On Becoming an Alchemist
by Catherine MacCoun
Cond: Like New, Hardcover, 240 pp
Publisher: Trumpeter
Pub. Date: February 2008
ISBN-13: 9781590303696 |
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Many regard alchemy as a metaphor for inner transformation. But this is only half the story. According to Catherine MacCoun, alchemy is no mere metaphor. It’s real magic. Transforming the inner world is, for the alchemist, a way to transform the outer world. Through studying the principles of alchemy, we can achieve extraordinary effects from ordinary actions by understanding how the world really works. We can perceive the hidden connections between the spiritual and the material worlds. Knowledge of these connections enables us to influence external phenomena through the powers of heart and mind alone. Yet alchemy is not, like some forms of magic, the exercise of mind over matter. It is the art of taking what already exists—whatever presents itself—and transmuting the harmful into the helpful, the useless into the valuable.
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Saint Germain on Alchemy
by St. Germain, Mark L Prophet
Cond: New, Paperback, 503 pp
Publisher: Summit University Press
Pub. Date: June 1985
ISBN-13: 9780916766689 |
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Saint Germain shows that miracles are nothing more than the natural outgrowth of the practice of spiritual alchemy. In this greatest of all self-help books, Saint Germain describes the principles of alchemy and how they can be used to effect spiritual, mental, emotional and physical transformation.
In the eighteenth century, the "Wonderman of Europe" fulfilled the alchemist's dream of turning base metal into gold. Now the ancient secrets of the ascended master Saint Germaine are revealed in order to externalize the light within.
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The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy for Personal Transformation
by Dennis William Hauck
Cond: New, Paperback, 452 pp
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Pub. Date: March 1999
ISBN-13: 9780140195712 |
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The Emerald Tablet—an ancient document that contains the essence of the alchemical teachings—has had an important influence on many Western spiritual and religious traditions. Ostensibly concerned with turning base metals into gold, alchemy was in fact dedicated to transforming the lead of self into the gold of spirit. This brilliant history of alchemy traces its sources back to ancient Egypt, and presents alchemy as a useful, practical system of self-transformation. Each of the seven steps of alchemical transformation is explained, with hands-on techniques and exercises, treating alchemy as a living discipline for achieving a spiritual awakening.
AUD $19.75 (+ shipping)
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Alchemy & Mysticism
by Alexander Roob
Cond: New, Paperback, 575pp
Publisher: Taschen America, LLC
Pub. Date: September 2006
ISBN-13: 9783822850381 |
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A fantastic journey through the history of esoteric lore: the great work of the alchemists (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition) The Hermetic Museum takes its readers on a magical mystery tour spanning an arc from the mediaeval cosmogram and images of Christian mysticism, through the fascinating world of alchemy to the art of the Romantic era. The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabbalists, Rosicrucians and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry, optics and colour theory. The author: Alexander Roob studied painting at the University of Fine Arts, Berlin. From 2000 to 2002, he was a professor at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg. He has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart since 2002.
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Alchemy & Kabbalah
by Gershom Scholem
Cond: Very Good, Paperback, 110 pp
Publisher: Spring Publications, Inc.
Pub. Date: March 2006
ISBN-13: 9780882145662 |
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A groundbreaking study on alchemy by the leading scholar of Jewish mysticism is presented here for the first time in English translation. Scholem looks critically at the transition of the Jewish Kabbalah to its Christianized forms, such as the gold and rosicrucian mysticisms, and uncovers forgotten alchemical roots embedded in the Kabbalah.
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Alchemy of Happiness
by Al-Ghazali
Cond: New, Paperback, 85 pp
Publisher: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf
Pub. Date: April 1997
ISBN-13: 9780935782288 |
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As a practical mystic, Ghazali's aim was to make man better by leading him from merely rational acquiescence in the stereotype creed of Islam to a real knowledge of God. The first four chapters of his Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat are a commentary on the famous verse in the Hadith: "He who knows himself knows God."
This little volume contains eight sections of the Kimiya-i-Sa'adaat.
AUD $21.75 (+ shipping)
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Al-Kimia:
The Mystical Islamic Essence
by John Eberly
Cond: Very Good, Paperback, 136pp
Publisher: Sophia Perennis
Pub. Date: August 2004
ISBN-13: 9780900588488 |
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Al-Kimia-The Mystical Islamic Essence of the Sacred Art Of Alchemy by John Eberly presents a condensed history of Alchemy told through concise biographies of early Sufi Masters. Chapters examine occult areas of alchemical and spiritual interest such as jafr, an exegetical Qur'anic science akin to Hebrew Qabala; the Qiyamat or 'Great Resurrection', of the heretical Ismaili sect; the contrary path of the saintly Malamatiyya or 'blameworthy ones'; Hermetic color theory, and 'hidden' art history. A glossary of transliterated terms is appended that will greatly help the beginner as well as the advanced student of these subjects.
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