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It is also used in the tanning industry to remove hair from hides. Books by Hermes Trismegistus. Prolific author Joseph P. You're Reading a Free
Preview Download. Understand, therefore, and accept this gift of God which is hidden from the thoughtless world. This book is not yet featured
on Listopia. As above so below. Through long years I have not ceased to experiment, neither have I have spared any labour of mind And this
science and art I have obtained by the sole inspiration of the living God, who judged fit to open them to me His servant, who has given to rational
creatures the power of thinking and judging aright, forsaking none, or giving to any occasion to despair. Sign up to vote on this title. I found this a
few months ago, and never got around to reading the whole thing, but it claims to be a philosophers stone recipe from what I have read of it, it
sounds very interesting, but I got distracted from it, and forgot about it completely until I saw this thread today. Published June 9th first published
December Therefore, my king, in so far as you have the power who are all powerful , keep the discourse uninterpreted, lest mysteries of such
greatness come to the Greeks, lest A nice collection of late antiquity spiritual views for the curious reader. Find all posts by shawnnweed. This
book is much needed modern translation of the Corpus Hermeticum. But, their operation is occult, since nothing is done except the matter be
decompounded, and because it is not perfected unless the colours be thoroughly passed and accomplished. This action might not be possible to
undo. The substance of the Corpus itself is one of the best extant examples of the religious, cultural, and philosophical syncretism of the Hellenistic
world, incorporating aspects of Greco-Roman, Egyptian, and possibly Judeo-Christian traditions. The Golden Tractate of Hermes Trismegistus.
Oxana Sidorenko rated it it was amazing Jun 22, To whom the Father answers, Certain of them are heavenly, and some are of the earth. Rather
than basing his book around exponents of esoteric doctrine, scholar Richard Smoley concentrates on the questions that are of interest to every
searching Christian. Therefore, my king, in so far as you have the power who are all powerful , keep the discourse uninterpreted, lest mysteries of
such greatness come to the Greeks, lest the extravagant, flaccid and as it were dandified Greek idiom extinguish something stately and concise, the
energetic idiom of usage. Decoction lessens the matter , but the tincture augments it; because Luna in fifteen days is diminished;. We, by contrast,
use not speeches but sounds that are full of action. Know, therefore, that in the hen's egg is the greatest help with respect to the proximity and
relationship of the matter in nature, for in it there is a spirituality and conjunction of elements, and an earth which is golden in its tincture. Almost
every contemporary occult writer and modern group has been influenced, directly or indirectly, by the Order or its members, making The Golden
Dawn one of the most influential occult books of the past years. Physicists would heat up different elements until they glowed, and then direct the
light through a prism Part II - Practice: Mercurius ter Maximus is the purported author of the Hermetic Corpus, a series of sacred texts that are the
basis of Hermeticism. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. That being said, Copenhaver's translation of the Greek and
Latin source material is itself perfectly fluent, with the alternate readings in the notes often providing clarification, or at least additional One thing that
quickly becomes apparent upon even a cursory perusal of the extensive endnotes Copenhaver provides to his translation of the Corpus, is that
many passages permit a variety of plausible readings, making philosophical interpretation and idiomatic translation inextricably interwoven. As
within, so without. Extract from the ray its shadow, and from the light its obscurity ultra violet aka "black light" , by which the clouds hang over it
and keep away the light; by means of its construction, also, and fiery redness infrared maybe , it is burned Take, my Son, this redness, corrupted
with the water , which is as a live coal holding the fire, which if thou shalt withdraw so often until the redness is made pure, then it will associate
with thee, by whom it was cherished, and in whom it rests. Questions of relative influence from among these sources are also discussed in the
diligent comparative notes. The perfect contrasted with the temporal. The very quality of speech and the of Egyptian words have in themselves the
energy of the object they speak of. The Philosophers' Stone and the secret of its Geometry http: This book will never be shelved. The book is
divided into several basic sections. It is interesting where we have come from with our thought process and I really like that part of the book.
Understand ye, then, 0 Sons Of Wisdom, that the knowledge of the four elements Or the ancient philosophers was not corporally or imprudently
sought after, which are through patience to be discovered, according to their causes and their occult operation. Originally Posted by MonsieurM.
This is followed by the rituals of the Outer Order, consisting of five initiation rituals into the degrees of the Golden Dawn. First the needful water,
then the oily tincture, and lastly, the faeces, or earth, which remains below But. This is the beginning and the end. Originally Posted by shawnnweed
translated as nearly as I can interpret. Take the flying bird and drown it flying and divide and separate it from its pollutions, which yet hold it. These
books detail his system for communicating with the angels, and reveal that the angels were interested in and involved with the exploration and
colonization of the New World, and in heralding in a new age or new world order. Observe, then, that the water was first in the air, then in the
earth; restore thou it also to the superiors by its proper windings, and not foolishly altering it; then to the former spirit, fathered in its redness, let it
be carefully conjoined. But saith Hermes, It is not so; the masculine truly is the Heaven of the feminine, and the feminine is the earth of the
masculine. I want to descend into matter. I don't want to ascend.