In amongst them are also tightly drawn reference works on the components of music and grammar which also I find the editorial approach remarkable - neither New Age flummery nor the arrogance of the radical positivist. These offer guides to scientific, natural and magical subjects in a broadly evidenced way that takes even arcane subjects on their own terms. This is one of an extensive series of small, cheap and generally information packed pocket books produced in the West Country by Wooden Books. Recommended for readers who are dreamers, like me.more But I'm still willing to dream and explore and entertain the idea that the magical might be concretely possible. I'm still not one hundred percent convinced that alchemy isn't anything other than a misunderstood metaphor for purely spiritual practices. But then I wonder why so many people have been obsessed with these practices for so long if there's nothing to them? Oh right, probably because of the creating gold from dross part of it. This is what we call the Great Work." pg 38 From this privileged position, he has access to realities which are normally concealed from us by time and space, matter and energy. This force-field acts upon the observer and puts him in a privileged position in relation to the universe. "There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to create what modern science calls a force-field. Who knew Raphael was an alchemist? I didn't. The most fascinating part to me was the author's description of colors, planetary correspondences, and their purposeful arrangement in famous works of art like Raphael's "The Crucifixion". It is clear, concise, and it makes me crazy that I still don't get most of it. Ogilvy uses each section, which consists of one page, to completely explain a concept and then, on the opposite page, provides alchemical artwork to illustrate the concept. The search for the Philosopher's Stone seems to entail something of both the physical and the mystical, a curious mixture of both. "The story of alchemy, at least in the West, is, in a nutshell, the story of gold and our relationship with it." pg 2 I still don't completely get it, but for the first time I was able to follow the general idea of it from beginning to end rather becoming completely lost and giving up in the middle. "The story of alch The Alchemist's Kitchen is an examination of alchemy - what it is, what symbols it uses and includes a cookbook of various recipes to use and practice the art on your own.įor as confusing a topic as alchemy is for me, Guy Ogilvy has put together the most succinct explanation of it I have ever read. For as confusing a topic as alchemy is for me, Guy Ogilvy has put together the most succinct explanation of it I have ever read. The Alchemist's Kitchen is an examination of alchemy - what it is, what symbols it uses and includes a cookbook of various recipes to use and practice the art on your own. Packed with recipes for herbal elixirs, soothing balms, heady scents, rich pigments, and potent solvents, The Alchemist’s Kitchen will appeal to anyone fascinated by the past and the occult world.įrom the legendary Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus and Paracelsus’s spagyric medicine, to the ancient science of the four elements and the symbolic associations of mediaeval pigment recipes, this book-illustrated with old engravings and original art-takes you inside mediaeval laboratories and kitchens to explore the sacred secrets of matter. From the legendary Emerald Tablet of Herm From the revelation of fire to mediaeval quests for the legendary Philosopher’s Stone, the alchemical path has attracted many great minds. Packed with recipes for herbal elixirs, soothing balms, heady scents, rich pigments, and potent solvents, The Alchemist’s Kitchen will appeal to anyone fascinated by the past and the occult world. From the revelation of fire to mediaeval quests for the legendary Philosopher’s Stone, the alchemical path has attracted many great minds.
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