This is what to wear to avoid becoming a false prophet. Beginners in the process of working with their vehicles are fought with difficulties. They are afraid to make choices. There exists help. Many have made the trip to the mountains. In this article we learn about one of alchemical processes used to aid the mind. Calcination - This is the process where gases trapped in solids can be removed. Sphere of Sun to Sphere of Uranus. In alchemy the Philosopher’s Stone lies near the Solar Sphere. The process is known as the purgation of the Stone by gentle heating. This allows for the expulsion of trapped volatile matter inside the Stone. These volatiles are complexes of quickness to anger. Changeable emotions. Personal bias, erroneous opinion. The more resilient complexes to heat are reflective. These complexes have positive aids to help rather than hinder. They tend to be unwavering. Aries, is a fire sign, Mars is ruler and Sun is exalted by the alchemical process of calcination. The element worked with is Tejas (Agni). The word Agni in the west is called fire. The energy currents operated on are the solar plexus. This is the Sun center, and the left heart ganglion region (facing the reader's backside). Psychologically Calcination is the process that drives out from consciousness the volatile or changeable elements of emotion. This includes personal bias, erroneous opinion, temperamental judgements. In order to achieve this sublimation gentle heat is required. Mars is represented by key 16. This is the source of the heating. The Tower is the body. The image of the lightning is the ignition source. Notice this lightning is from above. The region of your cerebrum with respect to the nerves along the spinal column. The darkening clouds indicate the volatile thoughts. The burning of oil. Anger is shown in paintings by storm clouds. The solid objects following are the nonvolatiles returning to the flask. These represent the purer conscious (Man) and subconscious (Woman). The operator must be careful with using the Mars-force. These passages warn against wanton application of Mars in Calcination: Job (6:6), Ezekiel (13:10-16), Ezekiel (22:28). These passages talks of an untempered mortar. The passage in Job warns the reader of the unsavory taste as the implied root to the meaning of untempered. This is why the words in the passage complain of a lack of taste in the food items listed. To understand Job requires not a literal word by word translation. This makes readers lost in acquiring knowledge. The Hebrew word for the untempered mortar is "tawfale". This unsavory taste signifies a slimy condition. Which of course makes your thoughts not suitable building materials to construct an edifice. The sliminess is of course vanity and wastes your energy. preventing you to create with your mind. The masons use a special lambskin apron to protect the wearer of the possibility of seeing vanity. This refers to unsavory, slimy, and viscous in nature. This means an unwanted side effect of Mars is the production of speaking lies and seeking vanity. The Mars-Force is a helpful tool when used properly. The ablative property can produce bodily and mental purity. To see vanity is to see falsehoods. People become trapped by their misconceptions, and prejudices. The purpose of Calcination is the purgation of the sub-conscious. This produces a new consciousness which is free from error. This can be used to build stable structures. The heating process allows self-consciousness and sub-consciousness to both be purified. Further the heat allows the pure components to fuse. This solid mixture is allowed to act freely without any form due to a fixation. The source of the Life-power can flow freely without any restrictions to hamper the path. The benefits from Calcination is stability in thought development. The consciousness of the Adept is free from Fixations. The red hot iron produced from Mars is sufficient to melt the Stone like wax. This heat is the result of Mars acting upon the Stone. Hence the path is between the spheres of Mars and Sun. The wax analogy provided by the author of Sophie Hydrolith further emphasizes the fusibility aspect of the process. Physiologically speaking this allows the cardiac nerves to work on the epigastric nerves removing conflicting and unnecessary structures. There is less desire to become angry. The hat holds the sign of Aries. This shows the requirement of the cerebrum is necessary in the thought processes. The red color of the card indicates Martian control and hence cardiac nerves are involved in the purification. The emperor sits upon the cubic Stone indicates that this key involves the heart and stomach nerves that must be ruled by the cerebrum. This means the nerves from all three systems must work in conjunction together (identical space, identical time). The head and shoulders represent 3. The legs represent 4. The addition gives the 7 nerve centers along the spine. The 3 is above the 4. This is the reversed pattern in the Hanged man key 12, which involves a type of meditation called Samadhi. A state of meditative consciousness by suspending the lower thoughts. The water behind the Emperor comes from the Empress. This is the source of creation. Your ability to organize created thoughts so they can be retrieved immediately. So they can be used by the Empress to create new thoughts resides in the power of the Emperor. This is your logic strength. All is lost to those that feel they cannot build with their minds. Alchemy shows that our minds have many capabilities that can be accessed using pictures. This was alluded to by Giordano Bruno in his works. One such work was the Thirty Seals. Take note of the scenery in this key. The Empress key 3 shows quite clearly the origins of thoughts by the stream of water and the change in dimensions expressed by the waterfall. If you place the Emperor key 4, on the right side you will come to understand that the same water in the Empress key 3 flows behind the Emperor. If you take the time to be aware of how your mind works you will notice the creative properties and the organizational properties are handled differently. Readers should pause for a moment to observe this before going on. The mountain in the background of the Emperor means the higher faculties where meditation occurs is also the same place where organization occurs. By taking slow deep breaths allows the higher mind to do its work and quiets the lower minds to assist the logic processes of the higher mind. This mountain shows there is more to the cerebrum. In esoteric texts that organ is pictured as mount for the divine spirit to ride.
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