The Awakening:
Magic is Real – Summary of our Magical History: The last teacher of the Mystery Cult was Pythagoras, who introduced the concept of numbers being connected with God. He explained how one becomes two, then two finds its synthesis to become three, and three breaks open to become the 10,000 things. This concept is also found in the I-Ching since in that era, people were trying to understand how to find numbers within everything. Pythagoras was known for his contributions to numerology and for decoding music. He also proposed the idea of a musical sphere where even the heavens themselves played an orchestral piece. This idea aligned with the planets (or moving celestial bodies) that orbit the Sun at harmonic intervals, and how white light breaks into colours at these same harmonic intervals. Sound also follows harmonic sequences; the same mathematics governs the nodes of overtones.
It was the last Mystery Cult because in 508 B.C., it was burnt to the ground, and society was pounded to extinction. Generations later, the Greeks built upon Pythagoras’s philosophy, and Aristotle turned it into science. But then came Christianity, and for the next thousand years, religion cast a long shadow over science and the occult.
During the early fifteenth century, occult knowledge was forced underground due to Christianity’s dominant influence over Western spirituality. Magic was marginalized and became a forbidden subject. Priests acted as intermediaries between people and the divine, while Christianity held significant political power. The Church established a hierarchy where the Pope received guidance from God and passed it down to others, and it aligned itself with certain monarchs to secure its exclusive access to divine authority. For a while, Europe was governed by Christian law.
Magic, once a rebellious act, was viewed as anti-Christian or anti-authoritarian behaviour. This defiance led to the condemnation of occultists, who believed in the direct access of individuals to God, challenging the established Church hierarchy. They proposed that the divine spark could be found within oneself. In a twist of irony, the occult resurfaced in the fourteenth century, this time with the unexpected support of the Church itself. The new wave of dark-occult practitioners even participated in the Holy War program. Monasteries in the east safeguarded numerous ancient Greek cult texts, and these were brought back to Europe by returning Crusaders, sparking rumours of ancient wisdom and profound knowledge.
In the 14th century, art and science flourished, leading to the Renaissance, a period that would revolutionize our understanding of ancient knowledge. During this time, ancient knowledge was reexamined, leading to a new spirit of learning. Marsilio Ficino, a progressive scholar, was at the forefront of this intellectual revolution, acquiring and transcribing Hermetic documents authored by the Egyptian Magician Hermes Trismegistus. Hermes combined the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth, both significant figures in magic. These documents contained occultism, esoteric doctrine, alchemy, magic, astrology, and more. Ficino, with his deep insights, concluded that these documents pre-dated Plato and originated in Egypt. Ficino’s translations of a compendium of Greek lore on how individuals could cultivate themselves and attain enlightenment, were not just translations, but a gateway to a new understanding, elevating their consciousness until they resembled gods.
The book, structured as a series of dialogues between the god Hermes and others, led scholars to a controversial conclusion-the non-existence of Hermes. The Emerald Tablets, a document that gained popularity among Renaissance occultists, played a pivotal role in this debate. One line from the tablet, ‘as above, so below,’ sparked the imagination, suggesting a profound connection between the patterns of the universe, stars, and Earth. Hermetica, in its attempt to revive the ancient teachings of mystery schools, emphasized the belief in the divine nature of human beings. Early Hermetic initiations sought to transcend mortality and return humans to their original state as spiritual equals, adding another layer to the ongoing academic discourse.
During this time, the Church paid attention to the changing landscape. It was speculated that the Church would attempt to alter the current ideological scene to prevent its undermining. Consequently, the occult scene evolved into a blend of religion, science, and magic – an ambitious endeavour during an era dominated by Christianity. John Dee emerged as a leading figure in this transformation. Following Paracelsus’s footsteps, Dee was a sophisticated and intelligent scientist and occultist. At that time, there was no clear distinction between science and magic, unlike in our modern era. Queen Elizabeth, I appointed Dee as a court astrologer and spy, and together they diminished the influence of the Church in favour of Protestant power. Queen Elizabeth legitimized the occult science of alchemy during this period, leading it to new heights. Our modern science has its roots in this particular period of history. The Church took notice of the rapid progress in this new technology and formulated a counteraction, claiming that such advancements would lead to recourse to demons.
Dee had a true passion for divination, a field that was deeply rooted in the historical context of the 14th century. He believed he could use scientific methods to communicate with supernatural beings, but this later had consequences toward the end of his life. The practice of manipulating bones, tea leaves, and tarot cards, which originated from the Muslim East, had become a popular method of fortune-telling during this time. However, Dee used a method known as scrying, relying on a crystal ball to reflect supernatural information. Scrying is an ancient technique that uses any reflective surface to perceive material and spiritual things that may stand behind them. Dee was unsuccessful, but his predecessor Kelly was able to see into the shadow world, and Dee would record these communications, which seemed to be from Angelic beings speaking in Enochian. This event is somewhat reminiscent of what the New Age calls channelling. During this time, the Inquisition was in full swing. Dee, having returned from touring Europe to showcase their findings, returned to England to find his work demolished. He had fallen out of favour with the court and ended his life penniless. Dee’s main legacy was not science but magic, and it’s those who came after who have seized upon what he created and made it into a new worldview, whether it’s consciousness arts, ceremonial magic, or divination that could take place within these new parameters.
Dee’s downfall marked the beginning of occult’s of occult practices. The Church condemned such practices as demonic, leading to the execution of 40,000 people for witchcraft between the 14th and 16th centuries. Secret societies like the Freemasons and Rosicrucians advocated for occult practices while operating clandestinely, considering them as a threat to the status quo and established religion. These societies were vital in promoting new ideas during the Enlightenment era in 17th-century Europe. However, by the mid-1800s, participation in these organizations declined as people became more focused on civic matters and less interested in Dee’s occultism.
Magic is Real – Ancient Alchemy and Hermeticism: The concept of a true alchemist is not about turning lead into gold. This definition, popularized by its presentation, has led to a misunderstanding. To be clear, the goal of alchemy is not about material transformation, but about a profound spiritual journey. Both Western and Chinese alchemists engaged in a complex process, working with various substances to create elixirs and arcane effects, including the idea of transmutation of base metals. However, this was just a fraction of the vast realm of alchemy. To define alchemy by this is like trying to define Taoism as the search for the elixir of immortality, which overlooks the true essence. Alchemy is, at its core, an advanced spiritual tradition that can only be fully understood when its true nature is revealed.
The alchemical goal is to transform an ordinary, undeveloped consciousness into the Gold of a fully realized enlightened soul. Similar to modern Wicca, Alchemy views the world as a male-female duality. Alchemical ideas about this duality resemble Wiccan ideas about Goddess and God. The masculine polarity is considered red and fixed, while the feminine polarity is white and volatile. The union of these two polarities gives rise to the physical world. The great work, or the alchemical marriage, involves the quest to unite and transcend this duality. It is often mistakenly described as the quest to transmute base metals.
In alchemy, the “great work” is referred to as the “Materia Prima.” In this analogy, the Materia Prima represents the ordinary state of being, while the great work leads to the creation of the philosopher’s stone, symbolizing enlightenment or gold. The Materia Prima was believed to encompass both masculine and feminine aspects, which were in opposition until they were brought into alignment through the great work, a process also known as the alchemical marriage. The ‘great work’ is a journey that consists of three main stages: Nigredo, Albedo, and Rubedo. These stages, symbolized by the sacred colours of the Wiccan Goddess: black, white, and red, represent a spiritual transformation. Additionally, there is a fourth stage called Cauda Pavonis, marking the transition between Nigredo and Albedo. Symbolically, the Materia Prima was placed in an athanor or alchemical furnace, where it was subjected to steady pressure and reduced to its constituent parts. The residue from this process was the Nigredo, representing the necessary destruction of pre-conceived forms for new growth. This suggests that spiritual growth can only occur after eliminating old ideas and limitations. As the Zen Buddhist saying goes, ‘Only an empty bowl can be filled.’ Alchemists express this principle through the maxim, ‘no generation without corruption,’ which aligns with the Wiccan saying, ‘to rise, you must fall.’ Ultimately, new growth cannot emerge until the old growth is cleared away.
The Etymology of Alchemy is Al-Khemet, which means “From Egypt,” Khemet means the Black Land due to the highly fertile soil along the Nile. So, the term Alchemy comes from the Arabic Al-Khem, which in turn comes from the Egyptian term Khem, meaning black and referring to the Egyptian’s name for their country, Khemet, the Black Land. Thus, Alchemy is the origin of the term ‘Black Art’, but the meaning is very different; later, this phrase was described during Ptolemaic Egypt when, for 300 years, Greece and Egypt were heavenly influenced by both cultures. The term could be a play on both terms.
The Hellenistic era, particularly Hellenistic Egypt, was a fertile time in the history of magic. Ancient forms of magic met and merged, creating new disciplines. Forms of magic that are still in use today, such as Hermeticism and Alchemy, had their origin in Hellenistic Egypt.
The exploration of magic and alchemy reveals a link between the two, with alchemy being primarily rooted in occult and esoteric knowledge. Both disciplines are based on secret teachings, believed to contain the universe’s secrets and the keys to powerful magic. Those privileged to receive these teachings often belonged in history to its most influential and significant figures. Hermeticism and the literature of the Hermetica were considered the Western interpretation of the wisdom taught in mystery schools or cults. These teachings encompass ancient wisdom supposedly passed down from the gods.
Hermetic belief, originating from fragmentary texts dating from the third or second century A.D., was initially expressed in ancient Greek. The subject matter, however, was derived from the ancient Egyptian doctrine of the transformation of the soul. This belief system then spread to various disciplines in Islam and later made its way into Western Europe and the Italian Renaissance. It not only influenced these cultures but also occupied the minds and hearts of major Renaissance figures, including Isaac Newton, who dedicated more time to studying Alchemy and Number Symbolism than what we now know as science.
The field of alchemy needs to be understood more, and it has been kept secret within various magical and fraternal organizations. It is believed that the list of Alchemists originated with Thoth, who is credited with being the author of multiple disciplines such as science, religion, mathematics, geometry, philosophy, medicine, and magic. According to legend, Thoth brought to civilization the knowledge and calculations for establishing the Heavens, Stars, Earth, and all matter within them. His feminine counterpart, Ma’at, was considered the force that maintained the universe. The unification of Matter and Spirit became a central concept in alchemical thought. As the teachings spread, Thoth was known in other cultures as the Greek God Hermes, and the two were combined into Hermes Trismegistus, the name known today. This marked the birth of the Hermetic tradition.
One of the main foundational manuscripts of Alchemy was known as the Emerald Tablet, which is said to contain secrets of the Ark. Many translations are available. One famous translation was done by Isaac Newton. Other famous alchemists are said to be Pythagoras, Galileo, Da Vinci, and Newton.
| “Tis true without lying certain and most true. That which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above, is like that which is below to do the miracles of one thing. And as things have been and arose from one by the meditation of one: so, all things have their birth from this one by adaptation. The Sun is its father the moon its mother, the wind hath carried in its belly, the earth its nurse. The father of all perfection in the whole world is here. Its force or power is entire if it be converted into earth, separate thou the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross sweetly with great industry. It ascends from the earth to the heaven and again it descends to the earth and receives the force of things superior and inferior. By this means you shall have the glory of the whole world and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you. Its force is above all force, for it vanquishes subtle things and penetrates every solid thing. So was the world created -from this are and do come admirable adaptations where means (or process) is here in this. Hence, I am called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world; that which I have said of the operation if the Sun is accomplished and ended.” |
The alchemist’s ‘great work’ is broken down into several chemical, psychological, physiological, societal, and planetary levels. The alchemists work with what is known as the ‘Three Primes’ (or Tria Prima), which are Sulfur – the omnipresent spirit of life; Mercury – the fluid connection between the high and the low; and Salt – base matter. The four elements are also crucial to the alchemist; they stand as primary principals; Fire, Water, Earth, and Air – all play an intricate part in the alchemist’s studies. The alchemist is familiar with seven primary metals, ruled or dominated by seven planetary (or celestials) used or influenced in alchemical work. They are:
| Gold: | Dominated by the Sun, which provides life and energy within everything under the firmament, the sun is our sense of self, our will power and organizing ability, self-integration, energy levels, vitality and success. The sun corresponds to the heart, spinal Coolum, vision and distribution of heat to the body. |
| Silver: | Dominated by the Moon, which Influences water, growth, fertility, conception, emotions, instinct, subconscious, psyche phenomenon, collective consciousness, rhythm and cycles, genetics, and cultural heritage. The Moon corresponds to the Brain, female organs, stomach and all fluids in the body. |
| Copper: | Dominated by Venus, which influences herbalism, magic, arts, music, poetry, design, theatre, harmony, proportion, and integration, meditation of opposites into a whole, odors, perfumes, and love. Venus corresponds to the skin, kidneys, perspiration, transformation and enrichment of substances within the body, sexual organs, and smell. |
| Iron: | Dominated by Mars, which influences intent and often violent energy that brings dynamic power to all that it encounters, it increases psyche ability as well as motion and power in the physical realm. Mars corresponds to the muscular system, male sexual organs, marrow, blood formation, adrenalin, and the purging of the body to maintain health. |
| Tin: | Dominated by Jupiter, which influences good wealth, philosophical and religious matters, ceremony, and the enjoyment of life. Jupiter corresponds to the Liver, arteries of the stomach and abdomen, digestion and assimilation of oxygen and nutrition, antibiotic function, cell growth, and general energy levels. |
| Mercury: | Dominated by Mercury, which influences communication, commerce, initiation into the mysteries, alchemy, Kabala, astrology, magic, and writing, transmission of information, nerves, dexterity, mental skills, and speedy distribution of energy. Mercury corresponds to the nerves, speech, hearing, coordination between thought and speech or actions, thyroid, nervous system and spinal fluid. |
| Lead: | Dominated by Saturn, which influences old age, chronic disease, karma, and learning. Saturn corresponds to the bones, teeth, spline, and hair, mineral in the body, joints, and flexibility. |
Alchemy has several major operations in the alchemy of transformation these are:
| Calcination – Aries | Chemically the Calcination process involves heating a substance in a crucible or over an open flame until it’s reduced to ashes. In the Arcanum experiment calcination is represented by Sulfuric Acid, which is made out of a natural occurring substance called vitriol. Vitriol is a powerful corrosive that eats away all metal except Gold. The psychological aspect is the destruction of the ego, and our attachment to material possession. On a planetary level; it’s the fire of creation and the formation of liveable matter from molten matter and volcanic ashes. |
| Dissolution – Cancer | Chemically it’s the dissolving of the ashes of calcination in water, in the Arcanum experiment; dissolution is represented by Iron Oxide or rust, which illustrates the potential corrosive powers of water. When processed vitriol breaks down to sulfuric acid and Iron Oxide, which are the first two Arcanum or secret ingredients. The Egyptian smelted Iron as far back as 1500 B.C and used Iron compounds and Tonics and disinfectant. Psychologically this represents the further breaking down of the artificial structures of the psyche by total emersion of the unconscious non-rational, feminine or rejected parts of our minds. It’s the unconscious process of which our conscious mind let go of control and allow surface the buried material. It’s about opening new flood gates and generating new energies of the waters held back. Dissolution can be experienced as flow, the bliss of well-being and actively engage in creative acts without traditional prejudices, personal hang ups or established hierarchy getting in the way. Physiologically dissolution is the continuous of the Kundalini experience, the opening up of energy channels to recharge and elevate every single cell. Dissolution takes place in the genital or Tin Chakra and it involves the lungs and spline. In society the process of steady growth through gradual dissolution is examined by agrarian, monastic or agricultural base lifestyle. On the planetary level Dissolution is the great flood the cleansing of the earth to all that is inferior. |
| Separation – Scorpio | Separation is the third operation of Alchemy; chemically it is the isolation components of Dissolution by filtration and then discarding any in genuine or unworthy material, in the Arcanum experiment Separation is represented as Sodium Carbonate, which separates out of water and it appears as white soda ash on dry lake beds. The oldest known deposit was found in Egypt, Alchemist often refer to this compound as Natron, which means the common tenancy that all salt to form solid body or precipice. Psychologically it is the process of rediscovery of our essence and reclaiming of dream and visionary goal, previously rejected by the masculine and rationale part of our minds. It is for the most part a conscious process of which we review formerly hidden material and decide what to discard and what re-integrate into our refined personality. Much of this shadowy material is things we are ashamed of or taught to hide away by our parents, churches, and schooling. Separation is the letting go of self-restricting restraints so we can shine through. Physiologically Separation is the following and controlling of the breath and the body as it works with the forces of spirit and soul to give birth to new energy and physical renewal. Separation begins in the Naval or Iron Chakra located at the level of the Solar Plexus. In society Separation is expressed as the establishment as plans, cities, and nationalities. Separation a Planetary level is represented by the formation of land masses and islands from the powerful forces of air, water, earth, and fire. |
| Conjunction – Venus | Chemically it is the re-combination of safe elements of separation into a new substance, in the Arcanum experiment Conjunction is symbolized as Potassium Nitrate (or Natron), Salt of Petra (Stone Salt). Blue colour Natron Acid or Aqua Fordis is made by mixing Potassium Nitrate with Sulfuric Acid and was used to separate silver from gold. The inert residue precipitated from the acid during the reaction. Psychologically it is the empowerment of our true selves, the union of both masculine and feminine sides of our personalities into new belief system or intuitive state of consciousness. The alchemist refers to this as the ‘lesser stone’ and after it is achieved the adapt is able to clearly discern what needs to be done to achieve lasting enlightenment. Which is the union over the self, and often synchronicities begin to occur and confirm the alchemist is on the right track. Physiologically Conjunction is used in the bodies’ sexual energies to perform transformation. Conjunction takes place at the level of the Heart or Copper Chakra. In Society it is the growth of crafts and technologies to master the environment – on the planetary level Conjunction occurs when primordial life forms are created by the energies of Sun or lighting. |
| Fermentation – Capricorn | Fermentation is a two-step process that begins with the putra-faction of the hermaphroditic child from the Conjunction resulting in its death and resurrection to a new level of being. The fermentation phase then begins with the introduction of new life to the product of conjunction to strengthen it and ensure its survival. Chemically Fermentation is the growth of a bacteria and organic solution such as it occurs on the fermenting of milk to produce curds and cheese. In the Arcanum experiment the process is represented as Liquor Hepatis, which is a mixture of Ammonia and Hydrogen Sulfide. Psychologically Fermentation process starts with the inspiration of spiritual power from above that re-animates energizes and enlighten the alchemist. Out of the blackness of putra-faction comes the yellow ferment, which appears like a golden wax flowing out of the bowel matter of the soul. Its arrival is announced by a brilliant display of colours and meaningful visions called the peacock’s tail. Fermentation can be achieved through activities like intense prayer, desire for mystical union, breakdown of the personality, transpersonal therapy, psychedelic drugs and deep mediation. Fermentation is the living inspiration of something that is beyond us. Physiologically Fermentation is the arousing of living energy, Chi, or Kundalini in the body to heal and vilify. It is expressed as the vibratory tones and spoken truth and emerge from the throat or mercury Chakra. In society the Fermentation experiences form the basis of Religion and on a Planetary level it is the evolution of life to produce higher state of consciousness. |
| Distillation -Virgo | Chemically it is the boiling and condensation of the fermented solution to increase its purity, similar to that of distaining wine to make brandy. In the Arcanum experiment distillation is represented by compound known as Black Pulvis Solaris, which is made by mixing black Antimony with purified Sulfur. The two results in what Alchemist called Buzzer a kind of supplemented solid that forms in the intestines in the brain. Psychologically distillation is the agitation and sublimation of psyche forces is necessary to ensure no impurities from the inflated ego are incorporated into the next and final stage. Personal distillation consists of a variety of introspective techniques that raise the content of the psyche to its highest level possible. Free from the sentimentality and emotions and cut off from one’s personal identity. Distillation is the purification of the unborn self; all that we truly are and can be. Physiologically Distillation is the raising of the life force repeatedly from the lower region of the cauldron of the body to the brain, – is what the Oriental Alchemist call the circulation of the light, where it will become a wondrous solidifying light of power. Distillation is said to culminate in the third eye area of the forehead at the level of pituitary and pineal gland in the brow or silver Chakra. In society Distillation is experienced as a science or objective experimentation – on a planetary level; Distillation is the realization of the power of higher love as the life force of the entire planet gradually seeks to become one force in nature based on shared vision of truth. |
| Coagulation – Taurus | Chemically Coagulation is the precipitation or sublimation of a purified ferment of Distillation, In the Arcanum experiment Coagulation is represented by a compound called Red Pulvis Solaris, which is a reddish orange powder of purified Sulfur with Red Mercuric Oxide. The name Pulvis Solaris means powder of the sun, and the Alchemist believe it can instantly perfect any substance to which it is added. Psychologically Coagulation is first sensed as a new confidence that is beyond all things though it may be experienced as a second body of golden coalesce light – a permanent vehicle of consciousness that embodies the highest aspirations and evolution of the mind. Coagulation incarnates and releases the ultimate materia of the soul the astral body, which the Alchemist also refers to as the greater philosopher’s stone. Using this magical stone the alchemist believes they can exist on all levels of reality. Physiologically this stage is marked by the release of the Elixir in the blood that rejuvenates the body to a perfect vessel of health. A Brain Ambrosia is said to be released through the interaction of light from the Phallic shape pineal gland and matter from the vulva of pituitary. This heavenly food or viadic both nourishes and energizes the cells without any waste products being produced. These physiological and psychological processes create the second body a body of solid light that emerges from the Crown Chakra. In Society it is the living wisdom in which everybody exist on the same light of evolved consciousness and knowledge of truth. On a Planetary level Coagulation is the return to the Garden of Eden – this time on higher level in tuned with the divine mind. |
The story of Prometheus stealing the fire from Zeus and giving it to humanity is the story of Eden, which tells us of a god wanting humanity to continue tending to the garden and not to have a consciousness and not to have spirituality or be like him. There is a destiny to re-enter Eden and freely eat from the tree and drink from the waters of life; as it is written, surely we will not die, but know that which god knows; by this, we realize our true nature and divinity. We must understand that we are truly spiritual beings having a human experience, not humans trying to have a spiritual experience.
The Alchemist’s goal is to diligently understand the nature of our reality and become the master, guru, or teacher in their physical, emotional, and spiritual growth and to be the master of their destiny. So, what happened to the spiritual aspect of alchemy when modern chemistry and physics became common knowledge of what concerns matter following the works of Newton? Much of the interest in the psychological and spiritual aspect of alchemy was forgotten in modern science – until the work of Carl Jung, who revolutionised psychology by exposing the relationship between Alchemy, Platonism, and contemporary psychology techniques. He believed in the philosophy ‘as above, so below’ that one can understand the other. Carl Jung states:
| “I was always looking for something that’s in-between; something that links that remote part with the present moment, and I found to my amazement it is ‘Alchemy.’ It is the basis of our modern way of achieving this – and therefore it is as if it were right under the force of consciousness, it is a wonderful picture of how the developmental of archetypes looks like a kind of magic from above – today you look back into the past and you see how the present moment has evolved out of the past, and we can construct or even predict.” (- Carl Jung) |
Also, Modern-day Philosopher and author Terence McKenna did a great deal to revive the spiritual Alchemy and its connection to consciousness and our divine nature. He consistently reiterated in his many lectures, he states:
| “Everything occurs in the presence of its opposites and out of that; comes the generated friction, the heat, and the light that all comes together into a soluble package as part of life. Alchemy as many of you know is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from Matter – but many of you may imagine that Alchemy is simply a discredited pre-scientific obsession of a balance mind interested in changing base metals into gold, led into the stuff of commerce. This is the benighted reputation that Alchemy has acquired in a century, sold and given to the literal and the material and the non-spiritual that lost all touch with the adumbration of meaning – that vibrates behind the perception of the Alchemist. The central conception of Alchemy is the concession of the philosopher’s stone; what is it? It’s the universal panacea at the end of time. It’s the chocolate cake that your mother made once a week when you were a child – the ‘pana-supa-subscent-tual-us,’ its all things to all men and all women. If you’re hungry you eat it, if your dirty you shower under it, if you need to go somewhere you sit on it and you fly there, if you have a question it answers it – it’s something that the human mind senses itself and related to invoke and worship over centuries before the slow rise of the patriarch, rationalism and materialism turned it into a myth (fairy tale). It is not myth or a fairy-tale; it is the burning primary reality that lies behind the appearances of reality. Alchemy is based on the philosophy called Hermeticism that was developed in the first and second centuries by Gnostic thinkers, Greeks, Jews, people inside the Roman Empire as it was beginning to show the first sign of degradation and decay – who felt a profound disaffection with their world, disaffection on a scale during those times as profound as our own existential disaffection – and the hermetic philosophers drew back the rise of Christianity with its doctrine of fallen man, original sin and Adam and Eve and that whole thing and took a different path. This path made two points that we need to recover, the first being; that men and women are divine beings not lower than the angels, but higher than the angels. The message of the alchemical and hermetic thinkers use the phrase ‘man is God’s brother’- we have no idea what it would mean in our own lives if we could throw off the notion of ourselves as fallen beings, we are not fallen beings. When you take into your life the gnosis plants that has stabilize the sane society of this world for millennia – the first message that comes to you is that you are a divine being; you matter; you count; you come from realms of unimaginable power and light and you will return to those realms. The second point is that fate can be overcome; from the Greco Hellenic world what that meant was the starry engine of the machinery of fate that they saw streaming across the night sky, because they were intensely of the power of Zodiac the stellar shell inhabit by demons that extended out through to the unimaginable imperium of the all-Father that was beyond fate. And into that world the Hermeticist announce that fate can be overcome and they had a novel answer on how it could be done – it can be done through magic is a word not often herd enough by the present world. The overcoming of fate is achieved through magic and then the stellar machinery becomes not an invasive force, but an empowering force in one’s life. Some of us may believe in Astrology some of us may not, we are all strongly influenced by the notion of fate of powerlessness in an existential world, Sartre once said: ‘nature is mute’ and we embedded in the media dense and programming dense matrix of this hyper society that we have created. We are like atoms running endlessly according to the blue print of unseen masters – weather it’s the banking industry or whoever, we tend to disempower ourselves, we tend to believe that we don’t matter – and in the act of taking that idea to ourselves, we give everything away to somebody else, to something else. So, the rebirth of the Stone in ourselves and the possibilities within each of us entails these two ideas; our divinity, and our power to overcome fate. There is no inevitability in our lives unless we submit to the idea of inevitability and then give ourselves over to it.” – Terence McKenna |
Magic is Real – The Rosicrucian Illuminati: Dan Francis Yates wrote a book called “The Rosicrucian Enlightenment”, which traces the history of Alchemical brotherhoods and reveals what they were about. They wanted to take this dream surrounding the Philosophers’ stone and its power, immortality, and insight that it would bring us understanding when seen as a general utility for humankind. Regarding such conception, science/fantasy fiction can enthral the imagination, but in reality, we make sense of it through the wonder of modernity. The summoning of the Holy Spirit into matter can be seen in the creation (or harnessing control through technical means) in our modern world, such as electrical energy. This alchemy examined its pneuma; the trapping of spirits (the mystery of electricity) glorified in the descent of the Holy Ghost into history – in a way, a literalising of the alchemical dream.
After the failed alchemical kingdom of Frederick the Elector, a series of adumbrations of groups followed the same kind of thinking. Like Freemasonry, Illuminati and the Royal Society were efforts to redeem science for the spirit. These are the same alchemical concepts reinvented. Before the brotherhood of the Rosy Cross – the Rosicrucians – emerged from this milieu as a hermetic and alchemical group intent on bringing about a novel and spiritual revolution throughout Europe. They marked a shift from practical to spiritual alchemy.
In the Fama Fraternitatis, the first Rosicrucian manifesto claims the Brotherhood of the Rose and Cross was founded by a German Monk, Father Christian Rosenkreutz [possibly a fictional person], ‘an illuminate man’ who was allegedly born in 1378 and lived to 106. He was knowledgeable about the Magi and Cabala and learned from the masters of wisdom in Persia and Egypt and across the Mediterranean Sea. He lived and devoted himself to drawing up his philosophy and died at age 106. He was buried in an underground crypt where he predicted in his tombstone inscription, “I will be opened after 120 years,” he was correct. A friar found the tomb 120 years later. This would begin the spread of the Rosicrucian programme for the reformation of the world.
A secret brotherhood was formed. It would be founded by R. C. and three other men [possibly ghost founder as R. C. backwards are initials for Christian Rosenkreuts, who itself may be fictional]. Adepts of history have equated the same conclusion as “Christian Rosekreutz”, which is usually understood as a symbolic rather than a historical figure. The Brotherhood created a magical language and writing with the help of a ‘large dictionary’ and possessed the book ‘M’ and one called the ‘rota’. Father R.C. had found the gold of spiritual understanding and was offering gnosis, the knowledge of mystical illumination. It was not to remain within the Brotherhood but to be spread to all humankind. The Fama Fraternitatis declares that the unearthing of the vault heralds “a general reformation, both of divine and human things, according to our desire and the expectation of others; for it is fitting, that before the rising of the Sun there should appear and break forth Aurora, or some clearness, or divine light in the sky.”
Two years after the Confessio, the Chymische Hochzeit Christiani Rosenkreutz, Anno 1459, was published in 1617. Calling itself “Hermetic Romance,” it is an alchemical allegory in which Luna is a well-known symbol of sulphur and mercury. The book is written in seven chapters, and festivities are divided into seven days, mirroring the stages of the alchemical process and the number of the planets.
The failed Alchemical dream and the 30-year war spawned many representations of that Rosicrucian myth. The Rosicrucians itself was a clandestine movement, and as the movement died, it persisted in the Rosicrucian Enlightenment in the early 17th century. The groups, like the “Invisible Ones”, claim to possess secret knowledge that is not available to the general public. The word of the Enlightenment spread throughout Germany, Spain, and France, causing a stir between the Church and the State. A mysterious sect from Spain called themselves the Illuminati appeared in Parris. This little sect didn’t last until the 18th century. Still, it would be a beacon for modern-day conspiracy theories – as the sole wizard behind the curtain belief system – an adversarial Cabal that wants to control the world. Every conspiracy, secret, and upcoming event would be folded or consolidated into this group as the sole culprit. Again, in their lazy announcements, they always find themselves skipping the bit where the Illuminati, a secret society designed to combat Jesuit influence.
Trying to understand why this little sect caused such a stir and attention from conspiracy theorists and terrible modern researchers is unclear; we can safely assume its pure ignorance. Prior to the Illuminati group, various other groups were also competing for enlightenment. The Rosicrucians, for example, influenced Francis Bacon’s work “The Advancement of Learning” (1605), which combined natural philosophy and state knowledge. Bacon called for a “fraternity in learning and illumination.” This influenced his writing of “New Atlantis” (1626), a utopian tale about the City of the Sun, which he referred to as Bensalem (meaning blessed peace). In Bensalem, science and technology were used for the greater good, and it was governed by an Order called “Solomon’s House,” devoted to studying the works of creation. This concept resembled the works of the “Invisible College” of the Rosicrucians, in which philosopher-priests emerged every 12 years from Solomon’s House to gather knowledge and harmonize the world’s movements. These members were referred to as “merchants of light.”
Scholar Frances A. Yates showed the world that the Rosicrucian enthusiasm was entangled with political hopes for the Elector Palatine … then he died. Several years later, a Catholic named Archduke Ferdinand of Styria took reign regardless – there were still many Bohemian reformers led by Jan Hus 100 years before Luther. This is important to know because Bohemians were deeply protestant, and Protestantism is derived from magical thinking despite the Christian fundamentalist truther type’s stance on magic and occultism being a satanic conspiracy. In keeping with their fundamentalist ideologue would mean denouncing its own Christian foundation.
While it’s true that global wealth and power reside in the hands of comparatively few people, from all evidence, this exclusive club consists of their customary mix of those who have inherited their position and those crafty and wilful enough to have fought their way to the top. Personal contacts form a crucial part of this network, but there is no reason to believe that admission to any mystical order confers these benefits to anyone. A clear villain or a clear secret cult group on top is difficult to pinpoint. However, these exclusive groups are still part of these secret fraternities; after that, it’s far removed from their enlightenment days but evolved into something else. To something more technocratic, to something where the light has been reforged into worshipping something adversarial to humankind, such as worshipping God’s fallen angels (Watchers).
While we cannot pinpoint the main fallen deity of worship or even the secret cult group that worships it – on the mission for the destruction of the world through accelerationism and narcissism, in conjunction with civilisation’s natural cyclical rise and fall of civilisation, however, we can follow the symbols and the ritual and the magic. The recent cosmological event in U.S., the solar Eclipse (on 8th April 2024) is the symbolic marriage of Sol and Luna, and according to the Fama Fraternitatis, we are to look for a divine light in the Sky. So, this Eclipse on the 8th is also followed by the light in the Sky in the form of a Comet named Mother of Dragons, aka Devil’s Comet. Another divine light in the Sky to look out for are these electrical plasma phenomena called blue jets. Truer to its name the light in the Sky is called Aurora – on the same month in Australia a light in the sky appear with its own Aurora.
The colour of Space goes Down Under
This symbolic dictum that looking upon the sky for signs alongside worshipping stars, planets and the zodiac is part of the initiatory process and star magic. They have been upholding the same mission since they uncovered Rosenkreutz’s vaults, but their scope has changed. Their mission for the light became adoration for demons, and the groups became more exclusive, but the symbols they used stayed the same. Luciferianism is really a worship of Mithraism. In our contemporary times, we can connect the dots by beginning with the ascent of godhood in the new-atheist movement, which imparts a technocratic and transhumanist worldview, salvation through technology. It’s also about escaping the bonds of time, and Mithras rising above the zodiac represents this escape.
Besides a protestant movement with alchemical beliefs, there is a Christian religion that has evolved into extreme denominations promoting neo-conservatism. This movement supports war for empire and demoralizes its Christian followers with backward ideals of socialism and corporate control of medicine, as well as war efforts related to the war in heaven. All of this is done under the guise of Christianity, but it represents something else entirely.
Mithraism and psychedelics go hand in hand, especially about the process of initiation and the inner planes in the Mithraic liturgy describes a beam of light lifting you into a disk-like ship, an occurrence of a UFO encounter 2000 years ago stemming from taking psychedelics. Mithraism religion stems from Watcher Adoration. While you can make a theoretical claim that Lucifer is Mithras, and Mithras is Perseus, it’s undone given the demi-god aspect of Perseus, a father to Zeus or Zoroaster/Yahweh. Watchers are fallen angels, as mentioned in the book of Enoch, who have no genetic links to the creator God.
This is why it’s challenging to pinpoint there must be a sense of responsibility or restraint when attempting to consolidate occult ideas and themes to fit one synchro-mystic thought. You end up mirroring the qualities of fundamentalism. However, there is merit, of course, given the evidence of symbols that all these cult groups, with their varying occult deities and themes, impart a monotheistic framework not for worshipping gods but for these fallen angels.
Regarding the ray of light, UFO encounters have the same meta approach as plasma physics. According to plasma physics, they are electric magnetic energy that is reaching or manifesting in the sky. The eye in the middle of the triangle is Sol, which is also a circle with a dot in the middle as the eye. In ancient times, it was placed inside a pyramid and rested upon an unfinished pyramid. Before that, it was commonly seen as a wheel. The unfinished pyramid is about a black mountain (Rupes Nigra) found at the magnetic centre of the North Pole – it’s an archetypal legend known by many as a mountain of the gods from Olympus, Meru, to cyanide. Theoretical claims it’s a plasma mountain that injects plasmic light into the sky during a magnetic upheaval. The beam magnetises the surrounding volcano, creating a magnetic shield bubble. The plasma that doesn’t escape the magnetic field of the mountain confirms the invisible magnetic force surrounding it; the symbol parallels Aries or the fire of the hermetic hieroglyph while the mountain burns’ a sort of different fire in plasma.
A theoretical claim imparts that magnetic particles will overflow and encompass the world where they need to be released, like a champagne bottle and its corkscrew. This pressure blew holes in the centre of the sky dome – to which, if you look up from the mountain, you see a concentric circle mimicking an eye and its concentric pupils. Upon outside the dome, I suspect your notion of (a)either being filled with electrical, magnetic flowing plasma or ionised hydrogen, which is magenta in colour (the colour of space).
Nasa is part of the secret priesthood of organisations that deeply uphold an alchemical protestant vision of Bruno/Copernican worldview, a view that’s in decline. Christian flat-earthers, especially those that lean conservative or protestant, really like throwing fire at the Catholic Church for heralding a Jesuit conspiracy for a heliocentric view. When it was a protestant alchemical venture, to begin with, the Church opposed the cosmology but had to go along with it due to an angry rising populace. NASA’s objective is to test the army’s missile projects, and considering we are hermetically sealed off – they also magically entrap us in a false simulation view of the world and ourselves. Nasa will fire three rockets at the Solar Eclipse; the mission is called APEP, and these rockets are about R. C. and the three men who created the Brotherhood. The three rockets will transport R. C. to the alchemical wedding of Sol and Luna – upon which he will enter the vortex of marriage, upon which he will further travel through several portals.
Okay, so the eclipse happened; this is the symbolic “wedding”, the alchemical wedding of Sol and Luna and in the “Hermetic Romance”, an alchemical allegory in which R. C. is invited to the royal wedding that will take place over six days [it may be an allegory as well as a Masonic initiation process], but on the first-day swoons away and dreams that are fettered in a pit of darkness and despair. [This is maybe a reference to Mercury Retrograde, an astrological marker for self-reflection and doubt]. A ray of light comes and draws him up, and he can dress for the wedding. On the second day, he travels through a forest, and a tablet is fastened to a tall cedar, signed with the planet Mercury, the symbol of Magnum Opus. The tablet warns him of four roads to the palace, one of which is the Royal Road. He chooses the right one and passes through several portals (using a gold piece and salt) to find himself in an assembly of philosophers. On the third day, he is weighed in a Great Balance, passes the test, and is invested in the Order of the Golden Fleece. – The philosopher Stone, Peter Marshall
He is then shown the wonders of the castle, the Great Phoenix, the Holy Sepulchre, the Globes of the Earth and the Planets. On the fourth day, he is presented to the king and queen, drinks a draught of silence from crystal glass, and witnesses a drama in which a black man kills the royal couple and places them in coffins. On the fifth day, Rosenkreuts sets off for the seven-storeyed Tower of the Gods and, on the sixth day, begins to ascend it with other ‘Artists’ with the help of a ladder. On the third floor, they come across a globe containing a snow-white egg from which hatches the phoenix, the emblem of transformation. On the sixth floor, its breast is opened, and its blood is collected in a chalice. While some artists continue to transmute base metals into gold, Rosenkreutz and a few others are taken to the seventh chamber, where they use the pure blood of the phoenix to bring the king and queen back to life, thereby completing the Magnum Opus. Victorious, the artist returns over the sea to celebrate the real wedding of the king and queen, who are invested as Knights of the Golden and Rosy Cross. – The philosopher Stone, Peter Marshall., It’s worth noting that this alchemical allegory was written by a Lutheran pastor, Johann Valentin Andreae
We spoke earlier about the adumbrations of groups that follow the same kind of alchemical thinking as the Rose and the Cross. Like Freemasonry, Illuminati and the Royal Society were efforts to redeem science for the spirit. Rosicrucian threads wrap themselves around many esoteric groups that arose later. For example, the ten degrees of the Golden Dawn initiation originates with the eighteenth-century Prussian order known as the Gold- und Rosenkreuz. Nor is this surprising: the Golden Dawn was founded by members of a group of high-degree Freemasons who called themselves the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (Rosicrucian Society in England). Freemasons had more links to the Templars than Rosicrucians, and they were institutions rather than a set of spiritual ideas spread out through secret cult groups. Rosicrucianism embodies spiritual ideals wrapped in the framework of protestant Christianity.
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