Israel Regardie - The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.pdf

THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN SYSTEM OF MAGIC
governed by Mars. To find out just what Mars, and all other planets, govern, one could
check with such reference works as The Alchemist's Handbook, or Bill's Rulership Book,
etc. Consider just one aspect: anaemia. People with poor blood or "tired blood" take
products such as Geritol. This fine product is derived from iron, sure enough. However, it is
made from something like iron oxide, a non-organic matter. Or, we can absorb some nonorganic
material, as the built-in, inner alchemist we all have, can effect such
transmutations. In this case it is a `biological transmutation.' The tolerance here is about
3% of what the body has taken in of non-organic material. Would it not be marvelous if we
could find a substance that is non-toxic, can be absorbed 100% by the body, AND has no
side effects like some products do. Did you think of oil of iron? Correct. This substance
CAN be totally utilised by the body and NOT have side effects that are unwanted. More
germane, it overcomes the anaemic condition. The uses of minerals in Alchemy, just in the
field of medication, are endless. Basil Valentine wrote an entire book on one mineral alone,
its various uses in medicine. This book is called the Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. It is a
`recipe' book, explaining the various preparations of that metal known as antimony.
Antimony is poisonous? Yes, but when it is prepared by alchemical processes, `spagyrically,'
it is not only rendered non-toxic, but it could be a panacea.
To give the reader a flavour of this incredible book by Valentine and to perhaps "turn
them on" to Alchemy, the following is quote of a process by Valentine using antimony. This
was extracted from Triumphal Chariot of Antimony published by Dorman Newman in
1678 in England, and was translated by Dr. Theo Kirkringius:
"The dose of it before coagulation is eight grains taken in wine. It makes a man very
young again, delivers him from all melancholy and whatsoever in the body of man grows
and increaseth, as the hairs and nails fall off and the whole man is renewed as a Phoenix (if
such a feigned bird, which is only here for example's sake named by me, can anywhere be
found on this earth) is renewed by fire. And this medicine can no more be burned by the
Fire, than the feathers of that unknown salamander; for it consumes all symptoms in the
body, like consuming fire, to which it is deservedly likened; it drives away every evil and
expels all that which Aurum-Potabile is capable to expel".
Does not that description sound like something you would like to see happen? It could,
you know. Valentine reveals in his book various techniques on how to be "successful" in
alchemical work. He spoke from the viewpoint of one who KNEW, not one who guessed or
who thought it might be this way. And Valentine wasn't the only good writer of alchemical
treatises. The writings of Paracelsus, Geber, Glauber, Vaughn, Sendivogius, and Flamel
are amongst those of the older writers that are particularly noteworthy. But there are even
modern day writers such as Frater Albertus, Phillip Hurley and Archibald Cockren. In
Cockren's book, Alchemy Re-discoverd and Restored he describes various alchemists and
their writings. He was particularly impressed with Johannes Isaaci Hollander, who, he
said, wrote so clearly and plainly, his writings have been totally discounted. Ah, none are so
blind as they who will not see. Cockren also presents a diary of his own alchemical
experimentation. Hurley in his book, Herbal Alchemy, integrates magical practices with
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