I can Build the Philosopher's Stone and So Can You! I'm an Alchemist, AMA

I don't know if you have ever read the gospel of thomas, OP.

I wanted to share it: [link to gnosis.org]

Yes I am familiar with the gnostic gospels and many other gnostic works. All are incredibly illuminating. If you think that's interested I highly recommend the Apocryphon of John. It's symbolically similar to the Sumerian, Greek, and Norse mythological creation stories as well I'm certain. It really makes Genesis make a lot more sense, but it is sure to offend some readers, but that's because many people cannot question that which they have been told is truth. Everyone should read it with healthy skepticism at the least.

Still working on reading the List is Sophia though. It's long and I haven't made time to dive all the way through it.

The Fourth step is very important. Conjunction (Venus, Copper, Earth) is a point we come to which many call gnosis, or nirvana or some type of enlightenment. This isn't the big picture enlightenment mind you, this is what many call the "false, psuedo, or mini" enlightenment. This is where one has learned the nature of all 4 elements, has a strong sense of balance and is ready to attempt the Greater Mysteries. Many people unknowingly stop here and chase things for a while and fall down and rework through the earlier processes.

This is a very salient point. Personally, I have come to the edge at least once but can't quite make the leap. With a family, job, and various people depending on me, I keep getting thrust back into "reality".

I walk the line...

Peace

OP, thank you for this thread. I think it is what I have been looking for.
"As above, so below"....I do not understand what that means. What does it mean to you?

rev 2 :17

"Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

I will give the victor some of the hidden manna.

I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

"That which is above is from that which is below, and that which is below is from that which is above, working the miracles of one." -Emerald Tablet

This means we need to understand duality a little better. Literally it's saying the order in which heaven works is reflected on earth, and the order in which earth works is reflected in heaven, So they're reflections of each other, but ultimately the same thing. Fire and Water are two opposing elements, yet they came from the same source. This is why people say you can't have good without evil or vice versa. We need one to reference the other, to distinguish and recognize.

But when we fully realize this idea we are creating a balance, or center point to work with. This is moving from Dissolution to Separation in the explanation for the 7 Alchemical processes.

The point of "As Above, So Below" is to recognize and transcend dualistic thinking. I am you and what I see is me, there is no "other."

1. The Principle of Mentalism.
2. The Principle of Correspondence.
3. The Principle of Vibration.
4. The Principle of Polarity.
5. The Principle of Rhythm.
6. The Principle of Cause and Effect.
7. The Principle of Gender.

These are the 7 Hermetic Doctrines. "As Above, So Below" is discussed in the Principle of Correspondence (and more in depth for Polarity, Cause and Effect, and Gender).

I would recommend reading the Kybalion to understand more.

Thank you for the leads, OP.

I'll just say I'm a non-theist who utterly rejected religious indoctrination, relying instead on my own feeling-out of the universe from point zero. I've honestly personally found more revelations in the effects of LSD temporarily removing my biases than all the books I've read.

So imagine my surprise when I start looking into these GLP occult threads and seeming the same conclusions I've reached personally about the duality of all things, shared by others from utterly different roads. How a thing is both itself and its opposite, and in reality is a third thing made of both. And how can I pray to "God" as if to another entity when I feel as if I am already a fraction thereof? It would be like talking to myself in the third person.

I feel I need to learn now, in other to protect others. I feel I need to become both my opposites so that I may become a third complete thing.

I fear my intentions are way ahead of my means, and I feel as if I've lost an arms race I never heard the starting gun for. But I fear my passion may come at the cost of benevolence, and then I've lost.

As above so below... interesting words to think on... I just always figured personally that we were neither, or rather both, somewhere in the middle.

I feel like we're all walking different paths but moving in the same direction.

You speak wise words, and you are well on your way on the path of enlightenment.

I wish I had the opportunity to take LSD. I have been waiting for psychedelics to cross my path for about a year now I am very eager, but I'm patient, just waiting for when we're ready for each other.

But yes I was raised Christian you see, but I became very dissatisfied with its exclusivity and hypocrisy. Whereas one passage says to love your neighbor but with Christianity as a whole hating muslims, gays, or non-believers, it was just too much for me, I couldn't accept that the Jesus I had grown to know and love could be capable of such deceit and illusion.

I too feel like my intentions are ahead of my means. To quote "Time" by Pink Floyd: "No one told you when to run; you missed the starting gun." I came across so much wisdom, literally thousands of years older than me, but I have the ability to understand and integrate it with everyday life and the human condition.

You say we're all walking different paths but moving in the same direction. This is true, but more of us need to rework the paths we are walking. The murderer walks a very different road than the doctor, but we're all still human here, and we have a lot to work on, yet unfortunately we're trapped in the illusion created by TPTB.

You're living from your heart and your intuition which is rare in an age of egotism, materialism, and ignorance.

We need more people like you, share your wisdom with anyone who has an ear for it. Don't waste your time on the masses that mock your plight. Continue to work on transcending duality. Be that "Third Complete Thing"

I see many of you on here longing for a way out of our dysfunctional “society.” Many of you feel like what you’ve been told isn’t exactly what it is made out to be. It might be your religion. The Gnostics warn of a force called the Demiurge, or Yaldabaoth, who created our present reality through arrogance and manipulation.

Too much of our past has been written out by the criminals of the Holy Roman Empire and Catholic Church. The Council of Nicea established what Christianity was as a religion. Christ never would have controlled his people through exoteric control.

Any of you who have cared to go into the catacombs of history, who tried to recover the lost knowledge that was destroyed in such tragedies as the Nicene Creed or the burning of the Library at Alexandria, would know that since 325 AD and most certainly earlier, a small group of people established a creed and set of rules in which they could control the masses through subservience and worship.


For any Religious fanatics who claim this is blasphemous take it up with Saint John. The Same John who wrote the Book of Revelation which you folk on GLP praise for its doom and prophesy.

Read that here [link to gnosis.org] .

Matthew 10:34 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35"For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;…

Luke 17:20-21 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

John 14:12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.

Jesus had more faith in the people than the church wants you to believe. You've bought into that you are all terrible people, born sinners, die sinners. You don't need magic words to save you, just live by the best example you can possibly conceive.


But many of you haven’t time for religion, with its dogma and general lunacy. So you look to the world and all its glamorous institutions and programs. Many of you now realize that many governments across the globe are dubious and self-serving. It’s no secret that secret societies exist and the richest, most powerful and most influential people in the world work for them and trade insider secrets. The global elite are pushing a New World Order faster and further into place right under the sheep’s noses. They’ll eradicate the population to a number they see “acceptable.” They want this planet to themselves but they’ll kill it before they can rule it. We live in a sick place, death lies around every corner. But even the elite know a workaround through death. That age old legend of the philosopher’s stone, symbolically interconnected with the myth of the Holy Grail. The Stone and the Grail are one and the same.

But the philosopher’s stone can never be used to control or destroy the world, at least no more than anyone could use it for good and creation, Because it can be made by anyone with the readiness and humbleness to accept its teachings. Build the philosopher's stone, we have had the key to unlocking our true potential as human beings as the wise old men of renown did.

Also it is best for anyone who is skeptical at this point to look at this from a scholarly, Jungian psychoanalysis perspective. The Alchemical themes and symbols have been part of every religion and every myth for all time. The path to the philosopher's stone is the journey to enlightenment, the hero's quest, meeting God. But most importantly it is a psychological process of evolution and becoming a more conscious and aware human being.

Start here

[link to gnosis.org] -The Gospel of Thomas

[link to hermetic.com] -The Emerald Tablet

[link to www.hermetics.org] The Kybalion

[link to www.sacredmysteries.com] -The Book of Aquarius

That last link is the most accurate modern interpretation of how to build the philosopher's stone. Reading those two links alone won't do all the work for you. The first link is to enlighten the ignorant masses that Jesus knew the Hermetic doctrine of "As Above So Below." Hermeticism dates back to Egypt, as does Alchemy. We don't have too much knowledge of how extensive their work was and their methods, but they were undoubtedly incredibly wise. And know also that the Alchemists weren't crazy about the riches from turning base metals into gold. The real beauty of Alchemy are the subtle spiritual changes that grow within the practitioner. The physical experiments do still work however, but they are simply physical representations of spiritual affairs. Again, As Above So Below.

Then the Emerald Tablet itself, which predates Jesus. The 7 "keys" of the sections of the text point to the 7 steps of Alchemical Transmutation. The process of turning Lead (Saturn) into Gold (Sun). This step by step process I’m laying out is very basic and summarized, this subject is one of the most sacred and mysterious studies ever attempted.

It begins with Calcination (Lead, Saturn Fire), or burning away with intense heat all that is unnecessary (ego loss).

The next step Dissolution (Tin, Jupiter, Water), which is the abyss of dark waters that washes away the waste from Calcination.

The next step, Separation (Mars, Iron, Air) is the step we take when we sort out our thoughts and mental processes from the extreme dualities we experience through Calcination and Dissolution.

The Fourth step is very important. Conjunction (Venus, Copper, Earth) is a point we come to which many call gnosis, or nirvana or some type of enlightenment. This isn't the big picture enlightenment mind you, this is what many call the "false, psuedo, or mini" enlightenment. This is where one has learned the nature of all 4 elements, has a strong sense of balance and is ready to attempt the Greater Mysteries. Many people unknowingly stop here and chase things for a while and fall down and rework through the earlier processes.

The 5th step has two parts Putrefaction and Fermentation (Mercury, Quicksilver, Mercury ("Airy" Water)) which are important for a complete disassociation from the old self. One may sink into a dark depression, or experience the Dark Night of the Soul here, but fermentation decomposes the dead and brings new life.

The next step, Distillation (Moon, Silver, Sulphur ("Airy" Fire)) is about the final purification steps. This is transmuting all the old habits still remaining of the ego and integrating them with higher purpose. Someone here knows that all is one and one is all, but doesn't quite live by that yet. The student here is incredibly bright and almost a master.

The final step Coagulation (Sun, Gold, Salt ("Airy" Earth)) is the consecration of the stone. Technically, the first arrival at this step creates the "white stone" which has the power to elongate life and can transmute base metals to silver. Some might argue this is done between steps 6 and 7. The final final process is turning the white stone into the red stone where true eternal life is achieved. Many stories of the stone or claims by people who have made it are referring to the white stone not the red. But the red is the real prize. The psychology here is that the Above and Below are both fully integrated within each other. The Macrocosm reflects the Microcosm and vice versa. I am you and what I see if me. As Within so Without. Everything under the sun is in tune, Nothing changes under the Sun. The Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao.

I can't put it in words here, it's something to be experienced, and it can be experienced by everyone no exceptions. The elite know this and don't want you to. Many great ones have silently lived in bliss throughout all of time while many of us long for such a dream, trapped in the illusion we call our reality, our day-day life, filled with anxiety and fear. We don't need to live like this anymore, the keys to the kingdom have always been in our back pocket.

I can answer many of your questions about Alchemy, Hermeticism, Astrology, Mythology, Ancient Earth History, and a great deal of occult topics. I won’t deal with slaves to thought-forms, which include: shills, religious nuts, sarcastic jokesters, people who commit logical fallacies, illiterate or ignorant individuals, or anyone who isn’t ready to take that next step. Let’s grow up human race.

And as a reward for anyone who read this far, the secret ingredient to make the Philosopher's Stone is piss. Crazy and Silly I know, but it really is piss. All the Alchemical texts say it is a gross and common thing, the ingredient to start the stone. But hey, it's the lead to gold symbolism. No one would think your piss could be transmuted to the most powerful piece of matter conceivable.

Download the PDF "Alchemy Deciphered" From this link here [link to www.alchemy.ws] This guy here has gone through all the quintessential writings on Alchemy, and has done fantastic work organizing all the reoccurring motifs and symbols. It's real folks, and only the wisest and bravest dare study it.

And for anyone who claims this still isn't enough here is a lecture by a brilliant man years and light years ahead of my time and wisdom. Terrence Mckenna on Alchemy and Hermeticism. It's a long one, but with fountains of wealth and knowledge I haven't even fully digested.

This thread has a pure and raw energy, the elite won't like it if you set out on the Search for the Philosopher's Stone.