Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revision Previous revision | Next revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
lectures_on_alchemy [2007-10-26 09:09] – 192.168.1.44 | lectures_on_alchemy [2007-10-26 09:09] – 192.168.1.44 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
====Lectures on Alchemy==== | ====Lectures on Alchemy==== | ||
by [[Terence McKenna]] as transcribed by David Ulansey | by [[Terence McKenna]] as transcribed by David Ulansey | ||
+ | |||
Line 89: | Line 90: | ||
I'll show you some books and this is by no means exhaustive. The literature on hermeticism and alchemy is vast and I could have brought 5 or 6 boxes of this size from my own library. This a smattering. It doesn' | I'll show you some books and this is by no means exhaustive. The literature on hermeticism and alchemy is vast and I could have brought 5 or 6 boxes of this size from my own library. This a smattering. It doesn' | ||
- | |||
- | |||
A number of compendiums of alchemical texts have been published over the centuries and if you wish to study alchemy you have to obtain these. If you're fortunate enough to read French you should read Vespugiare and Berthelo. They collected alchemical texts into encyclopedic-sized volumes but unfortunately these have never really come into English. One that did come into English is the Museum Hermeticum Amplificarum et Theatrum, I think, which A.E. Waite, who some of you may know for his role in the Golden Dawn, collected. There are about 40 alchemical texts and all the greats are in here: Lull, Vilanova, Michael Maier, Basil Valentine, Kramer, Edward Kelly and so on and so forth. | A number of compendiums of alchemical texts have been published over the centuries and if you wish to study alchemy you have to obtain these. If you're fortunate enough to read French you should read Vespugiare and Berthelo. They collected alchemical texts into encyclopedic-sized volumes but unfortunately these have never really come into English. One that did come into English is the Museum Hermeticum Amplificarum et Theatrum, I think, which A.E. Waite, who some of you may know for his role in the Golden Dawn, collected. There are about 40 alchemical texts and all the greats are in here: Lull, Vilanova, Michael Maier, Basil Valentine, Kramer, Edward Kelly and so on and so forth. | ||
- | |||
==== part 2 ==== | ==== part 2 ==== | ||