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It is a precursor to modern chemistry and to Jung's psychology of individuation. However, the history of science reveals that alchemy has a richer history. The Potter books present popular views about alchemy. Thanks to Urszula Kerkhoven, University of Chicago librarian, for assistance in finding and translating documents in Polish. Alchemist Sendivogius and Sigismund III Vasa, 1867. Flamel, bored with such a long life, agrees to the destruction of the philosopher’s stone to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. In Rowling's book, archvillain Lord Voldemort seeks the philosopher's stone to achieve eternal life and rule the world but is thwarted by Potter, who has no such desire for immortality and, in his innocence, acquires the stone. Flamel was believed to have accomplished the 2 major goals of alchemy: creating the philosopher's stone, allowing him to turn lead into gold, and making the elixir of life, thus achieving immortality for himself and his wife. Despite the revised naming, the book does indeed deal with alchemy and refers to a historical figure, Nicolas Flamel (early 1330s-1418), now age 665 years in the book. The publisher feared that American parents would not buy a book for their children with“philosopher” in the title. 2 The connection to alchemy was removed from the title of the US edition where, with the author's reluctant permission, Sorcerer's Stone was used instead. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Man was created of the Earth, and lives by virtue of the Aire for there is in the Aire a secret food of life . . . whose invisible congealed spirit is better than the whole earth.-Michael Sendivogius, 1650 1 (p20)Īlchemy was introduced to a new generation in 1997 with the publication in the United Kingdom of the first book of J.

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Here’s a collection of ancient occult books in PDF format. While little is known about the origin of many of the magic formulas, it is probable that they are the result of translations of knowledge of Arabic oriental magic fused with Western elements. Aleister Crowley, a great promoter of these groups, gave rise to base on them various modern movements such as Wicca, Neopaganism, and Chaos Magic. Because, in the Middle Ages, Latin grammar books were central to school and university education, and the illiterate majority suspected that non-ecclesiastical books were magical.Īt the end of the 19th century some of these texts were claimed by masonic and other occult organizations such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Ordo Templi Orientis. The word “grimoire” comes from the French term grammaire, meaning “grammar”.

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