Magnum Opus Alchemy Pdf
Magnum opus alchemy pdf Continue Paul Kyritsis - Sunday, October 09, 2011 To understand the motivation of alchemy we must go back to the second century ce, a time when pseudepigraphic writings aimed at nurturing the philosophical and theosophical coherence of the world were ripe. Most of these syncretized Gnostic, stoic, platonic and aristotle elements were attributed to historically unverifiable figures such as the three times greatest Hermes Trismegistus and Moses; deities such as Isis, Gore and Agatodaimon; and legendary figures such as Opanes, Pammen and Cleopatra. The most important for our study is the introductory text of Corpus Hermeticum, a treatise called Poimandres. In it, the anonymous author reveals the belief that the essence of microcosm and macrocosm, man and space as a whole, is understood only through revelation or mystical understanding. This Gnostic system of thought attributes the creation of the universe to the interaction of two principles; pure spirit, otherwise known as God, and matter. The first is fiery and active, the second reflective and passive. According to the narration of the frame, the process of formation was mediated by two sentient beings, which differed from the virgin spiritual-noetic substance. First, it was the demiurgic spirit or nous that continued to order a fixed sphere of stars, seven planetary spheres with their respective daemones and the sublunary kingdom. This was followed by a disembodied proto-man, who repeated the entire order on a much smaller scale. The obvious still must be a welcome departure from the usual performances of creations such as those we could read in biblical Genesis or the Sumerian account of Ulligara and Salgarra.
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