waterflame5
06-25-2003, 07:21 AM
ra's oppening appears as a
bridge to the tree of life
and alchemy. they've considered
"the mind as a tree", and twice
make reference to the "great work."
"the stone, when conceived as the result of
the union of masculine and feminine principles,
was sometimes represented as an infant....
as an outcome of the sulphur-mercury theory
it was often supposed by the adepts, or esoteric
(informed) alchemists that the pure 'seeds' of
gold and silver (sol and luna) could be extracted
from these noble metals in the form of sophic
sulphur and sophic mercury. the 'seeds' could
then be combined, often throught the medium of
a liquid menstruum, to yield the philosopher's
stone. the succession of practical processes
here concerned was known as the great work,
leading to the final goal of the grand
magisterium, or philosopher's stone."
from the book
"from alchemy to chemistry"
by john read, dover 1995.
the alchemical 'seeds' seem metaphoric
for the egg and sperm.
bridge to the tree of life
and alchemy. they've considered
"the mind as a tree", and twice
make reference to the "great work."
"the stone, when conceived as the result of
the union of masculine and feminine principles,
was sometimes represented as an infant....
as an outcome of the sulphur-mercury theory
it was often supposed by the adepts, or esoteric
(informed) alchemists that the pure 'seeds' of
gold and silver (sol and luna) could be extracted
from these noble metals in the form of sophic
sulphur and sophic mercury. the 'seeds' could
then be combined, often throught the medium of
a liquid menstruum, to yield the philosopher's
stone. the succession of practical processes
here concerned was known as the great work,
leading to the final goal of the grand
magisterium, or philosopher's stone."
from the book
"from alchemy to chemistry"
by john read, dover 1995.
the alchemical 'seeds' seem metaphoric
for the egg and sperm.