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insight can be derived from study of VandenBroeck's memoir as well as the works of R.A.Schwaller de
Lubicz. The English publication of Dwellings of the Philosophers constitutes the culmination of fifteen years
of intensive effort by a host of heroic individuals, many of whom studied alchemy with Alpert Riedel at the
Paracelsus Research Society. Seemingly insurmountable legal and technical obstacles to publication have been
solved over the past decade by the dedicated members Archive Press. Both the numbered, sealed, leather-
bound edition with its marbled paper, red bookmark ribbon and gold salamander stamp limited to three
hundred copies and cloth-bound edition of almost equal quality limited to a thousand copies seem at first
glance to exemplify the highest standards of bookmaking. Exquisite typesetting along with durable sewn
signatures in both editions measure up to expectations. However the illustrations would reproduce better if
they had been printed on coated stock. Yet these reproductions are of equal if not better quality than the
original printing. The cheap bonded leather binding of the more expensive edition represents a grievous
disappointment. This kind of bonded leather made from unusable scraps gathered off the cutting room floor
and sometimes even from recycled old shoes, pulverized and mixed with glue, rapidly deteriorates due to its
high acid content. It will easily chip, scratch and loose its water repellent nature. At such a cost one might also
anticipate that the pages of the fine arts edition would have been gilded in gold. Were these pages created from
chlorine free, acid free, archival paper? We expect more from "Archive Press". The lower priced cloth edition
presents a much better buy. Online ordering and payment are available at
http://archivepress.com/publications.html.
References:
(1) VandenBroeck, Andre, AL-KEMI, A MEMOIR; HERMETIC, OCCULT, POLITICAL
AND PRIVATE ASPECTS OF R.A. SCHWALLER de LUBICZ, (1987) Inner
Traditions/Lindisfarne Press, pages 151-153
(2) VandenBroeck, Andre, AL-KEMI, pages 200-201
(3) Fulcanelli, THE DWELLINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, (1999) Archive Press,
pages 51-52
(4) VandenBroeck, Andre, AL-KEMI, page 112
(5) Fulcanelli, THE DWELLINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS, pages 88-91
The Mages Ethic
The mages ethic is a scheme of behaviour that was designed as the governing motive for a group of alchemists
that were working both in laboratory and internal alchemy. since this page is being accessed so much I
decided to add some notes in order to elaborate on the concepts which make up the ethic.
Article 1:
There is an ultimate Truth which guides and sustains
everything in the Universe.
Article 2:
To act outside of that Truth is Black Magick (counter productive).
The basis for these two arguments are very important and are defined in more detail in my notes on the Great
Work.
Article 3:
In order to practice White Magick one must seek the Truth in order to
know the Truth.
You can't practice white magick by accident or naturally. In order to be as sure as you can be that you are not
violating natural law, and thereby offending divine will, one must deliberately seek knowledge of natural law
and come to understand the machinery of the universe. This process comes under the heading of the Greek
Mysterie's acclamation of "Gnothe Seuton" (Know Thyself)
Article 4:
Our only access to the Truth is through our Higher Genius.
We cannot be sure that what we believe is the truth for us is in fact accurate until we attain conscious
awareness of the totality of our being. This can only be attained through the deliberate unification of the lower
personality with the higher self. The higher self is defined as a view of the entire being.
Article 5:
The First goal of all White Magick is to learn how to access ones Higher Genius,
and thereby to discover the Truth expressed through it.
This is the proper Work for an Apprentice Mage.
The first step in attaining conscious awareness of the totality of ourselves is to research and practice
techniques that have been used in the past, by successful mages, to attain that condition of awareness. This
process of research, and being tutored in traditional occult techniques and philosophies, we have referred to as
apprenticeship. Success in this first process relies a lot on attitude, and has a good deal to do with ones gender.
Article 6:
The Second Goal of all White Magick is to put into practice the knowledge
gained during Apprenticeship in order to experience this Truth.
This is the proper work of the Adept Mage.
Once familiarity with these traditional approaches to total awareness is gained, and some practical skill
acquired, the next step is to choose and persist at one path until it bears fruit. We have referred to this as the
work of the adept, because persistence in one path provides the practitioner with skill, which is the definition
of adeptship.
Article 7:
The Third Goal of all White Magick is to act in accordance with the Truth.
This is the proper Work of the Master Mage.
At some point the adept's skill will become so refined that he will indeed attain to mastery of the path he has
chosen, and total awareness will be achieved. Once such a psychological condition is met, the adept, now in
position of all of the pieces of the puzzle, understanding the mystery of being, is in a position to know what is
truly the best thing for him to do with his life. The real journey begins here. Knowing what to do allows him
to act with the maximum productiveness, economy and happiness.
Article 8:
Any interference by one individual in another's, or by one's self in ones own,
ability to conform to the Path described in articles 5,6 and 7 is Black Magick.
The venture of seeking an understanding of the totality of ones being is the hardest task to undertake. Success
can only be attained through one mindedness, persistence, honesty with self and uprightness of actions,
particularly where others are concerned. For the individual who has promised himself, therefore, to succeed at
all costs, anything which interferes in that goal must necessarily be an evil for him.
Alchemical Lexicon
Alchemical Substances
A
Aes cyprium. Cyprian brass or copper.
Acetate A crystaline (or liquid) oily substance extracted from metals by means of acetic acid menstrum.
Aqua tofani. Arsenious oxide. Extremely poisonous. Used by Paracelsus.
Antimony. From latin 'antimonium' used by Constantinius Africanus (c. 1050) to refer to Stibnite.
Archaeus The secret inner matter of a substance.
B
Black Lion The caput mortum or black salt which cannot be purified.
Blue vitriol or bluestone. Cupric sulphate.
Brimstone (from German Brennstein 'burning stone'). Sulphur.
Butter of Antimony. White crystalline antimony trichloride. Made by Basil Valentine by
distilling roasted stibnite with corrosive sublimate. Glauber later prepared it by dissolving stibnite in hot
concentrated hydrochloric acid and distilling.
Butter of tin. Hydrated stannic chloride.
C
Cadmia, which was also called Tuttia or Tutty, was probably zinc carbonate.
Calamine. Zinc carbonate.
Calomel. Mercurous chloride. Purgative, made by subliming a mixture of mercuric chloride and
metallic mercury, triturated in a mortar. This was heated in a iron pot and the crust of calomel formed on the
lid was ground to powder and boiled with water to remove the very poisonous mercuric chloride.
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