Returning briefly to a recent subject, my old (1867) dictionary gives for 'vitriol'; "a solid sulphate of any *metal*. This makes it far more significant I'm...
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CG
canuck@...
Nov 16, 2000 5:26 am
Dennis, Thank You! You hit the bull's eye with your web link, and I am absotively-posolutely grateful to you for it. ... -Chris ...
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Vincent Beall
vincebeall@...
Nov 15, 2000 8:25 pm
The title of the book was "the History of Magic and the Occult". At least this is the most that I can remember. http://bn.com has a book by that title, but it...
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mikebispham@...
Nov 15, 2000 7:47 pm
Hi Mark Can't add much to your fascinating post, but you might try looking at the four bodily fluids, or HUMOURS, and the primary and secondary qualities of ...
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Vincent Beall
vincebeall@...
Nov 15, 2000 7:27 pm
Many years ago I read in "The History of Magic" that the word alchemy is rooted in the name of the first alchemist who was an ancient Egyptian woman. Her name...
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Mark Swaney
mswaney@...
Nov 15, 2000 3:09 pm
Hey List, I've been reading more stuff on my favorite subject, you guessed it, magic squares. And in particular, I came to last night's reading through the...
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CG
canuck@...
Nov 15, 2000 7:10 am
Mark, Neil, About the derivation of the term "alchemy", there are a lot of people who would love to say that this comes from the word for "Egypt": I was just ...
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Dennis
ixohoxi@...
Nov 14, 2000 6:45 pm
Try Phoenician Alphabet http://www.phoenicia.org/alphabet.html At the bottom of this page, there's a table that goes from Egyptian Demotic to ... Evolution of...
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CG
canuck@...
Nov 14, 2000 3:44 pm
So, yes, our alphabet may be phonetic, but originally the uppercase letters *did* have pictures. Any book on alphabets will love to tell you about the ...
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CG
canuck@...
Nov 14, 2000 3:44 pm
Hi Susi, Can't say for sure it this is what you mean, but I posted some updated info of mine about the meaning of Chinese numbers to my myth site (Mark/Dan you...
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cha123chi@...
Nov 14, 2000 8:47 am
Aaaarrrrggggghhhhh !!!! *ahem* ... (sorry) ... After almost 4 months of not having a toner cartidge for my printer ... and after almost 4 months of...
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CG
canuck@...
Nov 12, 2000 2:08 pm
Neil, I came across something in my reading I thought you might be interested in: the Greek word "stoicheion" means "element, sound, letter of the alphabet; ...
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Dan Washburn
danw@...
Nov 10, 2000 9:17 pm
Mike Bispham mentioned that he is going to be giving a lecture at RILKO, the Research Into Lost Knowledge Organization They have a web site at the following...
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sas
sammis@...
Nov 9, 2000 1:19 pm
i found this quote... "Alas, when will Time cease its flight and allow this flow to rest? Forms, divine and perennial forms which only wait for rest in order...
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benz
benzer@...
Nov 8, 2000 9:04 pm
Dear friend, hello everybody.Hope this email finds you in happier and loveable moods. some sites really are valueful.while going through net I came through a...
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mikebispham@...
Nov 8, 2000 8:50 am
In a message dated 08/11/00 07:54:55 GMT Standard Time, mikebispham@... ... sidereal ... of ... I messed up the bit I wrote next! What I meant was: ...It...
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mikebispham@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:54 am
Roland wrote: In a message dated 07/11/00 08:02:50 GMT Standard Time, Rolandmont@... ... spirit ... brought, ... I'm not sure what the author is saying...
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Rolandmont@...
Nov 7, 2000 8:18 am
Hi Mike, List, GERBERT OF AURILLAC <A HREF="http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/gerbert.html"> ...
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Rolandmont@...
Nov 7, 2000 8:02 am
Hi Mike, List, I don't know if you have read the writings of Paracelsus but they seem interesting to say the least... More at... ...
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Vincent Beall
vincebeall@...
Nov 6, 2000 10:51 pm
http://www.newciv.org/ISSS_Primer/seminar.html Here is a link to papers on Wholeness. These seem to be written by people that haunt think tanks nowadays. They...
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Dan Washburn
danw@...
Nov 6, 2000 10:02 pm
The Reverend William Alexander Ayton was an early member of the Golden Dawn where he helped found the Horus Temple. He was also the minister who married...
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catherine yronwode
cat@...
Nov 4, 2000 11:08 pm
... Yep, the Quatuor Coronati are VERY important in Freemasonic legend -- in fact, their name was given to the foremost world-wide Masonic research society....
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Barry Carroll
palladin@...
Nov 4, 2000 7:44 am
rich-- wow so glad you spoke up. please keep us informed of your rambles thru the countryside and any sites you visit. a friend just came back from Ireland...
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Barry Carroll
palladin@...
Nov 4, 2000 7:43 am
the Phantom of Utopia is the title of a review in the November 6 issue of Time magazine. the review is of an exhibition that just opened at the New York Public...
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Barry Carroll
palladin@...
Nov 4, 2000 7:43 am
mike-- rave on ,my friend. do not know the four martyrs off hand but will be checking on it. i wonder if you can turn up specific evidence of crystal...
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Barry Carroll
palladin@...
Nov 4, 2000 7:40 am
mike-- i went to your website to look at the illustrations and read the Burckhardt . nice to see you site developing B ... Dragon ... images...
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Barry Carroll
palladin@...
Nov 4, 2000 7:39 am
i always understood Electrum was an ally of gold, silver and a bit of copper. it was very malleable and could be easily used to plate surfaces and objects. ...
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Dan Washburn
danw@...
Nov 4, 2000 3:14 am
... Years ago I read some Frater Albertus, a contemporary master of practical Lab alchemy. Israel Regardie was so impressed with his work that he tried his...
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mikebispham@...
Nov 2, 2000 7:25 am
In a message dated 31/10/00 23:32:52 GMT Standard Time, sammis@... ... So far we've had best results from a mixture of about 60% epsom salts and 40%...
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Mark Swaney
mswaney@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:16 pm
... Niel, This is very interesting information. Sorry for the delay in answering, things here are busy again. I have consulted my best source, "Alchemy" by E...
