Mysterious Master

French alchemist. Fulcanelli s disciple, he was perhaps the only man ever to know his mysterious master s true identity. He went to his grave without ever disclosing the secret. 

The mysterious Masters who firstly set up Martinez de Pascuallis, confided to him the keys of universal regeneration, as we saw earlier. Later, they sent forth L.-C. de Satin-Martin, his closest disciple, and confided to h im the keys of individual regeneration. But it is clear that it is useless to attack the problem of the reintegration of the Universe and its constituents, if one hasn t steered a similar, parallel activity in ourselves ... 

The transmission ceremony of the Scripture of the Nine Elixirs reproduces the rite celebrated at the beginning of human history by the Yellow Emperor, when he transmitted the text to the Mysterious Master (Xuanzi). After the disciple makes an oath, the master receives tokens from him, and asks the Mysterious Woman (Xuannii, the deity who gave the scripture to... 

The Yellow Emperor received the Culminant Way of the Reverted Elixirs huandan zhidao) from the Mysterious Woman, who is a celestial woman. The Yellow Emperor compounded and ingested them, and thereby rose to heaven as an immortal.. . . The Yellow Emperor transmitted this Way to the Mysterious Master.. . . Jiudan jingjue, i.ia)... 

The transmission from the Mysterious Woman to the Yellow Emperor marks the moment when the Nine Elixirs leaves the heavens and enters the human world, while the transmission from the Yellow Emperor to the Mysterious Master is the first instance of its transmission on earth. The ceremony celebrated at that time, described in the Nine Elixirs, is the model of the rite of transmission performed between master and disciple after the text became accessible to human beings. 

Several other rules, dictated by the Mysterious Master (Xuanzi) who first received the Nine Elixirs from the Yellow Emperor, are listed in the commentary to this text under four headings the Five Interdictions [wuji), the Three Taboos (sanhui), the Four Calamities (sibai), and the Six Adversities (liuwei). The Five Interdictions concern days on which the compounding of the elixir and related actions should not take place. These are... 

The Yellow Emperor transmitted this Way to the Mysterious Master (Xu-anzi), and admonished him saying ... 

This Master Translation of S.L.MacGregor Mathers Covers Three of the Zoharic Works The Book of Concealed Mystery, The Greater Holy Assembly, and The Lesser Holy Assembly. NOTE This Is Mathers English Translation of Knorr Von Rosenroth s Kabbalah Denudata or "The Kabbalah Unveiled" an Overly Confident Title for a Very Complex Piece of Work. Rosenroth s Work, Published in 1684, Was Itself a Latin Translation From the Original Hebrew—Containing a Number of Books From the Important Qabalistic Text Known As the Zohar... 

McIntosh, Christopher. The Rosicrucians. Wellingborough Crucible, 1987. Almost 120 years after his death, the body of Father Christian Rosenkreutz was discovered perfectly preserved in a seven-sided vault. So runs part of the legend concerning the birth of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross, with its mysterious founder Christian Rosenkreutz, forerunner of the many "Secret Masters" who have had such a profound influence on the course of the Western Esoteric Tradition. Alchemy, Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and important literary works have all been enriched by the legend and symbolism of Rosicrucianism. 

Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna. Isis unveiled a master key to the mysteries of ancient modern science and theology. Pasadena (CA) Theosophical Univ P, 1972. 2 vols (628, 721p.)... 

Williams, Liz. The poison master. Spectra, 2002. 370p. ISBN 0-553-58498-7 "On the planet of Latent Emanation, humans are the lowest class, at the mercy of their mysterious alien rulers, the Lords of Night. But Alivet Dee, an alchemist, can t help but question the Lords rule ever since her twin sister was taken to serve in their palace. 

Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna. 1877. Isis Unveiled A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology. Vol. 1, Science. Reprint, New York ... 

When the sand and ashes have been well matured and ripened with fire, the glass-blower makes out of it glass, which remains hard and firm in the fire, and in colour resembles a crystal stone. To the uninitiated this is a great mystery, but not to the master whom long experience has familiarized with the process. 

One further mystery remained. Why didn t Pratolini make something of the fact that Balsamo had become a Freemason Pratolini s Inquisition masters regarded Freemasonry as a more heinous crime even than magic. It had been... 

Thomas Charnock was bom at Faversham (Kent), either in the year 1524 or in 1526. After some travels over England he settled at Oxford, carrying on experiments in Alchemy. In 1557 he wrote his Breviary of Philosophy. This work is almost entirely autobiographical, describing Chamock s alchemistic experiences. He tells us that he was initiated into the mysteries of the Hermetic Art by a certain James S. of Salisbury he also had another master, an old blind man, who on his death-bed instmcted Charnock. 

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