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   Sirius Black to All   
   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?   
      
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