Initiation Into Hermetics
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| 5. The Fluid Condensers Any object can be influenced by any fluid, regardless of being loaded electrically, magnetically, with elements or akasa, through the aid of imagination and the will. But according to the laws of analogy and by experience, it has been found out that not each object and not each kind of liquid is suitable to retain an accumulated power for a long time or to accumulate it at all. Similar to the fact that electricity, magnetism and heat have good and bad conductors, the higher powers offer the same bipolar aspect. Good conductors own an enormous accumulative capacity because the powers concentrated in them are stored up and can be held back at will. In the hermetic science such accumulators are called “fluid condensers”. There are three principal groups of them: 1, solid fluid condensers; 2, liquid fluid condensers; 3, aeriform fluid condensers. To the principal group of solid fluid condensers belong, first of all, resins and metals. As for the metals, gold occupies the highest rank. Tiniest jots, even atomic particles of gold grants an enormous amount of condensation power to any liquid. For this reason, gold is added in smallest portions to any fluid condenser. But more about this subject will follow later on. The second group comprehends lacquers, oils, tinctures and extracts composed from resins that have been produced by certain plants. Just as gold occupies the first rank among the solid substances, being analogous to the sun, viz., corresponding to the power and the light of the sun, so among the fluid substances the human blood and seed – the sperm – play the part of gold. Sometimes they can replace the gold completely, because tiny particle of blood or sperm dropped into a liquid will grant an excellent accumulative power to it. To the third group are attributed all kinds of fumigations, flavors, smelling waters, and evaporations about which I will not talk in detail because they are less important for the magic practice. Apart from that, I will treat only of the most valuable fluid condensers that are required for the practice. Should I have to quote all these various kinds here, their production and the possibilities of using them, and all the precious and semi-precious stones too, which doubtless may be excellent condensers this brief summary alone would grow into a voluminous book. There are two kinds of fluid condenser preparations. In the first line there is the simple type made form one material or one plant being most useful for any purpose. The second kind consists of compound fluid condensers that are prepared from several materials or plants owning extremely strong accumulative properties. Since a small quantity of gold has to be added to any fluid condenser whatever, the magician’s attention was directed to gold first. He can get it as soluble gold chloride. One gram of gold chloride diluted I 20 grams of distilled water produces a wonderful gold tincture. 5-10 drops of this tincture are sufficient for 100 grams of a fluid condenser. Those people who are experienced in laboratory work can produce a gold tincture by electrolysis. Homeopathic medicines such as aurum chloratum and aurum muriaticum are gold chloride. Aurum metallicum is colloidal gold produced by electrolysis. Supposing that you have no opportunity to obtain gold tincture, you can produce it yourself in the manner of the ancient alchemists. Take a piece of the best quality gold (at least 14 carats). Prepare some distilled water equal to ten times the weight of the gold. Heat the piece of gold in an open flame until it is red hot, then throw it into the water. Take care that the tool or wire you are using to hold the gold does not touch the water. The best thing is a wire hook from which you throw the gold into the water. Take care not to be splashed by the hissing water. Now let the water and the gold cool down and repeat this procedure 7-10 times. Add more water, since some of it will boil off each time you cool the gold. Each time, tiny particles of gold – colloids – are liberated, and thus the water will become saturated with gold. The ancient alchemists called this sort of saturated water or any other herb essence, chilled with red hot gold, the “quintessence of gold in the hot way”, and they used it as an admixture to other alchemistic preparations. But we want to use it for our fluid condensers. The gold-saturated water is to be filtered and preserved. One usually pours 5-10 drops of this gold tincture into approximately 3 ounces of fluid condenser. The piece of gold used for this preparation has to be cleaned for further use. Download 0.49 Mb. Share with your friends:
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