Alchemical First Matter

Kelley, Edward], "The stone of the philosophers embracing the First Matter and the dual process for the vegetable and metallic tinctures." In Collectanea chemica, ed. Arthur Edward] [Waite, 55J-120. Edmonds (WA) Alchemical P, 1991. 

Waite, Arthur Edward. A new light of mysticism. Azoth or the star in the East. Embracing the first matter of the Magnum Opus, the evolution of Aphrodite-Urania, the supernatural generation of the Son of the Sun, and the alchemical transfiguration of humanity. London New York Madras Theosophical Publ. Soc The Path Theosophical Soc, 1893. xvi, 240p. 

INTRODUCTION TO ALCHEMY The Great Work begins here What Is alchemy Origins of alchemy History of alchemy Chronology of alchemy Alchemical theory The mysterious First Matter Secret fire of the alchemists The Philosopher s Stone The Axioms of alchemy Recommended books. Pages still under construction. 

Some hundreds of alchemical illustrations. Many of the headings below are subdivided (e g. Emerald Tablet consistes of sub-headings for The Emerald Tablet Original Emerald Tablet as a Monument to Mankind Materia Prima Lapidis cover of The Emerald Tablet First Matter of Heaven and Earth The Green Lion As Above, So Below The Ouroboros Powers of the Sun and Moon)... 

At first, the First Matter is perceived in states of profound meditation, what Vajrayana calls states of deep abiding. This advanced meditative state is called the black of near attainment in Tibetan texts, so confirming the alchemical texts in their injunction that the black of the First Matter has to be reached before attainment can be near. Upon reaching this stage, subjective consciousness fails. The Tibetan manuals call this swooning a contemporary term would be to faint. However,... 

But what of the nature of the First Matter itself Jung says The basis of the opus, the prima materia, is one of the most famous secrets of alchemy. This is hardly surprising since it represents the unknown substance that carries the projection of the autonomous psychic content. 7 It is, as we stated before, omnipresent and the root substance of all forms. Oriental texts term it Akasha the alchemical texts of the Occident give it many names. Taoism, the alchemical practice of China, has the primal intuition that the universe must have some unborn origin (prima materia). This is given verbal form in the Tao Teh Ching, XXV ... 

This is a name which the [Hermetic] Philosophers have given to their Magisterium [alchemical operation] once it reaches perfection within the red stage. Because their materials are the Quintessence of the Universe and the First Matter of all individual matter in Nature, this materia prima presents a perfect correspondence with Adam. In Adam God put together the purest substance of all beings. Besides that, Adam, whose name signifies redness, best expresses the color and qualities of the Magisterium itself. ... 

The alchemical work began with the first matter, or first agent, being placed into the retort at an astrologically suitable time (usually the spring, under the signs of Aries and Taurus). Astrology has always been important in alchemy, as it is one of the main tools by which an alchemist can try and work in harmony with natural rhythms and cycles. 

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