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The Twelve Gates
Here's the dealio, my friend and I are getting into real depth of this whole Alchemy thing, thanks to Fullmetal Alchemist. My friend found out that the words written in the transmutation circle Ed and Al use to bring back their mother are actual words written by a REAL Alchemist named Sir George Ripley. He writes his equations like a poem and it's very fascinating. It is said he has transmuted stuff into alchemic gold and is believed to have actually possessed the REAL real Philosphers Stone. Tight huh?

So, after my friend gave me the last part of Sir George's book "The Twelve Gates" I have decided to show it to all my alchemy buddies here on Gaia. If you want to find more alchemy texts go here: http://www.levity.com/alchemy/texts.html

Ladies and gentlemen, "The Twelve Gates"






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The Witch of Many Colours
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commentCommented on: Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 04:17pm
Sorry for sounding so smart here, but this is physical alchemy, not psycological alchemy, right? 'Cause in psycological alchemy the concept of "The Philosopher's Stone" is a vision of the perfected self. You can also think of it like "turning our bodies (lead) into gold." Not literally. It's like Buddhism; alchemy is just a path to enlightenment. Only psycological alchemy is really scary; you basically have to commit psycological suicide... And where'd you get the book???


commentCommented on: Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 04:46pm
I found it online. Along with about a hundred more texts from the 16th to the 18th Century. I'll try and see if it's physical or psychological alchemy.



TeenyTinyTentacles
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The Witch of Many Colours
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commentCommented on: Thu Jul 14, 2005 @ 08:57pm
I'm pretty sure it's physical.


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