Anatomy of an Alchemical Machine

29. The Philosophers Stone

Of the Philosophers’ Stone, Basilus Valentinus claimed that he could look at it in the palm of his hand, while Heinrich Khunrath said that if someone had not originally called it a “stone” it would not have occurred to anyone to call it a stone. Some have said that the Philosophers’ Stone is the “sacrifice” par excellence with which to call the divinities, others that it represents the “help” that humans can give to the Olympians to free themselves from the threat of the primordial Titans. Supreme link in the chain, or bridge between heaven, sky and earth.

If only I could have a vague idea.

The supreme medicine or the entrance to the private channel?

30. The Alchemists’ Little Genesis

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31. Transmutations of Metals

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32. Alchemy & Electricity

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33. Short Art, Ars Brevis

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