Crystals

Crystals
The Elements of Crystals
Lecturer: Jean Dubuis
Translator: Patrice Malézé
Commentary by Russ House is indicated as [RH: ...]
This morning we'll speak about crystals because if you really want to work
on alchemy there is an elementary knowledge on crystals necessary. This is
not a complete crystallography course, but what we will give you is what's
necessary for alchemists.
What you have to know first is that in nature 2 states occur. The
crystalline one, that's the state of order, and the amorphous state, the
chaotic one. The alchemical experiments are supported by the order state.
So, we will speak about certain types of crystals and some rules
concerning these crystals, but just what's necessary for alchemy.
The crystals come from the fact that the atoms have a spherical volume.
And you can only put these spheres within 2 types. With spheres like this
(shows a cubic pattern) or like this (points to rhombohedric pattern). In
reality the spheres don't touch, they are far from one another, but they
always respect these 2 rules of network. These 2 rules of network are the
basis, and give 7 types of crystals in nature.
In qabalistic and alchemistic tradition there are crystal attributions
that are types of crystals. So every sephirotic level is a resonance level
in your inner world. We have not checked every level for reasons I will
explain, but I think for 3 of these levels we have to pick experiments
that show that the tradition is right. We will then start by explaining
every type of crystal conscious of its sephirotic level.
Usually we have marbles that show the crystals so the problem is easier.
We couldn't smuggle them through customs. (Laughs.)
The first type of crystal is the cubic crystal. That's this aspect (shows
the cubic illustration again, Jean goes over to the tree of life). This
crystal is on the sephirotic level of Binah (3). And I will try to explain
there are 2 types of crystals that are perfect. The cubic one is the most
perfect, because all its sides are equal and all its angles are right.
Along the path down to the density of matter, crystals lose their
perfection. If you want to work in alchemy, since we are late in the
program we want to crunch the program and probably Marc will yell
(laughs), if you want to make stones and bring them to a sephirotic level,
you must have the corresponding crystal to the self.
I was about to speak on the eternity stone but since we won't have time
I'll just explain very rapidly. The stone this morning (caraway) was here
(Hod, level 8), the stone of eternity is here (Binah level 3). It's a
stone we're pretty sure of because we've tried it and it gives contact
with eternity. From the inner point of view, it gives you a certain peek
at all your problems. Actually we're studying an easy way to make this
stone. Our researches are to find the easiest cubic network to be found,
actually. Yesterday evening I had a hard time finding this word, he (Jean)
is the universes greatest shitster. (Laughs.)
So the best cubic crystalline network is sea salt, and this eliminates the
problem of having the salt charged with Fire - loaded with Fire. Since the
natural sea salt has a load of Fire you mustn't make a solve coagula on it
unless you have water from the water angel or deliquescence from the
butter of antimony. [RH: Solve/coagula refers to the process of dissolving
a salt in a solvent (solve), and recovering the crystalized salt through
crystallization by evaporation (coagula). WARNING: Please note that the
butter of antimony, antimony chloride, is a horrible corrosive on the
skin. It is easily spread around the lab on gloves to create painful and
dangerous surprises later when touched by the bare skin. Washing in plenty
of water, and the plunging the hands into rubber gloves filled with
ammonia solution is a good tactic.]
Once you have the salt you have the first element of the stone, but now
you have to find a sulfur that will accept incorporating into the salt. So
you must find a sulfur from a plant of this (Binah level 3) level. But
unfortunately these do not give essential oil. Well actually, we're in a
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research program to extract this sulfur with hexane from relatively easy
to find plants. Once we get the sulfur it will be easy to find and the
problem is solved.
If you work in alchemy, some metals and some plants are in resonance with
this level (3), but the salt to use is the lead. Concerning plants on this
level there is horsetail. If you can make something that will give you an
inner experience on this level, it will certainly give you an experience
of eternity.
Because in eternity there are 3 types of experience of eternity. The
supreme experience is here (Jean points to the path from Kether to Binah).
You can't do much to get it (inner supreme experience), it's granted if
your job has been O.K.
The second type of crystal is already less perfect it's here on the Chesed
sephirah and it's the quadratic system.
Note: There was a problem of the terms in French regarding crystals, not
quite corresponding to the terms used in English. [RH: a summary appears
at the bottom of this page]
If you want to go further with alchemical work you must be very careful
with the symbolism of things, because nature is protected in every domain,
in every reign. We have only right angles here (3) and there (4). That is
a symbol Marc is holding there (Marc is holding up a chart) in the
quadratic or hexagonal system that is melissa or tin. If you make a stone
on this level it's very delicate. This stone gives esoteric information on
the world and with this you can see all the tricks in the initiatic
orders, with no exceptions. But for initiation, this stone is of very
little interest.
Q. Hard to hear but could be about quadratic level of Chesed.
A. If you work on Chesed magic.
O.K. lets go further down and the sephirah is Geburah, corresponding to
Mars, and it's the orthorhombic system. And it's the first time that (a
crystal) appears at an angle of 60 degrees. From there on we get to the
worlds of matter. We start to be in density. On this level, on what was
just said, when energies are very, very subtle, the symbolism is a circle,
and when they come down their symbolism is a triangle. It corresponds to
the 60 degree angle that is here in the crystal. And in the case of this
one it's not a perfect crystal -- it melds both of them.
If you want to have experiments of this crystal, the most appropriate
plant is Yarrow (Note: The plant Yarrow is under the rulership of Venus,
the proper plant for Mars is Madder) and the metal is the iron. The
tinctures made with this crystal or the stone on this level gives physical
strength and a psychic accent on prowess. Crystals and stones on this
level are very quick to manipulate. Because of the psychic level it may
bring pride. Not pride, but ego.
Further down, the crystal with Tiphareth is monoclinic. From there on
there are 2 series of 60 degree angles in crystals. It's crystal is gold
crystallization, the plant is eyebright, euphrasia. The intrinsic stones
and vegetable things of this level can give you the sight of the aura.
This is why in French we call them raised glasses.
Then, next down to the triclinic system (7). This system is in accordance
with Venus. If you make vegetable stones, elixirs, or tinctures, these
give a vision of an inner vegetable world. Very often during the inner
experience at this level it's rather nice because you live in houses in
gigantic trees. So if you have that kind of experience that means you are
on this sephirah. And it's interesting because you're preparing for the
upper levels.
Further down we come to Hod, the level of the stone (of caraway) that we
gave just now. The crystallized system of this stone can be considered a
perfect crystal, because all the sides are equal, every face is
constituted with equilateral triangles. This is rather easy to make and as
I said earlier this is the symbol of Thoth Hermes. The symbolism of this
part of the tree is very important and sometimes it's the base of the real
initiatic sciences. If the ancients gave the name of mercury to this one,
it's because Mercury is the junction between the 2 worlds. This is why the
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stone lets you have experiences of both the inner and outer worlds. The
ancients said Mercury is the messenger of God. And you see the Mercury
here (Homer diagram) makes the junction between life energy and matter
energy. In your inner initiatic work you must work here until you have the
junction with the inner master.
Because the contacts between those that can be established, because once
the job has been done contact with the inner master which is between here
(Malkuth) and there (Tiphareth) becomes possible. In the symbolism of the
tree apart from crystals this (Tiphareth) is the inner heart. It will
transmit to your physical body here (Malkuth), but only through Yesod.
That's why initiation is of the brain and heart. If you come down here you
get to level (9), the hexagonal crystal. This is important because this
crystal buffering things done with this crystal, open with no risk, the
doors of the astral world. The symbolism of this crystal is very difficult
to understand because on one side if you look from above, it has 6
external atoms. So it's the symbol of the number 6, the symbol of the
hexagram to bring things to the upper and the lower. If you consider it
with the atoms in the center it gets you to the number 7. In qabala it's
the septagram with the sun in the middle that is a symbol of things that
awaken the powers in you.
On the other hand, this kind of crystal has a very particular body.
Because what's called graphite is carbon crystallized here (9) and in
qabalistic texts it says that the upper and the lower are in junction and
if you charge the crystallization network of the graphite, it crystallizes
in cubic and it gives access there (3) because it gives diamond. The
problem of changing graphite into diamond is just a crystallization
problem. See the treaty of tinctures of Mr. ----- (request for name of
treaty) it's delicate, it's a very high level experiment. Once we are down
here (10) there is no particular crystalline network because all
crystalline networks are on this level and according to the type of body
of the crystal of this world we can know its sephirotic value.
There's something I forgot. The metal here [RH: on level 9, Yesod.] is
silver and you will be thinking, and make the junction to the fact that
you put silver in the Martial Regulus in order to have it in equality
here. When your Regulus crystallizes with the Star it crystallizes in
hexagonal here (9). You can reach the White Stone but never the Red one
with it. When you will have a certain experience that maybe you have (had)
already.
The work with antimony: If you change its crystalline network, and with
experience you can follow the sephirotic levels, the Red Stone is
possible, only when it's crystallization is above that (6?) But it's
better to bring antimony to the cubic level. Never attempt to have things
crystallizing in cubic, to crystallize above this (3) reign. Because here,
you're in the junction between duality and unity. The (cubic) crystal is
somewhere in the lower part of Binah. If you are getting to the higher
path the energies of duality cannot reintegrate the energies of unity.
There will be a final explosion. That, in vegetable or mineral kingdoms.
One of our friends had taken one of the plants - the only available plant
here (level 10) is sundew - and our friend never found the flask or the
heating device. Don't worry when you're working with these things - say
that the Grandfather's eye is on you - the explosions only occur when
you're not in the lab. (Laughs.)
Questions?
Q. Did you give a plant for Venus?
A. Alchemilla for Netzach. [RH: Alchemilla is lady's mantle.]
Note: Plants are given in English/French equivalents in the P.O.N.
lessons. And there is a listing of toxic and non-toxic/poisonous
plants/herbs there.
For Mercury the best plants are caraway and lavender. Venus - Alchemilla.
In alchemy Alchemilla means plant of the alchemists. For Moon it would be
veronica. And Earth it would be drosera or sundew.
Note: A correction of sheet R3 should read Water and Earth instead of Air
and Earth.
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Any questions?
A Summary Added by Russ House:
Level 3 (Saturn/Binah); French: Cubique; English: Cubic
Level 4 (Jupiter/Chesed); French: Quadratique; English: Tetragonal
(Quadratic)
Level 5 (Mars/Geburah); French: Orthorhombique; English: Orthorhombic
Level 6 (Sun/Tiphereth); French: Monoclinique; English: Monoclinic
Level 7 (Venus/Netzach); French: Triclinique; English: Triclinic
Level 8 (Mercury/Hod); French: Rhomboédrique (Trigonal); English:
Rhombohedral
Level 9 (Moon/Yesod); French: Hexagonal; English: Hexagonal
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