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Alchemy Rising: The Green Book
by Heliophilus
Alchemy Rising: The Green Book is concerned with plant alchemy, how to practically confect spagyrical tinctures, elixirs, the true primum ens, plant magisteries, and the quintessence. Also covered are the plant stone of Hollandus, the plant Phoenix, the quintessence of blood, and the homunculus: a complete program of practical works from the occult laboratory of a modern day spagyricist.
The processes Heliophilus discloses follow the works of the alchemical tradition and those of Paracelsus in particular, from whose extensive writings he has extracted the virtue and adumbrated it with his own working notes and photographic documentation.
Recipes and methods of working are given and compared with those of Jean Dubuis, Mary Anne Atwood, Frater Albertus, Joseph Lisiewski, Van Helmont, Crollius, John French, Hollandus, Sibly, and others to indicate a path for the seeker to pursue in their own practic.
The inclusion of copious sympathetic cures (including the rare weapon salve), in addition to the elixirs, tinctures, and essences make this volume a veritable treasure, showing both the philosophical theories and folk magic influences that informed Heliophilus's guide Paracelsus.
The final part of the book consists of a carefully selected herbarium, along with guidance on the gathering and uses of plants as healing remedies for body and soul.
The Green Book is a work that will potentize the philtres of the herbalist or witch and will give depth to the practice of the magic of the grimoires. It will guide the student in the art of distillation, how to separate the pure from the impure, and instruct them in the foundational laboratory experience that will allow the unlocking of the higher kingdoms.
Heliophilus has chosen to remain anonymous, partly for it is his tradition, partly for truth’s sake, and partly because he believes alchemy is an art where the personality would only hinder its sacred teachings. After all: you are the matter, you are the vessel, you are the thing to be transmuted. He lives with his dog, Mr. Raffles, in South Shropshire where the plants are still pure and in abundance.
Scarlet Imprint
paperback
English
January 1, 2018
208 pages
7.5 x 0.625 x 9.75