Fyredancer
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Looking forward to Alchemy.
Interesting topic, back on earth Alchemy became a big thing in the 1600s, a roller coaster time of powerful bankers and warring Kings and secret societys like the Rosicrucians.
In the 1400s the Hermetic documents escaping from fallen Roman Byzantium have inspired magical thinkers in Europe. Modern summary -
www.kybalion.org
By the 1500s bankers like the Fuggers are funding King's wars, but the Kings keep borrowing till they go broke and so bankrupt the bankers (so now they take it from our taxes.)
By the 1600s Kings (&Queens) are funding alchemists like John Dee, presumably to actually make gold out of lead and free themselves from the banker's clutches.
Famous hard scientist Sir Isaac Newton became official Master of the Mint. He secretly amassed the best Alchemical library in Europe (but sadly seems to have failed in making gold from base metal). When he died this library was such an embarrassment that it was hidden away for centuries, only to finally be revealed in 1936 by famous economist John Meynard Keynes ("the gold standard is a barbarous relic".) Now online -
Now some say Alchemy is really allegorical - it's about turning the base human into the enlightened human - true Initiation into the Mysteries ("I saw the Sun shining at midnight, and I worshipped the Gods Above and the Gods Below.")
A curious book supposedly revealing this secret of Alchemy was published in 1850, then suddenly removed from sale with every copy destroyed. Except one survived -
Even today there are those who claim there is real Alchemy in nature :
Well, I was bored, and I'm a freak...
Interesting topic, back on earth Alchemy became a big thing in the 1600s, a roller coaster time of powerful bankers and warring Kings and secret societys like the Rosicrucians.
In the 1400s the Hermetic documents escaping from fallen Roman Byzantium have inspired magical thinkers in Europe. Modern summary -
The Kybalion Resource Page
The Kybalion Resource Page features an online ebook edition of The Kybalion by Three Initiates, along with links to Kybalion related information.
By the 1500s bankers like the Fuggers are funding King's wars, but the Kings keep borrowing till they go broke and so bankrupt the bankers (so now they take it from our taxes.)
By the 1600s Kings (&Queens) are funding alchemists like John Dee, presumably to actually make gold out of lead and free themselves from the banker's clutches.
Famous hard scientist Sir Isaac Newton became official Master of the Mint. He secretly amassed the best Alchemical library in Europe (but sadly seems to have failed in making gold from base metal). When he died this library was such an embarrassment that it was hidden away for centuries, only to finally be revealed in 1936 by famous economist John Meynard Keynes ("the gold standard is a barbarous relic".) Now online -
Now some say Alchemy is really allegorical - it's about turning the base human into the enlightened human - true Initiation into the Mysteries ("I saw the Sun shining at midnight, and I worshipped the Gods Above and the Gods Below.")
A curious book supposedly revealing this secret of Alchemy was published in 1850, then suddenly removed from sale with every copy destroyed. Except one survived -
Atwood M A A Suggestive Inquiry Into The Hermetic Mystery 1850 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Atwood M A A Suggestive Inquiry Into The Hermetic Mystery 1850
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Even today there are those who claim there is real Alchemy in nature :
Gold of a Thousand Mornings : Armand Barbault : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
English Gold of a Thousand Mornings by Armand Barbault, published in 1969. Sections Include: The Alchemists Elixir for Long Life, The Observation of Nature...
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Well, I was bored, and I'm a freak...
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