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This website is
dedicated to helping individuals understand
and apply the principles of alchemy. The
most basic tenet of alchemy is that there
are two primary ways of knowing reality, and
learning to work with both of them
is how we must begin the journey of
transformation.
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The first way
of knowing is the rational, deductive, argumentative, intellectual thinking that is the
hallmark of science and our patriarchal Western culture. The alchemists called this
kind of consciousness Solar and assigned
it many code words, such as the Sun, Fire, Sophic Sulfur, the King, the Father, Spirit, and ultimately,
the One Mind of the universe. Throughout this website, whenever the material involves
left-brain activity like lists, linear thought, schematics, formulae, arguments and
logic, the icon used will be the Sun symbol to the left. Click it to see the
Solar contents of this website. |
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The
alchemists called the other way of knowing Lunar. This intelligence of the heart is a
non-linear, image-driven, intuitive way of thinking that is an accepted tool of the arts
and religion. Among its many symbols are the Moon, Water, Sophic Salt, the Queen, the Holy Ghost,
Soul, and ultimately, the One Thing of the universe. Throughout this website,
whenever the material involves right-brain activity dealing with drawings, paintings, mandalas, symbols, music, and meditation, the icon
used will be the Moon symbol to the left.
Click it to view the Lunar contents of this
website.
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Whenever
possible, the material on this website will be presented from both the King's
and the Queen's viewpoints. The alchemists believed that perfection could only
be achieved by working with both Solar and
Lunar ways of knowing and ultimately uniting them in a third state of Stellar Consciousness, an
integrated existence that Egyptian alchemists called "Intelligence of the
Heart." This level of consciousness is embedded in this website in a kind of
spiritual hypertext that results from a wordless merging of the Lunar and Solar
ways of working with the material. Stellar Consciousness is a state of
incorruptible wisdom symbolized by the heroic Philosopher's Child that resulted from the
marriage of the King and Queen. Other symbols include Sophic Mercury, Gold, the Philosopher's
Stone, the Astral Body, and of course, the Stars themselves. For, in the
ancient teachings of
the alchemists, we are all embarked on a journey through the manifested planets
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