Fire isn't always an element of destruction. Classical alchemical doctrine teaches that it also has dominion over another province: change.
Jim ButcherMots clés change fire alchemy dresden-files
It is possible to induce incorrect notions of cause and effect in most people in just a few minutes. All that is necessary is to expose them to rewards which they believe they are generating based on their actions when in fact the rewards are randomly awarded. People will latch onto any seeming success and repeat it, even when they have to explain repeated failures as well. It appears practically impossible, or at least very rare, for humans not to be influenced by immediate experiences of concrete results. This is true even if the experiences turn out to have limited theoretical validity. The moment of surprise is not when people repeat alchemical failures but when they begin to do something else.
Naomi JanowitzMots clés religion magic prayer superstition ritual magical-thinking alchemy
As though eavesdropping, the whistling wind refuses to speak above a whisper. The winding road is cut into the side of the mountain in such a way that it seems they are not making any progress; the walk down will require endurance. She looks up at the cluster of clouds which have been pencilled in neatly against the sky, and hopes it doesn’t rain. It occurs rapidly, a geisha brusquely folding shut her fan; the sun sets, and brilliant darkness replaces light.
Curtis AckieMots clés dreams magic-realism surrealism alchemy
...Moonlight possesses no alchemy to transmute good motives to base, but it does excite love magic...
John GeddesMots clés love magic moonlight alchemy
Perception is the illusion that gives all matter mass," The Flight of the Eagle A.K. Luthienne
A.K. LuthienneMots clés science metaphysics alchemy alchemy-of-the-word
Destruction perfects that which is good; for the good cannot appear on account of that which conceals it. The good is least good whilst it is thus concealed. The concealment must be removed so that the good may be able freely to appear in its own brightness. For example, the mountain, the sand, the earth, or the stone in which a metal has grown is such a concealment. Each one of the visible metals is a concealment of the other six metals.
Paracelsus Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von HohenheimMots clés hermetic doctor alchemy metal occultism transmutation
Mephistopheles' contentious, often ambiguous relationship to Faustus is a reference to tantra just as it is to alchemy. It resembles the shifting tactics of a guru who varies his approach to his pupil in order to dissolve his resistances and prepare him for wider states of consciousness. Both Faustus and the tantric aspirant stimulate and indulge their senses under the guidance of their teachers who encourage them to have sexual encounters with women in their dreams. Both work with magical diagrams or yantras, exhibit extraordinary will, "fly" on visionary journeys, acquire powers of teleportation, invisibility, prophecy, and healing, and have ritual intercourse with women whom they visualize as goddesses. The tantrist [sic] is said to become omniscient as a result of his sacred "marriage," and Faustus produces an omniscient child in his union with the visualized Helen, or Sophia.
Ramona FradonMots clés faust magick guru alchemy tantra 2007 gnosticism faustian-legend
They who search after the Philosopher's Stone [are] by their own rules obliged to a strict and religious life.
Isaac NewtonMots clés philosophy religion alchemy
What’s the world’s greatest lie?” the boy asked. “It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.
Paulo CoelhoMots clés alchemy
With or without our knowledge, we are all alchemists.
Eric Micha'el LeventhalMots clés magic intention self-awareness self-knowledge awareness transformation enlightenment know-thyself self-transformation alchemy
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