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# Re: Bardon's Alchemical preparations

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Bardon's Alchemical preparations
- From: hilda cain <celticlady2u@...>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:35:02 -0700 (PDT)
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    Dear Rawn Clark, May I ask the name of the book, and the arthor's full name, I
    would like to find/read/study it myself, I have an interest in alchemy, but
    find, most of the texts
    frustrating. Than You. Hilda

    Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...> wrote:
    Dear Olivier,

    >> Great book. Too bad it's so short. Most of the books on Alchemy are
    either super-cryptic to the non-initiate or not very useful, <<

    Most of the older Alchemical writings are written in a language that
    only one who is actively engaged in the laboratory work itself would
    have any hope of understanding. The specific images used are references
    to actual laboratory events, procedures and results which make perfect
    sense as symbols of factual things. In other words, the only way to
    truly understand them is to be doing the work yourself, in your own
    laboratory.

    >> I also read Beat's posts explaining that the Philosopher's Stone
    could be realized by the profane regardless of his spiritual maturity
    and provided that the proper procedures are followed. So that probably
    also explains the secret. <<

    Beat is right on with that statement. However, this doesn't negate the
    need for artfulness in the laboratory and I would think that without
    very well trained faculties of subtle perception, it would be an
    immensely difficult (i.e., functionally impossible) task for someone who
    had no experience to just work from a recipe book and reach success.

    >> Richard, I remember you once posted a message asking the group and
    Rawn about the purpose of Alchemy and I don't remember reading the
    answer anywhere on this forum!! So if the question is not too
    off-topic, what is the purpose of Alchemy, what is transmutation and
    what is the relationship to Quaballah?? <<

    Alchemy is an aspect of a type of "high" magic that has to do with the
    transformation of the Divine Substance. By directly transforming the
    Divine Substance itself (Alchemy deals with the direct transformation of
    the *physical* aspect of Substance), the Substance is made capable of
    manifesting a different essential meaning or a more specific,
    concentrated or refined essential meaning.

    Alchemy, as I said, is the Art of transforming *physical* substance. In
    overly-simplified terms, the material substance is purified and this
    purification allows the substance to more clearly manifest/express its
    native essential meaning. Of course, the three Philosophic Principles
    of Alchemy are treated as vessels of the three Principles of Hermetics
    (mental, astral and physical), so the *whole* of physical substance
    (i.e., its physical, astral and mental aspects) is addressed in the
    transformation.

    The highest forms of the magic to which Alchemy belongs directly address
    the manipulation of the Divine Substance as it emanates from Kether and
    *before* it reaches Binah, while it still exists in its
    un-differentiated state (symbolized by the Hebrew Letter 'Vav', which
    connects Kether with Binah).

    Kabbalistic utterance (i.e, Bardon's "Quabbalah") also pertains to the
    direct manipulation of the Divine Substance but here, instead of working
    with *physical* substance, it's working directly through color, tone,
    sensation and Legality. This is symbolized by the Hebrew Letter
    'Daleth' which connects Binah with Geburah. Unlike Alchemy, Quabbalah
    is about combining these different aspects of akashic, mental and astral
    Substance to create a multi-dimensional causation which *results in* the
    desired effect. While both Quabbalah and Alchemy deal with manipulation
    of the Divine Substance, they do so in very different ways.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    27 July 2004
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