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Alchemy and Hermeticism

Purpose of a Vessel

What are the symbols?

What is the Quest?

7 operations

There has to be a proper vessel to achieve Alchemy. A vessel is the place to perform the functions of transformation.

calcination

dissolution

separation

conjunction

fermentation

distillation

coagulation

The Quest for an Alchemist is to find the goal of turning basic metals into gold and many have spent their lives trying to achieve it

The tree of life and elixir of life

The tree of life was believed to grant immortality, like the elixir of life, and is also said to show the connection between all life on the planet.

How can we apply the 7 operations into modern day psychological/spiritual thinking?

Spiritually speaking the stone represents the souls potential.

People who have studied Alchemy

Calcination: Practical, patient, Prudent

Dissolution: Generous, Sociable, Optimistic

Separation: Courage, Daring, Initating

Conjunction: Sensitive, Loving, Cheerful

Fermentation: Intelligent, Hopeful, Lively, Imaginative

Distillation: Reflective, Intuitive

Coagulation: Genuinely, Confident, whole

The soul starts out imperfect, like ordinary metal, but with dedication it can become pure like gold.

Fire, Earth, Water, Wind

Philosophers: Nicholas Flammel and Pseudo-Democritus

Arthors: Zosimos of Panopolis and Olympiodorus

Artists: Kumaragiri Vema Reddy and Jan Bäcklund

Scientest: Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān and Albertus Magnus

Theologians: Johann Conrad Dippel and Sir Isaac Newton

Water

Air

The Greeks Proposed that these

four elements is what the entire

world is made up from

Earth

Fire

What is the Philosopher's stone?

A stone that was believed to turn any metal into gold. It was also thought to enlighten the user.

What is Alchemy and Hermeticism

Emerald Table

The difference between Alchemy and Hermeticism

  • Alchemy is a philosophical tradition where people believe in profound powers such as Fire, Water, Earth, Wind. The first alchemists had a goal to turn base metals into gold.
  • Hermeticism is a religious and a philosophical tradition that is based on the writtings of Hermes Trismegistus.

The Emerald Tablet is an ancient artifact that reveals a profound spiritual technology. It shows us how to achieve personal transformation and even accelerate the evolution of our species

Alchemy is a tradition where people believe in profound powers while Hermeticism is a religious tradition based on pseudepigraphical writings about Hermes Trimegitus

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