The Matters of the Great Alchemical Work

Throughout the passing of time, a lot has been written about the matters used in the Great Work. In accordance with what we have read in the great works of classical and contemporary Masters in each of the alchemical ways, a different and specific matter is used. There are artists that affirm that the matter of the Great Work is one and universal without specifying what the matter is, nor do they give us the least of indications that would permit the investigators of the Art to recognize this matter. For that reason, we find these statements cloudy. The reading of the alchemical texts of the great Masters written in symbolic language allows for diverse types of interpretations according with ones knowledge. Unfortunately, in many cases, not always corresponding to what the Masters wanted to express in their writings. On the contrary, some very well known alchemical books from time to time were written in a clear language. It is only ignorance of the most elementary principles that governed the different alchemical operations written about at the time that allowed one to make such rude errors of interpretation. Those who read that interpretation without the necessary knowledge in order to evaluate it, such as beginners who are in their first steps in the study of the alchemy, unavoidably keep misunderstanding the idea of what the matters are that are used in the different alchemical works as well as of the Modus operandi. Not only do we refer to the matters, which are a very important part in an alchemical work, but also to the related ways of most well known alchemists. We are not in the XVII or XVIII centuries when writing books on alchemy was in fashion, and when the authors were hidden under a motto that few knew. Example of this is the vast amount of attractive books written at that time. Their content is lacking of teachings, being for that reason money spent out. Nowadays, to write a book on alchemy under a well-known motto, imply responsibility by the author, because a reader can compare with original works and easily perceive any inaccuracies. However the beginner in the study of the Art will not much hesitate to believe what they read because they trust that one who writes a book on alchemy knows precisely what he is speaking of. However this is not always so, for at times we find in the writings of certain modern authors, texts lacking in their essence and doubtful descriptions without basing them on the original texts. Following this short introduction we are going to point out which are the main alchemical ways practiced by our classical and contemporary Masters as well as the matters employed in them. Dry way. The matter of the dry way is, par excellence, the antimony or stibnite. The old alchemists in order to distinguish the mineral from the metallic antimony called the latter

regulus. For that reason, when we talk about the antimony we want to designate their mineral, that is to say, the stibnite. Some artists affirm that the dry way is done from the glass of antimony. We are not of the same opinion because this statement doesn't have consistency and only those who don't know the magisterial work of Basil Valentine, "Le Char Triomphal de l'Antimoine", Retz, Paris, 1977, will make such statement. The glass of antimony whose preparation is minutely described in the page 163 of this book, besides being used to make the stone of fire, is used also for the preparation of the tincture of antimony. The preparation of the stone of fire has nothing in relation, neither comes close to, with the dry way of the antimony and it is hardly considered as being the "matter". Lets see the cause of our disagreement. From the glass of this mineral, the mercury of the antimony is not extracted because the mercury of this mineral is the martial starry regulus highly purified. The preparation of the glass of antimony is not so simple as to place the antimony powdered in a hearth, fuse it and so convert it in glass. The preparation of the glass of antimony requires much experience and one will not arrive at a canonical glass if one isn't observing and practicing. And, so that you are not left to hesitation as to how much is our disagreement we are going to describe its canonical preparation. In first place, grind the stibnite powdered very fine and pass it through a sieve of 60 lines for centimeter. The very fine powdered mineral is calcined with very strong fire in an iron recipient or clay refractory in order to extract from it all the chemical sulphur. Only after this operation is the oxide fused in a hearth with the respective cover, in a gas oven with very strong fire. After it is well liquefied it is poured over a copper sheet or over a marble stone. If the glass was well prepared, and this operation is not within everyones reach, we will have a red colour very alive looking and transparent in front of a very strong light like the solar light. We have already prepared kilograms of this glass of antimony, for this reason we are able to describe with total knowledge their preparation.

Glass of antimony.

The glass of antimony is soluble in spirit of vinegar with which one could extract their tincture. For that reason it is not the matter of the dry way but this is the matter for the preparation of the stone of fire with which, on the contrary of what some artists affirm, one could make some transmutations as the Master says in the page 237 of the same book: Considering the proposed point that with the antimony, the stone of fire could be prepared, and it is said that this healthy stone cures some particular infections not only in man but as well in metals. And in the page 238: The tincture of this stone of fire is not universal like that of the philosophers, which is prepared of the essence of the sun, and is still less universal as to all the other stones. And in order to conclude in the page 249: In a word, this stone, as a particular tincture, transmutes all the metals into very pure gold and better than that of the mines of the Peru. It is a medicine for all the illnesses which man could suffer. In short, the stone of fire, is a transmuting "stone" resulting from a "particular" made through the dry and humid path, and is not the dry way of the antimony. For that reason, where it is said that the dry way from the antimony is done with their glass, alchemically it doesn't have any consistency, by which they who don't know the Art will be compelled to complete error. The dry way properly said is done it with the stibnite as it is described in all detail by Eugene Canseliet in his "L'Alchimie Expliquee Sur Ses Textes Classiques", Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1972. But then, who was Eugne Canseliet? Canseliet was Fulcanellis disciple. Fulcanelli was the nom de plume of the painter Jean-Julien Champagne.

Jean-Julien Champagne

"The Dwellings of the Philosophers" was written by Jean-Julien Champagne with elements taken from Pierre Dujols'files who was a bookseller. He was a big alchemist and had a disciple that worked with him in the laboratory. Pierre Dujols was an erudite and the author of the first ever comments to the "Hypotypose" (a comment of "Mutus Liber") under the Magophon nom de plume. Eugne Canseliet published the book "Les Demeures Philosophales" as a disciple of Fulcanelli. If Canseliet followed the dry way of the antimony and was at the same time a Fulcanellis disciple to whom he would work then his Masters path was obviously also a dry way. "Fulcanelli devoil" Genevire Dubois, Editions Dervy, Paris, 1992. Concerning this way, in "The Dwellings of the Philosophers", the authors (Champagne and Dujols) describe other ways of such an amalgam, that are almost impossible to distinguish when they refer to the dry way or to the wet way. This has resulted because the descriptions given do not have a sequence. Even an expert artist will have difficulty in making the distinction. There are artists that say that Fulcanelli doesn't refer to the dry way from the antimony and that he neither describes it. Lets see, then, the detailed description that Fulcanelli makes of the mineral related to the dry way in "The Dwellings of the Philosophers", Square & Janes, Corp. editors, 1973: All ores, through the hermetic voice, rendered homage to it with their name. It is also called Black Dragon, covered with scales, venomous serpent, daughter of Saturn and the most beloved of its children. This primal substance has seen its evolution interrupted by the interposition and penetration of filthy combustible sulphur, which coats its pure mercury, holds it back, and coagulates it. And, though it is entirely volatile, this primitive mercury, materialized by the drying action of the arsenical sulphur, takes the shape of a solid, black dense, fibrous, brittle, crushable mass rendered, by its lack of utility, vile, abject, and

despicable in the eyes of man. Yet in this subject - poor relative of the metal family - the enlightened artist finds everything that he needs to begin and perfect his Great Work. For this reason they symbolically depicted their matter in its first being as the image of the world that contained in itself the materials of our hermetic globe, or microcosm, assembled without order, without form, without rhythm or measure. Let us see, then, the meaning of this description: All ores, through the hermetic voice, rendered homage to it with their name. Those who know well "Le Char Triomphal de LAntimoine" of Basil Valentine, will remember the picture on page 64 Frontispiece du "Char Triomphal de LAntimoine", where the alchemical planets (metals or minerals) symbolically represented, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Mercury and the Moon, pull a wagon lead by Vulcan. This wagon is used to carry the antimony, pictured by a lady that bears on her womb the antimonys spagyrical symbol, i.e., a cruciferous globe, thus paying it and homage. It is also called Black Dragon, covered with scales, venomous serpent, daughter of Saturn Some of the names by which antimony is known are Black Dragon, Grey Wolf, and most commonly offspring of Saturn. In the "Tabla Redonda de los Alquimistas" by Manuel Algora Corbi, Luiz Carcamo, editor, Madrid, 1980, "La Medula de La Alquimia", Eirenaeus Philalethes, page 307, one could read: The substance that we took first is a mineral, familiar to the mercury, that cooks a raw sulphur in the earth; vile visible, but glorious inwardly, the son of Saturn. What more do you need? Conceive it correctly because this is our first matter. It is colour of sable, with silver veins that appears mingled in the body, whose sparkling shade stains the connate sulphur. It is completely volatile and nothing fixed, but taken in their native crudeness purges all superfluity of the sun. The Fulcanelli attributed characteristics to the antimony are confirmed in this text.

Black dragon

Our mineral, being son of Saturn, has characteristics very similar to those of its ancestor. It is colour of sable (sable in heraldry, corresponds to the black) with silver veins and their shine is stained connate sulphur. It is all volatile and purges every superfluity of the Sun. It is fibrous, brittle, and at that time was of little utility beyond its medicinal use. This means in current language that it is a mineral of black colour with silver veins, volatile, friable, whose shine is stained chemical connate for sulphur and that purges all the superfluities from the Sun or gold. These physiochemical characteristics correspond to those of antimony that is, as we know, a sulphide. It was with the antimony, that the old alchemists purified the Sun or gold as one can see in the First Key of Basil Valentine. For this reason they symbolically depicted their matter in its first being as the image of the world that contained in itself the materials of our hermetic globe In the First Image of the book "Speculum Veritatis", which means in English "Mirror of the Truth", Philalethes describes symbolically the First Work of his way, that is, the preparation of the martial starry regulus that we explained in detail in our website at Terravista, Planeta (with links to the matters) and in our book "La Gran Obra Alqumica", Mirach Editorial, S.L., Villaviciosa de Odn, Madrid, 1999, page 15. You will see there a lame man with a tick leg representing Vulcan, giving to two old men (alchemists) a cruciferous globe that is the spagyrical symbol for antimony like any expert alchemist knows. But like this globe has a star in its center, it represents, for that reason, the martial starry regulus. If any analogy exists with the word "mirror", cut or break the martial starry regulus traversely after the mercurial purification's and you will verify that it crystallizes in similar layers like those of the mica, as brilliant as the more refined silver and like a mirror. For that reason many artists call it "mirror of the Art".

But we won't limit ourselves hardly to these texts in order to demonstrate to you that Fulcanelli describes unmistakably the antimony. In the "Oeuvres" book- Nicholas Flamel, Courier Livre du, Paris, 1989, page 196, says: Try, in the first place, to take the first-born of Saturn that has nothing to do with the vulgar, nine parts, of the sable of steel of the warrior God, 4 parts. Philalethes in the "Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King", section XI, "Of the Invention of the Perfect Magistery", nr. VII, says: Afterwards, they were interested in an offspring of Saturn, and they tested its action over gold; it having the power to free the gold from its impurities... Flamel is talking about the antimony that, together with the warrior god Mars and the suitable salts will make the martial regulus, required to begin his work as in the Philalethes' amalgam path. What is Fulcanelli talking about anyway? From what weve described, youll be able to see that the Master talks about the antimony. The preparation of the antimony regulus is not as simple as melting it with a proper heat and moulding it, as some artist's claim. This, alchemically speaking, would be as claiming that a car is built with four wheels and little else! Statements like these denote a lack of knowledge of the writings of the XVII century, as the "Trait de la Chymie", Christophle Glaser, Paris, 1663, page 174, where the preparation of the antimonys martial regulus is described in detail. Also Lemery, in his "Cours de Chymie", Paris, MDCCLVI, on page 272, describes the same operation! The starry martial regulus is not made simply after the fusion of antimony and moulding on a stainless steel mould. In order to make a good canonical martial regulus one needs a suitable gas oven, where one can reach a temperature near 1000 centigrade, a good mineral ore and his metallic acolyte Mars, as also the indispensable melting salts. These and the "hand work" required that only an expert artist has, are the requirements to proceed with the work. The first preparatory operation of the dry path is called Assation. It is ignored by most and is only done when preparing a canonical work. Next comes the Purge, which consists in the purification of the mineral of its siliceous refuse in a refractory clay crucible, in the aforesaid oven. Then follows the Separation which, as its name explains, consists in separating the regulus from the antimony by use of its acolyte Mars and the suitable salts. When the metal reaches a proper temperature and is melted, it is poured into a stainless steel conic mould. After slowly cooling, the Caput is separated according to Art. From this Caput the philosophical sulphur will be extracted.

Then follows the Mercurial Purification's in order to purify the regulus with the suitable salts until the star shows up, and also to extract the vitriol or Green lion. We then proceed to the Eagles, i.e., and the sublimation of the alchemical sulphur and mercury that will have as result the Remora. Finally, the latter will be cooked with the respective salt or secret fire and as a result of this operation we will at last have the Philosophical Stone. It was at this point that Canseliet failed, due to the poor "external" conditions.

Martial regulus

This path takes more than just a few days to accomplish. Only a greatly expert alchemist will succeed, at least until the Eagles, corresponding to the Second Work. We have gone this far ourselves, so we may speak based on personal experience. This is the time when the Artist needs the knowledge to make use of the cosmic radiation depicted on the fourth tablet of the Mutus Liber, as well of the polarized light emissions from the moon since its first quarter until the full moon. The Amalgam path. This was the path followed by Philalethes and Flamel. One can find its description both on "An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King" by Philalethes, as well as on Flamels "Brevire"or "Testament". A summary of Philalethes' path can be found on "Concerning the Discovery of the Perfect Magistery", chapter XI, which I highly recommend you to read attentively. On nr. X, XI and XII is said: The heavens were indeed temporarily clouded over, but after a copious downpour of rain, serenity was restored. Mercury emerged in a hermaphroditic state. Then they placed it in the fire; in a short time they succeeded in coagulating it, and in its coagulation they found the Sun and the Moon in a most pure state.

...And when they placed gold therein, the fixed was volatilized, the hard softened, the coagulated dissolved, to the amazement of Nature herself. In our opinion, this excerpt describes Philalethes' other path which is a wet path, nevertheless requiring the martial regulus in order to prepare the philosophical mercury. This mercury, when cooked in a closed vessel per se becomes Sun or Moon, i.e., philosophical Sulphur that by adding up of new mercury will enable you to proceed with your work. But instead of cooking the mercury per se in order to transform it in sulphur, one can add to it metallic gold and continue the work as explained by the Master. This is our understanding of Philalethes' nr. X-XIII. On "The Marrow of Alchemy", the Master allegorically describes the preparation of the philosophical mercury and the way to his complete path. It is also described on a little treatise called "Experiments". The preparation of this philosophical mercury is done through the amalgamation of the martial regulus turned into Solar or Lunar regulus by melting it with one of these noble metals. Only this way one will be able to amalgamate it with the common mercury. This amalgam is then distilled on a steel retort up to seven times. Philalethes calls each one of these distillations an "Eagle". One should take care as not to confuse these with the ones described in our other text titled "The Eagles". This little treatise called "Experiments" can be found in the aforesaid book "La Tabla Redonda de Los Alquimistas", page 299, as well as in our Website at Terravista, in a portuguese translation. We have a facsimile of these two little treatises written in ancient English that serve as a complement to Philalethes' main book "An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King". These are a precious aid in order to understand the Masters work. In our Website at Terravista you will find a portuguese translation of the original of the aforesaid treatise "Experiments" as well as a text about Philalethes' work. The Albertus Magnus' Work "El Compuesto de los Compuestos" (The Composite of Composites), described in the book "Siete Textos de Alquimia", anonymous author, Editorial Kier, Buenos Aires, 1978, pages 18-45 as also as in "Le Compos des Composs", Arch, Milano, has a different beginning despite being also an amalgam path. It starts with the sublimation of Mercury as you can also see in our website Terravista, under the texts titled "Mercury Sublimation", "The Eagles", "Our Gold" and "O Composto dos Compostos". It has been translated into portuguese. Wet Path. The wet path, considered by the Masters as being the noblest of them all, employs as first matter the cinnabar and the vitriol. The majority of the wet paths are usually lengthy in time, but Kamala Jnanas way, as incredible it might seem, takes only 28 days.

Red Dragon

These two paths are completely distinct. The cinnabar path is described with great detail in the book "Dictionaire de Philosophie Alchimique", Kamala Jnana, ditions G. Charlet, Argentire (H.S) France, 1961. In our Websites at Terravista and Geocities, you can find some writings on this path with links to the actual matters, not only the first matter but the secret fire as well. Because of this, some artists have accused us of being excessively charitable, due to the uniqueness of a clear representation of these matters on the international network and in many languages. We do not agree. Kamala Jnanas path will at first sight seem extremely simple but isn't so. In practice, we have found unsurpassable difficulties, despite our lengthy experience in Alchemy. Not only us, but also other expert artists have found the same difficulties. We will continue without weakening to strive with our brothers for the resolution of this problem. Another wet path commonly known is the Vitriol Path. This is described in Basil Valentines "Le Dernier Testament" Retz, Paris, Troisme Livre.

Natural Vitriol

In our book "A Grande Obra Alqumica" we describe this path with great detail. But as not to leave any doubt let us now quote some passages from the Masters text, on page 234, referring to the matter: Now, you must know that such soul or golden sulphur, like salt and spirit, is found stronger and most virtuous in Mars and Venus, and in Vitriol as well, as also Mars and Venus by retrogressions can be taken back to a most virtuous and effective vitriol. On such a metallic vitriol one finds all the three principles under heaven, which are mercury, sulphur and salt, and each one of them can be particularly extracted with little work and time, as you will see when I proceed to narrate a short story of a mineral vitriol, beautiful and of a high degree, that can be found in Hungary. And on page 238: When you have found such a high grade mineral that is clean and pure, called vitriol, pray then to God to give you intelligence and wisdom to proceed with your work. And after its calcination, put it in a strong closed retort. Have it distilled, firstly under a moderate fire and then a strong one. Have the white spirit distil like snow that comes in the form of a terrible exhalation or wind, until it comes no more and every thing has been spit out. Observe that in this wind or white spirit all the three principles are contained... And because of this there is no need at all to look for these principles in the precious things. At the end of the Troisme Livre, on page 262, Basil Valentine, when talking to the blowers, says: Oh, eternal God! What do these people think, being so much blind and foolish? Ah! Its an easy task, even for a child. One thing springs from another, as one can easily cook good bread from good wheat. But the world is blind and it will remain so until the end of times. Being so, I refrain from writing any further and commend you to the Sovereign.
Rubellus Petrinus

Zleitosti z ohromn alchemick prce

Skrz prochzen asu, hodn byl psan o zleitostech uvanch v Great Worku. V souladu s co my mme st v ohromnch pracch z klasick a souasn Masters v kadm z alchemickch cest, rzn a specifick vc je uvan. Tam jsou umlci kte potvrdit , e vc ohromn prce jsou jedni a univerzln bez bl urit jakou vc jsou, ani dlaj, e oni daj nm nejmn daj kter by povolily vyetovatele z umn poznat tuto vc. Z toho dvodu, my najdeme tyto sdlen zamraen. ten alchemickch text z ohromn Masters napsan formlnm jazykem pot s rznorodmi druhy vklad podle se znalost. Bohuel, v mnoha ppadech, ne vdy korespondenn jak Masters chce vyjdit v jejich spisech. Naopak, njak velmi dobe znm alchemick knihy as od asu byly napsan jasnm jazykem. To je jen neznalost nejvce zkladnch princip kter zen rzn alchemick operace psan o tehdy kter dovolily jedny udlat takov hrub chyby z vkladu.

Ti, kdo etli e vklad bez nezbytn znalosti za elem ohodnotit to, jako zatenci kte jsou v jejich prvnch krocch v studiu alchymie, nevyhnuteln pokrauje v nedorozumn pedstavy o tom, co zleitosti jsou kter jsou pouvny v rznch alchemickch pracch stejn jako pracovnch postup . Nejen my odkeme na zleitosti, kter jsou velmi dleit podl v alchemick prci, ale tak do souvisejcch zpsob nejvce dobe znmch alchymist. My nejsme v XVII nebo XVIII stalet pi psan knih o alchymii byla v md, a kdy autoi byli skryt pod heslem kter mlo vdlo. Pkladem toho je obrovsk mnostv poutavch knih psanch v t dob . Jejich obsah je nedostatek uen, jsouc z toho dvodu penze strvily . V nynj dob, pst knihu o alchymii pod znmm heslem, znamenejte zodpovdnost autorem, protoe ten me srovnat s pvodnmi dly a snadno si povimnout njak nepesnosti. Nicmn zatenk v studiu Art nemnoho nebude vhat vit co oni tou protoe oni v e jeden kter pe knihu o alchymii pesn v co on mluv . Nicmn toto nen vdy tak, msty protoe my nalezneme v spisech z jistch modernch autor, text majcho nedostatku jejich esence a pochybnch popis bez zkladu jim na pvodnch textech. Nsledujc tento krtk vod my se chystme upozornit kter jsou hlavn alchemick cesty zkuebn n klasick a souasn Masters stejn jako zleitosti zamstnan v sob. Such cesta. Vc such cesty je, vyloen , antimon nebo antimonit. Sta alchymist za elem rozliovat minerl z kovovho antimonu nazval pozdj hvzdy. Z toho dvodu, kdy my mluvme o antimonu my chceme oznait jejich minerl, to jest, antimonit. Njak umlci potvrd , e such cesta je udlan z sklenice antimonu. My nejsme stejnho nzoru protoe toto sdlen nem konzistenci a jen ti, kdo neznaj autoritativn prci Basil Valentine, "Le Char Triomphal de l'Antimoine" , Retz, Pa, 1977, udl takov sdlen. Sklenice z antimonu jeho pprava je kadou minutu popsan v strnkovm 163 tto knihch, krom bytosti pouit pro vrobu kamene ohn, je uvan tak pro ppravu vtaku antimonu. Pprava kamene ohn nem nic ve vztahu, dn pibl se, se suchm zpsobem antimonu a to je st povaovan za bt "vc". Podvejme se pina naeho nesouhlasu. Ze sklenice z tohoto minerlu, rtu antimonu nen vytaen protoe rtu tohoto minerlu je vlen hvzdn hvzda vysoce itn. Pprava sklenice z antimonu nen tak jednoduch pokud se te umstit antimon prkovan v ohniti, pojistka to a tak pemn to v sklenici. Pprava sklenice z antimonu vyaduje moc zkuenosti a jeden nepijede do kanonick sklenice jestli jedna nen pozorujc a praxe. A, abyste jste ne zanechan k vhn jak moc je n nesouhlas, kter chystme se popisovat jeho kanonickou ppravu. V prv ad, melte antimonit prkovan velmi jemn a prchod to skrz sto 60 linek pro centimetr. Velmi jemn prkovan minerl je h s velmi silnm ohnm v eleznm pjemci nebo jlu tvrdojnm za elem extrahovat z toho vichni chemit sirn. Jen po

tomto operaci je kyslink splynut v ohniti s pslunm krytem, v peic plynov troub s velmi silnm ohnm. Pot je dobe zkapalnn to je lit pes mdn plech nebo pes mramorov kmen. Jestli sklenice byla dobe pipraven, a tato operace nen uvnit kadho dosahu, my budeme mt ervenou barvu velmi na ivu dvajc se a prhledn ped velmi silnm svtlem mlo rd slunen svtlo. My jsme ji pipravovali kilogramy z tto sklenice z antimonu, pro tento dvod my jsme schopni popisovat s celkovou znalost jejich pprava.

Sklenice z antimonu.

Sklenice z antimonu je rozpustn v duchu octa s kter mohl vythnout jejich vtaek. Z toho dvodu to nen vc such cesty ale toto je dvod pro pprava kamene ohn se kterm, naopak toho, co njak umlci potvrd, jeden mohli udlat njak zmny jak Master k v strnkovm 237 ze stejn knihy: Considering navrhovan bod kter s antimonem, kmen ohn by mohl byl pipraven, a k se, e tento zdrav kmen vyl njak zvltn infekce nejen v mui ale tak v kovech. A v strnkovm 238: The vtaek tohoto kamene ohn nen univerzln jako to filozof, kte jsou pipraven z esence slunce, a je jet mn univerzln pokud se te vech dal kameny. A za elem zakonit v strnkovm 249: In slovo, tento kmen, jak zvltn vtaek, pemuje vechny kovy do velmi istho zlata a lep ne to zdroj Peru. To je lk pro vechny nemoci kter mu mohl trpt. Zkrtka, kmen ohn, je pemujc "kmen" vyplvajc z A "zvltn" udlan skrz suchou a vlhkou cestu, a nen such zpsob antimonu. Z toho dvodu, kde k se, e such cesta z antimonu je udlan s jejich sklenic, alchemick to nem dnou konzistenci, kterm oni kter nezn Art bude nucen k dokonit chybu.

Such cesta podn ekla je udlan to s antimonit jak to je popsan ve vechny podrobn od Even Canseliet v jeho "L'Alchimie Expliquee Sur Ses Textes Classiques" , Jean - Jacques Pauvert, Pa, 1972. Ale pak, kdo byl Even Canseliet? Canseliet byl Fulcanelli k. Fulcanelli byl pseudonym literrn male Jean - Julien Champagne.

Jean Julien Champagne

" obydl z filozof" byl napsan Jean - Julien Champagne s elementy vzatmi z Pierre Dujols'files kter byl knihkupec. On byl velk alchymista a ml ka kter pracoval s nm v laboratoi. Pierre Dujols byl uen a autor prvnho vbec kdy komentuje " Hypotypose " ( koment "Mutus Liber" ) pod Magophon pseudonymem literrnm. Even Canseliet publikoval knihu "Lesov Demeures Philosophales" jak k Fulcanelli. Jestli Canseliet nsledoval such zpsob antimonu a byl zrove Fulcanelli k komu on by mohl pracovat pak jeho Master cesta byla zejm tak such cesta. "Fulcanelli zbavit znlosti" Geneviere Dubois, vydn Dervy, Pa, 1992. Vztahujc se k takto, v " obydl z filozof" , autoi (ampask a Dujols) popisuje dal zpsoby takovho amalgm, kter jsou tm nemon rozliovat kdy oni odke na suchou cestu nebo do mokr cesty. Toto skonil protoe popisy dan nemaj sekvenci. Dokonce odborn umlec bude mt pot v dlajc rozdl. Tam jsou umlci kte ct e Fulcanelli neodkou na suchou cestu z antimonu a e on dn popisuj to. Podvejme se, pak, podrobn popis kter Fulcanelli dl minerlu souvisejcho do suchho vchodu " obydl z filozof" , nmst & Jane, Corp. vydavatel, 1973: vechny rudy, skrz neprodyn hlas, holdovalo to s jejich jmnem. To je tak nazvan Black Dragon, pokryt stupnicemi, jedovat had, dcera Saturnu a nejvce milovan z jeho

dt. Tato pvodn substance vidla jeho vvoj peruen zprostedkovnm a penetrac oplzl holav sirn, kter kabty jeho ist rtu, zadruje to, a sraz se to. A, akoli to je zcela nestl, tato primitivn rtu, zhmotnila se suic akc arznov sirn, bere tvar pevn, ern hust, vlknit, kehk, makav masa poskytnutho, tm nedostatku utility, hanebn, bdn, a opovrenhodn podle sudku mue. Jet v tomto pedmtu - chud pbuzn kovov rodiny - osvcen umlec nalz vechno, co on potebuje zat a zdokonalit jeho Great Work. For tento dvod oni symbolicky zobrazen jejich vc v jeho prvn jsouc jak obraz svta kter obsaen v sm materilech z na neprodyn zemkoule, nebo mikrokosmos, shromdit bez objednvky, bez formy, bez rytmu nebo mry. Nechejte ns podvej se, pak, vznam tohoto popisu: All rudy, skrz neprodyn hlas, holdovalo to s jejich jmnem. Ti kdo zn dobe "Leova posluhovaka Triomphal de L'Antimoine" Basil Valentine, si bude pamatovat kino na strnkovm 64 ozdobch v prel du "posluhovaka Triomphal de L'Antimoine", kde alchemick planety (kovy nebo minerly) symbolicky reprezentovan, Saturn, Mars, Venue, Merkur a Msc, thnte vozov veden od Vulcana. Tento nkladn vz je uvan pro nst antimon, zobrazen dmou kter dolh na jej lno antimon spagyrical symbol, i.e., A nesouc ke zemkoule , tak placen toho a slib vrnosti. It je tak nazvan Black Dragon, pokryt stupnicemi, jedovat had, dcera Saturn Nkter z jmen kterm antimon je znm jsou Black Dragon, vlk americk, a nejbnji potomstvo Saturnu. V "Tabla Redonda de los Alquimistas" od Manuela Algora Corbi, Luiz Carcamo, editor, Madrid, 1980, "La Medula de La Alquimia" , Eirenaeus Philalethes, strnkov 307, jeden mohlo by se st: The substance kterou my jsme vzali poprv je minerl, dvrn znm do rtuti, kter va syrov sirn v zemi; hanebn viditeln, ale skvl uvnit, syn Saturnu. Co jet vy potebujete? Pojmte to sprvn protoe toto je nae prvn vc. It je barva sobola, se stbrnmi lami kter jev se pomchan v tle, jeho jiskiv stn pin se vrozen sirn. To je pln nestl a nic upevnilo, ale pijat v jejich domorod syrovosti oiuje vechny nadbytek slunce. Fulcanelli pipsan charakteristick rysy k antimonu jsou potvrzen v tomto textu.

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N minerl, bt syn Saturnu, m charakteristick rysy velmi podobn tm z jeho pedka. To je barva sobola (sobola v heraldice, odpovd ernochm) se stbrnmi lami a jejich svit je zbarven vrozen sirn. To je ve nestl a oiuje kad nadbytek Slunce. To je vlknit, kehk, a v t dob byla mal utility mimo jeho liv pouit. Toto znamen v aktulnm jazyce e to je minerl ern barvy se stbrnmi lami, nestl, drobiv, jeho svit je zbarven chemick vrozen pro sirn a to oiuje vechny nadbytky ze Slunce nebo zlata. Tyto fyzikln chemick charakteristick rysy odpovdaj tm antimonu kter je, jak my v, sulfid. To bylo s antimonem, , e sta alchymist itn Slunce nebo zlato jak jeden me vidt ve First Key Basil Valentine. For tento dvod oni symbolicky zobrazen jejich vc v jeho prvn jsouc jak obraz svta kter obsaen v sm materilech z naeho neprodyn globe V prvnm obrazu knihy "zrctko Veritatis", co znamen v anglitin "zrcadlo pravdy" , Philalethes popisuje symbolicky prvn prci jeho cesty, to je , pprava vlench hvzdnch hvzd kter my jsme vysvtlili podrobn v naem websajtu v Terravista, Planeta (se spojenmi k zleitostem) a v na knize "La Gran Obra Alqumica" , Mirach vydavatelsk, S.L., Villaviciosa de Odon, Madrid, 1999, strnkov 15. Vy budete vidt tam chabho mue se znamnkovou nohou reprezentujc Vulcan, dvajc k dvma starm mum (alchymist) A nesouc ke zemkoule to je spagyrical symbol pro antimon jako njak odborn alchymista vm. Ale mt rd tuto zemkouli m hvzdu v jeho centru, to reprezentuje, z toho dvodu, vlen hvzdn hvzdy . Jestli njak obdoba existuje se slovnm "zrcadlem", ete nebo rozbijte vlen hvzdn hvzdy pn po rtuov oist- ovo a vy ovte e to krystaluje v podobnch vrstvch jako ti slda, tak brilantn jak vce rafinovan stbro a m rd zrcadlo. Z toho dvodu mnoha umlc nazvaj to "zrcadlem Art".

Ale my budeme neomezme sebe st tmto texty za elem demonstrovat vm e Fulcanelli popisuje neomyln antimon. V "Oeuvres" knin Nicholas Flamel, kurrv Livre du, Pa, 1989, strnkov 196, k: Try, v prvn ad, vzt prvorozen Saturnu kter nem nic spolenho s hrubmi, devti stmi, sobola oceli vlenickho Boha, 4 st. Philalethes v "otevete vstup k zavenmu palci krle" , st XI, " Invention Perfect Magistery", slo. VII, k: Afterwards, oni zajmali se o potomstvo Saturnu , a oni testovali jeho akci pes zlato; to m slu uvolnit zlato z jeho neistot... Flamel mluv o antimonu kter, spolen s vlenickm bom Marsem a vhodn soli udlaj vlen hvzdy, poadovan zat jeho prci jak v Philalethes' amalgm cesta. Co je Fulcanelli hovoc o v kadm ppad? Z toho co my jsme popsali, vy budete schopen podvej se , e Master mluv o antimon . Pprava antimonu hvzdy nebude tak jednoduch tak tajc to s dnm teplem a lisovnm plastickch hmotem to, jak njak umleck poadavek. Toto, alchemick mluven, by bylo tak poadavek e auto je postaven s tymi koly a u jen mlo! Sdlen jako tyto zna nedostatek znalosti spis z XVII stolet, jak "Traite de la Chymie" , Christophle Glaser, Pa, 1663, strnkov 174, kde pprava antimonu vlen hvzdy jsou popsan v detailu. Tak Lemery, v jeho "Cours de Chymie" , Pa, MDCCLVI, na strnkov 272, popisuje stejnou operaci! Hvzdn vlen hvzdy nen udlan jednodue po taven antimonu a hnten na bez poskvrny ocel formuje. K tomu, aby udlal dobr kanonick vlen hvzdy jedny potebuje vhodnou peic plynovou troubu, kde jeden me doshnout teploty blzk 1000o Celsiv teplomr, dobr minerln ruda a jeho kovov ministrant Mars, tak jak nepostradateln tajc soli. Tyto a "run prce" poadovala aby jen odborn umlec m, jsou poadavky postupovat s prac. Prvn ppravn operace such cesty je nazvan Assation . To je ignorovan nejvce a je udlan pi pprav kanonick prce. Pt jde Oistit , kter spov v oist minerlu z jeho kemiitho odpadu v tvrdojnm antukovm tyglku, v uveden peci. Pak nsleduje Odlouen kter, jak jej jmno vysvtluje, spov v oddlovn hvzdy z antimonu pouitm jeho ministranta Mars a vhodn soli. Kdy kov dosahuje dnou teplotu a je roztaven, to je lit do bez poskvrny ocelov kuelov forma. Po pomalu chlazen, Caput je oddlen podle Art. Z toto Caput filozofick sirn bude vytaen. Pak nsleduje Rtuov oista- ovo za elem istit hvzdy s vhodnmi solemi dokud hvzda se uke, a tak vythnout H2SO4 nebo Green lev. My pak pejdeme k Orli , i.e., a sublimace alchemick sirn a rtu kter bude m jak vyplvat ttovec lodn . Nakonec, pozdj bt

vaen s pslunou sol nebo tajemstv stl a nsledkem tto operace my budeme nakonec mme Filozofick kmen . To bylo v tomto bod e Canseliet selhal, kvli chudm "externm" podmnkm.

Vlen hvzdy

Tato cesta bere vc ne jen nkolik dn vykonat. Jen velmi odborn alchymista uspje, pinejmenm dokud Eagles, odpovdajc k druh Work. My jsme li toto daleko my sami, tak meme mluvit zaloen na osobn zkuenosti. Toto je as kdy Artist potebuje znalost pout kosmickho zen zobrazenho na tvrt tabletce Mutus Liber, tak polarizovanch vyzaovn svtel z Msce od t doby, co to prvn tvrtina dokud plnk. Amalgm cesta. Toto byla cesta nsledovan Philalethes a Flamel. Jeden me najt jeho popis oba na " oteven vstup k zavenmu palci krle" od Philalethes, stejn jako na Flamelovo "Breviere" nebo "zv". Pehled Philalethes' cesty me bt nalezen na "vztahujc se k Discovery perfektn Magistery" , kapitola XI, kterou j vysoce doporuuji, e Vm st pozorn. Na sle. X, XI a XII pr: The nebe byla vskutku doasn se zathnula, ale po bohatm lijku det, jasnost byla obnoven. Mercury se objevil v hermafrodickm sttu. Pak oni umstili to v ohni; zakrtko oni uspli v sren to, a v jeho koagulaci oni nali Slunce a Msc nejvce istm sttem. ...A kdy oni umstili zlato v tom, fixovan byl tkat, tvrd nakypen, koagulovat rozputn, do asu Nature sebe. V naem nzoru, tento vatek popisuje Philalethes' dal cesta kter je mokr cesta, nicmn poadujc vlen hvzdy za elem pipravovat filozofickou rtu.

Tato rtu, kdy vaen v uzaven ndob samo o sob stv se Sluncem nebo Mscem, i.e., filozofick Sulphur kter stajc z nov rtuti umon vm postupovat s va prac. Ale namsto vaen rtu samo o sob za elem transformovat to v sirn, jeden me pidat k tomu kovov zlato a pokrauje prci jak vysvtlen Master. Toto n rozumt Philalethes' slo. X- XIII. Na " morek alchymie" , Master alegorick popisuje ppravu filozofick rtuti a cesty do jeho pln cesty. To je tak popisovan na malm pojednn nazvanm "experimenty" . Pprava tto filozofick rtuti je udlan skrz splynut vlench hvzd zmnnch na Solar nebo Lunar hvzdy tavenm to s jednm z tchto vzcn kovy. Jen takto jeden bude schopn slouit to s bnou rtut. Toto amalgm je pak destilovan na ocelov oplatit stejnm a sedmkrt . Philalethes vol kad jeden z tchto destilace "orel". Jeden by ml starat se o tom, e ne- nesplst tyto s jednm popsan v naem dalm textu titulovanm " Eagles". Toto mal pojednn nazvan "experimenty" me bt nalezen v uveden knize "La Tabla Redonda de Losov Alquimistas" , strnkov 299, stejn jako v n Website v Terravista, v portugalskm pekladu. My mme fax tchto dvou malch pojednn napsanch starovkou anglitinou kter slouit jak doplnk Philalethes' hlavn kniha " oteven vstup k zavenmu palci krle". Toto jsou drahocenn pomoc za elem rozumt Master prce. V n Website v Terravista vy najdete portugalsk peklad originlu uvedenho pojednn "experimenty" stejn jako text o Philalethes' prci. Albertus Magnusova pracuje "El Compuesto de los Compuestos" ( Sloen ze smsic ), popsan v knize "Siete Textos de Alquimia" , anonymn autor, vydavatelsk Kier, Buenos Aires, 1978, strnky 18 - 45 tak tak jako v "Le Compos des Composes" , Arche, Milano, m rzn zatek navzdory bytosti tak amalgm cesta. To zan se sublimac Merkura jak vy mete tak vidt v naem websajtu Terravista, pod texty titulovan "Merkur Sublimation", " Eagles", "nae zlato" a "O Composto dlat Compostos" . To bylo peloen do portugalsk. Mokr cesta. Mokr cesta, povaovan Masters tak bt nejvzneenj je vechny, jak poprv zleet rumlka a H2SO4 . Vtina mokrch cest jsou obvykle dlouh vas, ale Kamala Jnana cesta, jak neuviteln mohla se to zd, bere jen 28 dny.

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Tyto dv cesty jsou pln zeteln. Rumlkov cesta je popisovan s ohromnm detailem v knize "Dictionaire de Philosophie Alchimique", Kamala Jnana, Editions G. Charlet, Argentiere (H.S) Francie, 1961. V n Websites v Terravista a Geocities, vy mete najt njak spisy na tto cest se spojenmi k aktulnm zleitostem, nejen prvn vci ale tajemstv ohn tak. Kvli tomu, njak umlci obvinili ns bytosti nadmrn dobroinn, kvli jedinenosti z itelnho zobrazen tchto zleitost na mezinrodn sti a v mnoha jazycch. My nesouhlasme. Kamala Jnana cesta bude na prvn pohled se zd extrmn jednoduch ale nen tak. V praxi, my jsme nali nepekonateln pote, navzdory na dlouh zkuenosti s Alchemy. Nejen ns, ale tak dal odborn umlci nali stejn pote. My budeme pokraovat bez oslaben snait se s naimi bratry pro rozhodnut tohoto problmu. Dal mokr cesta obvykle znm je H2SO4 cesta . Toto je popsan v Basil Valentine- ovo "Le Dernier zv" Retz, Pa, Troiseme Livre.

Pirozen H2SO4

V na knize " velk Obra Alqumica" my popisujeme tuto cestu s ohromnm detailem. Ale e ne- neopustit dnou pochybnost nechat ns nyn citovat njak pase z Master text, na strnkov 234, odkazujc na vc: Now, muste vdt e takov due nebo zlat sirn, jako sl a duch, je nalezen silnj a nejvce ctnostn v Marsu a Venui, a v H2SO4 tak, jak tak Mars a Venue zptnmi pohyby mohou bt vzat zpt do nejvce ctnostn a efektivn H2SO4. Na takov kovov H2SO4 jeden nalz vechny ti principy pod nebem, kter jsou rtu, sirn a sl, a kad jeden z nich me bt zvlt vytaen s malou prac a asem, jak budete se podvej kdy j pejdu k namluvit povdku minerln H2SO4, krsn a vysokho stupn, kter me bt nalezen v Maarsku. A na strnkovm 238: When vy jste nali takov vysok rovov minerl kter je ist a ist, nazvan H2SO4, pak modl se k Bohu dt vm inteligenci a moudrost postupovat s va prac. A pot kalcinace, d to v siln zaven oplat stejnm. Mjte to destilovan, za prv pod mrnm ohnm a potom siln jeden. Mt lakov benzin destilovat jako snh kter jde ve form hrozn exhalace nebo vtru, do t doby, ne pichz u ne a kad vc byla hloubka re ven. Sledujte e v tomto vtru nebo lakov benzin vichni ti principy jsou obsaen... A kvli tomuto nen tam dn poteba vbec hledat tyto principy v drahocennch vcech. Na konci Troiseme Livre, na strnkov 262, Basil Valentine, pi mluven k vtlanm ventiltorm, k: Oh, vn Bh! Co tyto lidi mysl, jsouc tak moc slep a poetilou? Och! To je snadn kol, dokonce pro dt. Jedna vc pochz z dal, jak jeden me snadno vait dobr chlb z dobr penice. Ale svt je slep a to zstane tak do konce asu. Bytost tak, j zdrm se psan jet dle a doporuit vy Sovereign.
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