Category Archives: alchemy

Hear and Bow…

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘This world is not a goods depot.’ * Reblogged from France and Vincent

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Ars Geometrica: Many Tongues…

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Leaves ‘Seven’ and ‘Eight’: * ‘…What is sown ingloriously is raised in glory…’ * ‘…What is sown in corruption is raised incorrupt…’ * But no, as it turned out, many were the tongues and many the hands employed in … Continue reading →

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Of quantity and quality… Stuart France

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘One thing good, two things better… Two things bad, one thing good.’ Count Jack Black * Reblogged from France & Vincent

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Ars Geometrica: Six…

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …The rest of the Night and into the Dawn is something of a blur for us. One can only take in so much after all. We continued to turn the leaves of the little book… Leaf ‘Six’: Operation One: … Continue reading →

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Not-Things… Stuart France

Posted on December 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘While-ever you’re attached to things, You’ll never understand not-things…’ Count Jack Black * Reblogged from France & Vincent

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Wayland: Silver-Smith of Souls… Stuart France

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* There are a number of intriguing aspects to the legend of Wayland Smithy… The earliest written sources appear late and are decidedly piecemeal. * Wayland is the son of a God, Giant, or King of the Otherworld. He is … Continue reading →

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No such thing as just… Stuart France

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘The most important work you can do… Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Ars Geometrica: Great Work…

Posted on December 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …Not that we were going to let that stop us. The next two leaves of the book can be taken together and it was these entries more than any others perhaps which gave us inkling that the book may … Continue reading →

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Ars Geometrica: ABC’s…

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…The secret of the magic of life consists in using action in order to attain non-action…’ – The Book of Heavenly Consciousness For the next few hours we were as if transported. We went nowhere, bodily, yet the vistas … Continue reading →

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Newton: Wholesome Soul… Stuart Fance

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* To round off our brief but succinct survey of the Alchemists, we shall give some examples from the works of those savants that we have so far considered. * Finally for now, Isaac Newton… “… First of all know … Continue reading →

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