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By Israel Regardie

A re-creation of Regardie's vintage text

In the mid-1930s, Israel Regardie had an perception into realizing alchemical writings. the end result was once The Philosopher's Stone, the place he analyzed 3 17th-century alchemical works symbolically, psychologically, and through magickal energy.

Now, famed occultists stylish and Tabatha Cicero carry this publication into the twenty first century. the unique is totally reproduced the following. The Hebrew transliterations were up to date with smooth kinds and the textual content is absolutely annotated and defined. extra are those new features:
• New introduction
• New illustrations
• Biographical dictionary
• Glossary
• source list
• Bibliography
• Index
• Plus, 5 new unique articles
† "The non secular Alchemy of the Golden Dawn" via stylish Cicero
† "Intro to Alchemy: A Golden sunrise Perspective" through Mark Stavish
† "Basic Alchemy for the Golden Dawn" and "Golden sunrise Ritual approach and Alchemy" through Samuel Scarborough
† "The Elixir of the Sun" via Steven Marshall
† "Solve Et Coagula: the marriage of Sol and Luna" by way of the Ciceros

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A. Koetting/Baron DePrince The Spider and the Green Butterfly Bring the focus of your vision to the uppermost point of the Veve. If there are several points at the top of the Veve, begin by focusing your sight on the upper right hand point. Breathe in slowly and deeply, hold the breath for only a second, and breathe out again. Sense your own energy moving with your breath, your very spiritual life extending from you as you exhale, and gathering itself back up as you inhale. Repeat this a few times until you notice a definite conjoining of your breath cycle and your energy cycle.

A. Koetting/Baron DePrince when they are called, regardless of your degree of initiation, and the energies will surge around you despite the fact that they have never been sworn into your service. The Vodoun current specifically, however, simply happens to be much more erratic, and its energies and entities are much more tangible than most other systems. The spirits are much closer to this physical world than even those of Solomon or Sumer. Enough centuries have passed in their presence and enough blood has been spilled on their altars to allow them to achieve a near critical mass, their place just beyond the veil of vision being one of preference rather than boundary.

He walked through this first, large room, trying to make his footsteps as silent as possible, looking at the Veves and the Saints that decorated the walls. Baron DePrince greeted him from the center of the room, standing from behind a large table. "Welcome to my Temple," he said, smiling at the obvious questions echoing through John's mind as he walked further into this strange world than he had ever intended. "I greet you, and all of the spirits here greet you in peace. I noticed your interest in all of these pictures.

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