Category Archives: alchemy

China my China…

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* ‘In its essentials, Indian alchemy is the same as Western, and Chinese alchemy, although set in a completely different spiritual climate, can throw light on both…’ – Titus Burckhardt … We took up the collapsed form in our arms … Continue reading →

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Finding Don and Wen ~ Stuart France and Sue Vincent

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Dear Don, Whoo hoo! Finding Don & Wen is now live! I really enjoyed getting this one put together. Who would have thought it would work out quite so well? Can you believe how much stuff we were already working … Continue reading →

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Designer Protection…

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Without the crack could black shell of Night ever give flight to break of Day…? * Reblogged from France & Vincent

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Ars Geometrica: A Corn of Wheat…

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…then a triangle and finally a circle……’ – The ‘Eighteenth’ Leaf. …This to our mind pretty much makes the earth feminine and the moon masculine which we expect also makes the sun feminine and the star behind the sun … Continue reading →

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Temple of Living Land…

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* … “So, why haven’t you written a book?” “Never been given a story.” * I remember the exchange well and the precise location. We were in the back room of the Queen Anne Public House, and it was the … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: Atalanta…

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Sue Vincent

‘The Flight of Atalanta’ by Michael Maier… * …The ‘Sixteenth’ and ‘Seventeenth’ Leaves. * ‘…From a man and a woman make a circle…’ ‘…And then a square…’ * We thought again of The Officers Of Law who appeared to see … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: Rose of Sharon…

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The ‘Fifteenth’ Leaf. Operation Three: ‘I am the rose of Sharon as the Lily among thorns so is my love among the daughters.’ – Song of Songs 2:1 * In our mind’s eye we saw her: She was deep … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: White World…

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* We turned the ‘Eleventh’ leaf of the book: * Operation Two: ’… to him that overcomes will I give a white stone, and in the stone a new name written…’ – Revelation 2:17 * …The ‘Twelfth’ Leaf. Albedo: A … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: Ask…

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…We shall all be changed for this mortal, must put on immortality.’ – The ‘Eleventh’ Leaf. …Our respect for the stranger at our door grew. This little device appeared to effectively marry the elements and directions in a four-fold … Continue reading →