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# Re: Nature of the Mental & Astral Bodies of Minerals and Metals

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Nature of the Mental & Astral Bodies of Minerals and Metals
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:16:03 -0700
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    Dear Beat,

    >> But there still is one kingdom missing: the mineral (and metallic)
    kingdom in special. This part of our matter cannot be classyfied as
    being only a part of "objects" in general. <<

    :) In relation to the original question which was about thinking and
    feeling, the mineral kingdom does belong to the category of "objects",
    especially when compared to animate life forms such as plants and
    animals. However, I understand your Alchemistical viewpoint of their
    significance! Just because something is not capable of thinking or
    emotional feeling, doesn't mean it lacks significance! ;-)

    >> From my point of view - as you know an alchemical one - one can find
    the
    purest expressions of mental and astral energies in minerals and metals.
    Perhaps that was the deaper reason why true alchemy primarily was
    concentrated on the so called mineral kingdom more than on the plant or
    animal kingdom, human himself included. The alchemists always said that
    the strongest energies are enclosed in the mineral kingdom. Who learns
    to release these energies from this kingdom will have much more energy
    at his disposal than he ever can concentrate in products derived from
    plants or animals. <<

    The *pure* minerals and especially the *pure* metals express, through
    their forms, *a* single essential meaning or root idea more clearly than
    any other physical substance. The clarity with which they express their
    essential meaning is what generates their power -- the essential energy
    you seek.

    Power is a product of the clarity with which a *form* (be it physical,
    astral or mental form) expresses its (Akashic) essential meaning. The
    metals express their essential meaning with great clarity at each
    level -- 24k Gold being an example of perfect clarity in which even the
    physical form is a perfectly clear expression of the essential meaning.
    A human on the other hand, generally presents a very muddy expression at
    the physical level and of a compound essential meaning instead of *a*
    single essential meaning.

    But at *each* level, that essential meaning is bound up in the form (be
    it mental, astral or physical). *Form* is the *medium* of expression.
    At the mental level, where *form* is at its most rarified state,
    essential meaning is a radiant thing and one's mental body can easily
    perceive and absorb the power of its radiant clarity. At the astral
    level, the clarity with which an astral form expresses its essential
    meaning becomes an important factor in one's ability to perceive and
    absorb its essential meaning. At the astral level, the essential
    meaning has usually been muddied and compounded by its passage through
    the astral materia. However, with 24k Gold for example, which possesses
    a *physical* purity and clarity of expression, the astral expression is
    just as pure and radiant as the mental expression and one can easily
    perceive and absorb its radiant clarity with the astral body as well.

    To perceive and *absorb* the essential meaning and thus the energetic
    power of a metal with one's *physical* body would, I'd imagine, require
    several conditions. #1) The integration on your part of what you have
    perceived and absorbed at the astral and mental levels, into your
    physical body. #2) The development of your ability to *directly*
    perceive essential meaning at a physical level. #3) The "opening" of
    the physical form of the metal in such a way that the essential meaning
    is no longer bound up by the physical materia and is thereby allowed to
    radiate as *physical* energy.

    >> But the big problem is to find the method to "ferment" minerals and
    metals in a way, that the hidden inner fire of matter really can break
    down the dark imprisonment of the physical bodies of minerals and
    metals, i.e. the material cage in which the inner fire of nature is
    bound and hidden. <<

    I should think that this operation would be a process of a) purifying
    and "loosening" the physical form of the metal; b) placing in its
    physical presence a combination of other equally purified metals which
    act as an extreme polar contrast (of essential meaning) to the primary
    metal you're trying to force "open"; and, c) creating within *yourself*
    the essential meaning expressed by your primary metal as a way of
    *drawing out* the *physical* radiant clarity (employing the mental Law
    of "like attracts like").

    >> I would be very interested in hearing from you some illuminating
    thoughts about this kingdom concerning its mental and astral qualities.
    <<

    Mind you, my thoughts are not those of a practicing Alchemist, as you
    well know. :) Nonetheless, I hope my perspective fertilizes your own
    and that you can make a useful translation of my thoughts into
    "Alchemese". ;-)

    My best to you as always,
    :) Rawn Clark
    18 Oct 2003
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