...The philosophy of alchemy is concerned with the mystery of materia prima,
or the first matter of life...
...This first matter is the 'Chaos' of the Orphics --space itself-- within which takes place
the mystery of creation...
...Space is the infinite potential, and its social equivalent is the human collective...
...Human society is then the base metal to be transmuted...
...The great Masters of alchemy declared that the seeds of gold are present
in all natural substances...
...Augmentation is the releasing of the universal energy in these seeds -- not the creation of gold,
but the growth of this precious metal...
...Growth is hastened by art...
...The tree of the philosophers bearing its twelve kinds of fruit,
is the 'soul tree' of Jakob Boehme...
...This German mystic wrote that the seed of God is planted in the human heart...
...Nourished by holy aspiration, prayer, meditation, and the contemplation of the mysteries of the
spirit, this seed grows miraculously, and its fruit feeds those
who hunger and thirst after righteousness...
Excerpted from:
"ORDERS OF THE GREAT WORK: ALCHEMY"
© The Philosophical Research Society
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