. Carl Jung believed these ancient Alchemists were actually working with inner guides and archtypes to transform the “lead” in their personal lives — fear, self-defeating patterns, addictions, apathy, pain, confusion, etc. — into the “gold” of self-realization. | | | For a more in-depth article on Alchemical Hypnotherapy, click here. |
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| | Newton's Alchemy, recreated |
| | At the same time, Starkey wrote numerous alchemical treatises under the nom de guerre of "Eirenaeus Philalethes" (a peaceful lover of truth). | | | I am presently at work on a book-length monograph that will describe Boyle's debt to alchemical corpuscularism while also arguing for the importance of the modifications that Boyle worked on the pre-existing theory. | | | Yet unlike Sennert, Boyle completely dismissed the Aristotelian concept of form, and devoted most of his life to proving that material change could be accounted for purely in terms of matter and motion (see Vita for my 1996 article "The Alchemical Sources of Robert Boyle's Corpuscular Philosophy"). |
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| | The Alchemical Egg Introduction |
| | According to Rulandus' 17th century alchemical lexicon, the "Ovum Philosophicum," which can be translated as the Philosophical or Hermetic Egg, is the principal vessel used in alchemical operations. | | | Alchemists traced the history of their science back to its mythical, Egyptian founder, Hermes Trismegistus (the thrice great Hermes); so alchemy was also known as the Hermetic practice. | | | This is the web site of Robert M. Place, creator of The Alchemical Tarot, The Tarot of the Saints, The Angels Tarot,. |
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| | Books and alchemical prints for sale |
| | Seven study courses on alchemical symbolism and texts. | | | Most alchemical and hermetic texts require long study and contemplation and many people find that this is better achieved through a conventional book rather than by reading from a computer screen, so I provide in parallel with the web site a number of printed books of rare hermetic material. | | | How to read alchemical texts : An introductory study course for the perplexed |
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| | Group 8:14 |
| | 8:14 · When the two lines in the entry sign above touch each other, the sign becomes an alchemical symbol for the substance realgar. |
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