Publisher Marketing: The Emerald
Tablet -- an ancient document that contains the essence of the
alchemical teachings -- has had an important influence on many
Western spiritual and religious traditions. Ostensibly concerned
with turning base metals into gold, alchemy was in fact dedicated to
transforming the lead of self into the gold of spirit. This
brilliant history of alchemy traces its sources back to ancient
Egypt, and presents alchemy as a useful, practical system of
self-transformation. Each of the seven steps of alchemical
transformation is explained, with hands-on techniques and exercises,
treating alchemy as a living discipline for achieving a spiritual
awakening.
The Emerald Tablet— an ancient document that
contains the essence of the alchemical teachings— has had an
important influence on many Western spiritual and religious
traditions. Ostensibly concerned with turning base metals into gold,
alchemy was in fact dedicated to transforming the lead of self into
the gold of spirit. This brilliant history of alchemy traces its
sources back to ancient Egypt, and presents alchemy as a useful,
practical system of self-transformation. Each of the seven steps of
alchemical transformation is explained, with hands-on techniques and
exercises, treating alchemy as a living discipline for achieving a
spiritual awakening.
22/1999 pg.
83 (ISBN 0140195718, Trade Paper)
Contributor Bio: Dennis
William Hauck:
Hauck is a practicing alchemist and translator
of old alchemy manuscripts. A professional member of the Association
for Transpersonal Psychology and The Institute for Noetic Sciences.
Photographic images appear courtesy of
stanrandom, billingham,
ordeman, elsie, bitterjug, and scottfeldstein used under Creative Commons license.
