24-02-2010, 05:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-02-2010, 07:47 PM by David Guyatt.)
I have just received Farrell's book The Philosophers Stone and look forward to reading it.
I am already intrigued because the title page contains part of the glyph of the Qabalistic Tree of Life - the lower five spheres. Within the pathways connecting these five lower Sephira of the Tree, the words "is not" and "is" have been placed, where each of the five Sephira the words "the American “Gold,” The Soviet “Mercury,” and "the Nazi Serum” are placed. The arrangement shows that none of these elements connect to each other (i.e., the American Gold "Is Not" the Soviet Mercury etc). But all three are directed to the Sephiroth Yesod with the word "Is" which contains the words "The Philosphers Stone". The words "Is Not" are repeated three times, whereas the words "Is" are repeated twice. Whether the author was cognizant, or not ( and I think not), by placing the two words "Is" together in the way he has done, he effectively has spelled out the word "Isis". Quite funny really.
On the next page is a paragraph from Manly P Hall's book The Secret Teaching of All Ages, which speaks directly to matters Qabalistic:
The Sephira Yesod is generally regarded as being (what we call today) the Unconscious, but which formally used to be known as the etheric or lower astral or psychic realm (using the definitions of Gareth Knight referenced earlier).
I completely understand that discussions of this nature may appear too obscure for some, irrelevant to some, incomprehensible to others and downright wacky and pointless to still others. Be that as it may be, Farrell is telling us that in his investigations of the Nazi SS Schwarze Sonne technological experiments, that they were, in fact, dealing with experiments that penetrated deeply into other realities.
Having said all that, the Philosophers Stone is not to be found in Yesod, as his version of the glyph / diagram of the Tree of Life seems to suggest.
But it is a starting place - a gateway, the gateway to other immaterial dimensions. Perhaps that is what his glyph / diagram is telling us.
Having also said that, I still don't think Farrel is dealing with the Philsophers Stone. Not the Philosophers Stone. Which to my understanding anyway, is a state of complete, full and unfettered consciousness, and not a technological advancement - although the latter may be possible if you have achieved the former.
But who can be said to have achieved that?
Yours obscurely,
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Edit = PS, my error. Participacion Mystique coloured my eyes.
Farrell was not referring to the lower five Sephiroth as I stated above. He was building on the Augustian "shield of faith" which involve the four lower Sephiroth of the personality. The fifth element is missing in this shield. Despite Farrell's quotation by Manly P Hall, I am not sure he even intended to reference the Qabalah, at least from what I have so far read.
Meanwhile, Manly Hall was unquestionably discussing the Qabalah; hence his reference to the "four worlds" (Atziluth (World of Emanation), B'riyah (World of Creation), Yetzirah (World of Formation), and Asiyah (World of Activity, Making or Physical Manifestation) in the carrying out of the formula as described.
Farrell seems to be focusing entirely on material alchemy and altogether missing the occult point I shouldn't wonder --- alchemical operators of the same narrow focus during the late middle ages earned the title of "puffer". But that has its place too, I think. I suspect I was secretly hoping for something more profound. Oh well, on with the read I suppose.
I am already intrigued because the title page contains part of the glyph of the Qabalistic Tree of Life - the lower five spheres. Within the pathways connecting these five lower Sephira of the Tree, the words "is not" and "is" have been placed, where each of the five Sephira the words "the American “Gold,” The Soviet “Mercury,” and "the Nazi Serum” are placed. The arrangement shows that none of these elements connect to each other (i.e., the American Gold "Is Not" the Soviet Mercury etc). But all three are directed to the Sephiroth Yesod with the word "Is" which contains the words "The Philosphers Stone". The words "Is Not" are repeated three times, whereas the words "Is" are repeated twice. Whether the author was cognizant, or not ( and I think not), by placing the two words "Is" together in the way he has done, he effectively has spelled out the word "Isis". Quite funny really.
On the next page is a paragraph from Manly P Hall's book The Secret Teaching of All Ages, which speaks directly to matters Qabalistic:
Quote: As one of the great alchemists fittingly observed, man's quest for gold is often his undoing, for he mistakes the alchemical processes, believing them to be purely material. He does not realise that the Philosophers Gold, the Philsophers Stone, and the Philosophers Medicine exist in each of the four worlds and that the consummation of the experiment cannot be realised until it is successfully carried on in four worlds simultaneously according to one formula.
The Sephira Yesod is generally regarded as being (what we call today) the Unconscious, but which formally used to be known as the etheric or lower astral or psychic realm (using the definitions of Gareth Knight referenced earlier).
I completely understand that discussions of this nature may appear too obscure for some, irrelevant to some, incomprehensible to others and downright wacky and pointless to still others. Be that as it may be, Farrell is telling us that in his investigations of the Nazi SS Schwarze Sonne technological experiments, that they were, in fact, dealing with experiments that penetrated deeply into other realities.
Having said all that, the Philosophers Stone is not to be found in Yesod, as his version of the glyph / diagram of the Tree of Life seems to suggest.
But it is a starting place - a gateway, the gateway to other immaterial dimensions. Perhaps that is what his glyph / diagram is telling us.
Having also said that, I still don't think Farrel is dealing with the Philsophers Stone. Not the Philosophers Stone. Which to my understanding anyway, is a state of complete, full and unfettered consciousness, and not a technological advancement - although the latter may be possible if you have achieved the former.
But who can be said to have achieved that?
Yours obscurely,
-------
Edit = PS, my error. Participacion Mystique coloured my eyes.
Farrell was not referring to the lower five Sephiroth as I stated above. He was building on the Augustian "shield of faith" which involve the four lower Sephiroth of the personality. The fifth element is missing in this shield. Despite Farrell's quotation by Manly P Hall, I am not sure he even intended to reference the Qabalah, at least from what I have so far read.
Meanwhile, Manly Hall was unquestionably discussing the Qabalah; hence his reference to the "four worlds" (Atziluth (World of Emanation), B'riyah (World of Creation), Yetzirah (World of Formation), and Asiyah (World of Activity, Making or Physical Manifestation) in the carrying out of the formula as described.
Farrell seems to be focusing entirely on material alchemy and altogether missing the occult point I shouldn't wonder --- alchemical operators of the same narrow focus during the late middle ages earned the title of "puffer". But that has its place too, I think. I suspect I was secretly hoping for something more profound. Oh well, on with the read I suppose.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14