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|    Re: Alchemical Symbology of the Names Of    |
|    23 Jun 11 15:56:40    |
      From: Emailaaronainsley@countermail.invalid              On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:25:51 -0400, VD wrote:              > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:14:32 -0700 (PDT), Wilford Dumont wrote:       >       >> Enjoy the discussion.       >       > Thanks for joining.       >       > Hermes Trismegistus is perhaps alchemy˘s most important ancient       > figure, and a patriarch of the art. He was the god of mathematics,       > writing and scholars; the reason why alchemy is now often known as       > the "Hermetic Art". Many believe he also designed the Hanging Gardens       > of Babylon, built several pyramids and even taught the great       > mathematician Pythagoras as well as Moses.       >       > Yet as busy as he was :) he did sort out the 7 elements of the       > universe. Here they are along with their HP book title equivalents.       >       > STONE - Earth (it's core material)       > CHAMBER - Air (which resides within any Chamber such as your lungs)       > AZKABAN (island in the) - Water       > FIRE ;)       > PHOENIX - Quintessence - coming together of the first four Elements       > BLOOD - Soul (Rosicrucian symbolism i.e. the blood inherent in it)       > HALLOW (Holy) - Spirit (God, The Divine One); All Hallows Eve!       >       > Coincidental? Hard to believe since both the order of the elements and       > the order of the books are in, well, /order/ ;)       >              Is there an analogy I am missing that is within The Chymical Wedding?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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