Chrysopoeia

Yygdrasilian

Resting upon the royal CROWN, atop the SCEPTER of rule, or cupped in the Palm of an enthroned sovereign, the Globus Cruciger has long attended the EMPEROR’s reign.
O +
+ O
As a sign for antimony, this alchemical glyph is the inverse of that drawn for Venus - a distinction emphasized by Sir Isaac when he writes of the ancients calling it Aries by Virtue of its being “...the first Zodiac Sign in which the Sun begins to be exalted and Gold is exalted most of all in Antimony.” Thereby acknowledging a connection between the exaltation of the Sun (19º Aries) - among the oldest astrological factors known - and the use of antimony in the refinement of gold☉

While Biringuccio’s Pirotechnia (1540) may be the earliest known explicit reference to this metallurgical process, it is a relatively cheap, quick & less dangerous method for purifying the ‘king of metals’; One which he admits was “...found by clever men (alchemists, I believe)...”
Though widely known by the 17th century, this process was a well kept secret for centuries, perhaps millennia, long before.

When☉and antimony ore are heated together, the sulphides in the antimony combine with ‘lesser’ metals which separate from the alloy of metallic antimony and gold, the regulus. In Newton’s time this “little king” was also known by the name cor Leonis as Regulus is brightest STAR in the heart of Leo. During the Age of the Ram, Aries was the House of Spring’s initiation - when the equinox marked the day our Sun began to overtake the darkness; a journey that reached its zenith with ☉ shining from this Lion’s STAR.

Antoine-Joseph Pernety’s Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique (1758) designates Aries to calcination; a process which, sufficiently applied to antimony ore, yields a decolourizing agent utilized by ‘the ancients’ for the manufacture of clear glass - very useful in making a Window to see through. However, this Window can also be understood as a key feature in the atmospheric OXidization of the regulus necessary to remove metallic antimony from ☉ as depicted by the Emperor's CROWN:

..\....\............../..\.........../...\.......... /..../..
...\..♃..\........../....\........./.♈..\......../.☉./...
....\..♎...\....../. ♋☽ \....../...♀...\..../..♑./....
.....\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /.....
......\..... 0=22 ......... ♈ .......... ♏ ...../.......
.......\__________________________/........
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Up until this point, ♈ has been the fish hook, drawing out the Nun of lesser metals (Silver-Lead-Copper) from☉, thus forming the ‘little king’. Re-melting this regulus, AIR is blown across its surface, OXidizing ♈ as it fishes out the remainder of impurities until this cloudiness atop the molten surface becomes clear, like a Window; at which stage the fish hook has caught our STAR, the cor leonis (an Adjustment initiated by using Lamed to Goad the OXidization of antimony).

The 8:11 + Heh:Tzaddi transpositions unveiled by Crowley’s Book of Thoth and 777 are fully in tune with this alchemical operation. To understand how, One need simply look at their relationships both spatially upon the ecliptic wheel and as constellated in their ‘arabic modifications of root’. In so doing, One may see how the operation of refining gold also gives us the means of Adjusting the lunisolar calendar by insertion of the Mensis Intercalaris.

An interesting designation for Aries made by Basil Valentine in his Last Will and Testament, is its attribution as a glyph for mensis: _♈_[X] (http://www.alchemywebsite.com/val_symb.html) - the latin word from which we derive menstrua, menstruum and ‘month’. The Mensis Intercalaris was the 13th extra ♏onth added every other year in the old Roman calendar after the 55th day (2.24). In so doing, Februarius was shortened -4 ( ♈ ) days by the Pontifex Maximus (“Greatest BRIDGE-maker”). To this was added the intercalary month of 27 days ( ♍+♓ ), lengthening the year by an additional 22=0: _♈♏+♍♓

[The Cipher, Zero, is the Ουροβόρος swallowing it’s own tail; the point between 13th interval > . <double octave; when Sifr=Root we cast out its’ nines. Thus it follows, from the Axiom of Maria, that out of Four (1+2+3+4) comes One (10=1).]

Tarot is a current form of the ciphertext encoding this process (and others), using glyphs that provide mytho-poetic formulas which have allowed sufficiently learned alchemists through the ages to communicate in mutually intelligible allegories. Using the chemical facts of metallurgy as metaphor, these formulas also describe the orbital/synodic cycles of the seven ‘planets’, the correction of the lunisolar calendar, and the process of enlightenment by working One’s way up the Hermetic Tree of Life.

And it is the role of Antimony, its relationship to Aries and the ‘little king’ (our Emperor) that provides us the Key to entering the first of Twelve Gates that unlock this ancient secret of the Gnostic Brethren of Purity.
Basil Valentine said:
"O! if foolish and vain Men had but Ears to hear, and true eyes with understanding, not only for hearing what I write, but for understanding the Arcanum and knowledge of the use; assuredly they would not suck in those insalubrious and turbid Potions, but hasten to these limped Fountains, and drink of the Well of Life.”- The Triumphant Chariot of Antimony
 

beanu

I am keenly interested, but your special symbols didn't come through...
any chance of a repost in standard verbose form?

B
 

Yygdrasilian

Lost in Translation

beanu said:
I am keenly interested, but your special symbols didn't come through...
any chance of a repost in standard verbose form?
Resting upon the royal CROWN, atop the SCEPTER of rule, or cupped in the Palm of an enthroned sovereign, the Globus Cruciger has long attended the EMPEROR’s reign.
O +
+ O
As a sign for antimony, this alchemical glyph is the inverse of that drawn for Venus - a distinction emphasized by Sir Isaac when he writes of the ancients calling it Aries by Virtue of its being “...the first Zodiac Sign in which the Sun begins to be exalted and Gold is exalted most of all in Antimony.” Thereby acknowledging a connection between the exaltation of the Sun (19º Aries) - among the oldest astrological factors known - and the use of antimony in the refinement of gold.

While Biringuccio’s Pirotechnia (1540) may be the earliest known explicit reference to this metallurgical process, it is a relatively cheap, quick & less dangerous method for purifying the ‘king of metals’; One which he admits was “...found by clever men (alchemists, I believe)...”
Though widely known by the 17th century, this process was a well kept secret for centuries, perhaps millennia, long before.

When gold and antimony ore are heated together, the sulphides in the antimony combine with ‘lesser’ metals which separate from the alloy of metallic antimony and gold, the regulus. In Newton’s time this “little king” was also known by the name cor Leonis as Regulus is brightest STAR in the heart of Leo. During the Age of the Ram, Aries was the House of Spring’s initiation - when the equinox marked the day our Sun began to overtake the darkness; a journey that reached its zenith with gold shining from this Lion’s STAR.

Antoine-Joseph Pernety’s Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique (1758) designates Aries to calcination; a process which, sufficiently applied to antimony ore, yields a decolourizing agent utilized by ‘the ancients’ for the manufacture of clear glass - very useful in making a Window to see through. However, this Window can also be understood as a key feature in the atmospheric OXidization of the regulus necessary to remove metallic antimony from gold as depicted by the Emperor's CROWN:


4: CROWN
..\...\............../..\........./...\........... /..../.
...\.....\........../....\......./.....\........./...../..
....\..4...\....../..4...\..../...4...\..... /..4../...
.....\..swords...cups......wands....disks./.....
......\......0=XXII......IV.........XIII......./......
.......\_________________________/.......
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Up until this point, Antimony (Aries) has been the fish hook, drawing out the Nun of lesser metals (Silver-Lead-Copper) from Gold, thus forming the ‘little king’. Re-melting this regulus, AIR is blown across its surface, OXidizing the antimony as it fishes out the remainder of impurities until this cloudiness atop the molten surface becomes clear, like a Window; at which stage the fish hook has caught our STAR, the cor leonis (an Adjustment initiated by using Lamed to Goad the OXidization of antimony).

The 8:11 + Heh:Tzaddi transpositions unveiled by Crowley’s Book of Thoth and 777 are fully in tune with this alchemical operation. To understand how, One need simply look at their relationships both spatially upon the ecliptic wheel and as constellated in their ‘arabic modifications of root’. In so doing, One may see how the operation of refining gold also gives us the means of Adjusting the lunisolar calendar by insertion of the Mensis Intercalaris.

An interesting designation for Aries made by Basil Valentine in his Last Will and Testament, is its attribution as a glyph for mensis: (http://www.alchemywebsite.com/val_symb.html) - the latin word from which we derive menstrua, menstruum and ‘month’. The Mensis Intercalaris was the 13th extra month added every other year in the old Roman calendar after the 55th day (2.24). In so doing, Februarius was shortened -IV days by the Pontifex Maximus (“Greatest BRIDGE-maker”). To this was added the intercalary month of 27 days ( IX+XVIII ), lengthening the year by an additional 22=0

[The Cipher, Zero, is the Ouroboros swallowing it’s own tail; the point between 13th interval > . <double octave; when Sifr=Root we cast out its’ nines. Thus it follows, from the Axiom of Maria, that out of Four (1+2+3+4) comes One (10=1).]

Tarot is a current form of the ciphertext encoding this process (and others), using glyphs that provide mytho-poetic formulas which have allowed sufficiently learned alchemists through the ages to communicate in mutually intelligible allegories. Using the chemical facts of metallurgy as metaphor, these formulas also describe the orbital/synodic cycles of the seven ‘planets’, the correction of the lunisolar calendar, and the process of enlightenment by working One’s way up the Hermetic Tree of Life.

And it is the role of Antimony, its relationship to Aries and the ‘little king’ (our Emperor) that provides us the Key to entering the first of Twelve Gates that unlock this ancient secret of the Gnostic Brethren of Purity.
Basil Valentine said:
"O! if foolish and vain Men had but Ears to hear, and true eyes with understanding, not only for hearing what I write, but for understanding the Arcanum and knowledge of the use; assuredly they would not suck in those insalubrious and turbid Potions, but hasten to these limped Fountains, and drink of the Well of Life.”- The Triumphant Chariot of Antimony
 

beanu

Boy, you sure pack a lot of info into a small space....Lets see what I got out of this in terms of understanding what you are saying.

The Emperors emperor holds an orb in his left hand, in the Waite Deck, and in Splendor Solis by Salomon Trismosin 1532-1535.
and others, which I have seen but not identified the source for.
However, the orb does not carry the cross upon it, and so may be a Globus, but not the Globus Cruciger.
Putting that aside for a moment, if it was the Globus Cruciger with the gross, then it would also be the standard alchemical sign for antimony (like the sign for venus, but inverted - upside down.).
So a link between Antimony and the Emperor card.

Does Isaac mean The first zodiac (ie Aries), in which the sun hgappens to be exhalted.
or does he mean Aries, the first sign of all those which have the sun exhalted?
I guess it doesn't matter much. The message is Aries = Sun (the orb on the card) = Gold which is refined using Antimony, whose symbol includes the circle of the syn.

The allow of gold and antimony is the Regulus, and so is the brightest star in Leo.
You seem to be implying that this is a reference to the Star card?
So Spring corresponds to the young sun-god, still mixed with antimony (Aries, the emperor card).
By Summer the gold is fully refined and associuated with the Star(card) for Leo. But if the Regulus is the
amalgum, should we be discociated from Regulus by summer, when the gold is pure?

OX = Lamehd in traditional Jewish attributions - 12th letter, numbered 11, which we shall address later, = Justice

Aries = Calcination = fire (cardinal fire sign).

"However, this Window can also be understood as a key feature in the atmospheric OXidization of the regulus necessary to remove metallic antimony from gold as depicted by the Emperor's CROWN:


4: CROWN
..\...\............../..\........./...\........... /..../.
...\.....\........../....\......./.....\........./...../..
....\..4...\....../..4...\..../...4...\..... /..4../...
.....\..swords...cups......wands....disks./.....
......\......0=XXII......IV.........XIII......./......
.......\_________________________/.......
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sorry, I don't follow that Window reference.
I see
0=XXII implies the fool at each end of the majors.
IV = the Emperor
XIII = Death = letter Nun
Fool = the soul of the dying God, incarnated as the Emperor and destined to die and be reborn each year, as the Sun God.

Nun is the fourteent letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, and Death is the Fourteenth card (number from 0 to Thirteen)
Thus Nun is Death card.
Nun is sometimes connected to fish, or to a snake, possibly an eel.
I take this to be the reference to fish-hook.
Thus Antimony is the fish hook that pulls the pure sould of gold (the fish) from the dross of the other elements (the unwanted body)

Next the material is calcinated (heated, Emperor, Lamed)
and OXidized (Lamed, Justice, Adjustment)
Goad or cattle-prod is the symbolism for Lamed.

8:11 transpsition - card 8 Strength and card 11 Justice were swapped.
From what (Marseilles), to what (an GD deck - Waite, Thoth, by Crowley.

Heh:Tzaddi transpositions
Heh is letter #5 - card four - Emperor
Tzaddi is letter #18 - card 17 - The Star
So Crowley also swapped the Star and the Emperor? I'll have to lay this out to see it.
Baically, I think I am seeing in my head something like Fool, Emperor, Justice (Adjustment) and the star running down the white pillar?


Part II - Adjusting the lunisolar calendar by insertion of the Mensis Intercalaris.
Symbol for aries relates to Mensis = lunar month, female (aries = female? unlikely)

An interesting designation for Aries made by Basil Valentine in his Last Will and Testament, is its attribution as a glyph for mensis: (http://www.alchemywebsite.com/val_symb.html) - the latin word from which we derive menstrua, menstruum and ‘month’. The Mensis Intercalaris was the 13th extra month added every other year in the old Roman calendar after the 55th day (2.24). In so doing, Februarius was shortened -IV days by the Pontifex Maximus (“Greatest BRIDGE-maker”). To this was added the intercalary month of 27 days ( IX+XVIII ), lengthening the year by an additional 22=0

- 6 days - six days = Lovers.
27 days = 9 + 17 = Hermit + Star Whats the Hermit got to do with it?
added 22 days to year, = number of cards.

13th interval? = 14?
Double Octave = 16
point betwen = 15 = Devil, or 15-1 = 14 = Temperance. ?

Sifr=Root? Sefiroth? Root = 0 or 22?
2+2=4, or 22-(2x9) = 4
1+2+3+4 = 10
10, cast out its nines = 1
So, 22 reduces to 1 using Platonic numerology.
the twenty two cards = the One of P{latonic philosophy. God.

Antimony is the jey you used to unlock the secret.

Gnostic Brethren of purity -
possibly predecessors of Moses de Leon in spain, and Lull, etc.
Another group that were heavily into synthesis of various philosophies into one,
the implication being that the Divine Secret is present in all philosophies, if we know how to interpret it.
Modern Hermeticism and Tarot being the latest/best to date attempt to merge it all into one system.


Well of Life - Fountain of Youth, - Elixir of Life - Philosophers stone in liquid form.

The Triumphant Chariot of Antimony - doesn't this imply that the Chariot is Antimony, not the Emperor?
or do they all have chariots, with the oine in Tarot being that of Saturn, not antimony?

Enough for now - GASP!
How'm I doing?
Have you seen my attributions as an analogy of Spagyrics?

B
 

Yygdrasilian

Purification of Argentiferous Gold by Sulphide of Antimony

8: STAR
.......................^.......................
. . . . . . . . . . .XVII. . . . . . . . . . . Tzaddi <----> Heh
.................../........\...................
......8_____/_______\_____8.......
....swords../..............\...wands.....
.........\..../.................\...../.........
...........\./...................\../...........
.........../..\................../.\............
........../....\.............../....\...........
........./____\_______/____\........
.......8..........\........./.........8........
.....wands.......\...../.........disks....
......................\../......................
. . . . . . . . . . . VIII . . . . . . . . . . . Libra <---> Leo

Correcting the transpositions in Crowley’s Tarot affects the character of our STAR. As a narrative, One might say that in order to restore Balance, Libra must take her proper place upon the Tree; in so doing she travels through the deck from the end to the beginning; just as Leo must journey from beginning to end. As she travels through the constellations she goads the OXidization of antimony (Aries), and thereby purifies the regulus made when Leo assumed his position in the STAR after the first stage of our refining. During both stages, Aries is the Fish Hook, drawing out the Nun of lesser metals, yet changes into a Window when the 2nd stage of purification is complete, as indicated by the cloudy surface atop the molten gold turning clear. Thus, the cor leonis - Leo in the STAR - becomes pure Gold (the Sun). The task of raising your Gold to the PILLARS, however, still remains. I recommend studying the Preface, constellations 2-3-4, in greater detail before attempting this (see; http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1682903&postcount=11)

Looking at the essential dignities in the decans represented by the minor arcana will help you interpret the meaning of these cards. Also, look at the astrological glyphs as describing the type of activity illustrated by their design. And, by all means, compare your readings in alchemy to a study of corresponding metallurgical procedures.
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9: BRIDGE
................................................
...............9...........9...................
.............cups.....wands...............
........9...........................9..........
....swords.....................disks.......
.................................................
..IX...................................XVIII..
.................................................
To correct the Lunisolar calendar by insertion of the Mensis Intercalaris, the Pontifex Maximus joins the CROWN to the BRIDGE: Ox/Air_Aries_Scorpio + Virgo_Pisces. Use the astrological glyphs and symbols associated with the Hebrew letters when reading this formula. For example, Nun=1 fish, Pisces=2 fish; or how a menstruum is formed by connecting Scorpio to Virgo; or consider what Aries might resemble in this context ;)

_______________________________
Regarding you other questions...

The double octave begins with the 14th interval.

22 = 0

and,
The Chariot of Antimony, our lilium minerale, and other procedures involved in the Great Work are also prepared with the constellations of Tarot made by 'Arabic modification of root.' Suffice to say, the more One pursues this avenue of research, the more apparent it becomes that Tarot, Qabalah, Alchemy and Astrology are all parts of a single Hermetic system.
 

beanu

Just to try and get this into context,

where do these diagrams come from?
Are they your keys, or from Crowley somewhere?

B
 

beanu

Is an "interval" a path on the tree?

"Arabic Moderation of the Root" -
seems to be related to the practice of leaving out the vowels - as i ancient Hebrew. the Root is the Fool?
You keep capitalising the One, so I presume you mean the Platonic One - God,
probably YHVH ?
So each process has four steps, following the tetragrammaton in its concept as a verb describing the process of creation?
 

Yygdrasilian

vexations

beanu said:
Just to try and get this into context,

where do these diagrams come from?
Are they your keys, or from Crowley somewhere?
I asked Mary K. Greer from where the constellations originated in these forums and haven't heard from her since (and she wrote a book on the subject). I suspect they are known to Adepts, but have been told elsewhere they are the work of an 'uber-fulffwit'. Who can say?..... Where does Tarot come from?
They depict different 'parts' of the Tree and are fit together by a logic that may become clear to you. The results obtained by their use, as evidenced by the purification of argentiferous gold by sulfide of antimony, and the insertion of the mensis intercalaris, suggest an origin older than the Tarot.

One learns much by reading the hieroglyphs themselves.

beanu said:
Is an "interval" a path on the tree?

"Arabic Moderation of the Root" -
seems to be related to the practice of leaving out the vowels - as i ancient Hebrew. the Root is the Fool?
You keep capitalising the One, so I presume you mean the Platonic One - God,
probably YHVH ?
So each process has four steps, following the tetragrammaton in its concept as a verb describing the process of creation?
In some cases the cards will show you intervals familiar to music theory, in others the harmony of the spheres. The foundations of Pythagorean tradition, it is said, were music, astrology, and arithmetic/geometry.

The 'Arabic modification of root' is how Tarot is constellated by additive persistence of digital root - an extremely simple form of encryption. Crowley cites its value as a 'mnemonic' in his 777. The Fool may demonstrate this Cipher - a word derived from sifr, same as zero: when placed upon the number of constellation, you cast out its nines (e.g. 3/CUP: 3=12=21).
The vowels seem to pertain to the spoken word - same as with Egyptian hieroglyphics.

One is The One, on the One, for eVeryOne.

Though unnumbered, the Court Cards have a role to play...
Y
H
V
H ----> YHShVH is a formula best understood when performing the Great Work.
Or, it can be whatever you want it to be. What is the difference?
 

Bernice

Ygg: Where does Tarot come from?

!!! You're in the History section.... have'nt you looked at any other threads? They explain the history of the 78 'tarot' deck.

Bee :)
 

beanu

Hi Bee,

This isn't aimed at you exclusively. Its a common attitude needs addressing

we are talking about the history of the concepts behind the Tarot, as opposed to the bits of paste-board themselves.

This forum has done an excellent job of finding the bits of historical evidence that have passed down to us, but, according to the rules of history, are unable to comment upon the meaning of the cards unless some hard evidence is discovered stating what that meaning is.

As I have commented elsewhere, the meaning of the evidence must be considered against the context and culture of the times.
In particular, the Renaissance was particularly interested in reviving old knowledge, whether true or what they thought to be true.
If the Trumps came from street parades, then what influenced the street parades? Obviously, the cultural influences present at that time.

The trick is to be able to trace influences by their effect, and using dates to rule out the "temporally impossible". But how does one trace the effect of philosophies, esspecially through a time which is known to be a melting pot of ideas? The usual techniques are simple "reasoned argument", which is always a bit suspicious, and statistical match. If I claim that there is a neo-platonic influence in the cards, then how do I demonstrate that? I can

1) find hard evidence that says something to the effect of "card xxxx means yyyy because I designed it to be so, after consideration of Plato's concept of zzzz. Unfortunately, this form of evidence seems to be in short supply.

2) I can find indirect evidence, and reason from that. Perhaps an image in the Tarot is graphically similar to one in Alchemy, for example, or perhaps the words in a recorded neo-platonic passage seems to describe a Tarot image. Perhaps certain people, in the right place at the right time, are known to have written other works on neo-platonism, and have referred to similar imagery or concepts. From this I might infer the possibility that certain Tarot images are of neo-platonic origin.

3) I can analyse the Tarot for images that "appear" to represent new-platonic concepts, and then do an informal assessment of the number of points of correspondence. If I can find only two poits of corespondence, then I might consider it a poor match. If I find a 100 points of correspondence, then I might consider it a good match.
The important point in this approach is that historical dates do not enter into it, except to establish a timeline of precedence.
An example.
I saw a TV show about a book that claims that there are hieroglyphs in egypt that describe the myth of Osiris in a way highly reminiscent of the story of Jesus. The author has identified 158 points of similarity in the two stories - From memory -
born in a manger,
of a virgin mother
persecuted in youth
rode a donkey
etc.

The the case of the Tarot - early Renaissance, some of the possible or likely influences are

Earlier Jewish theology/philosophy
Earlier Christian theology/philosophy
Earlier Moorish theology/philosophy
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle/philosophy
Pagan Gnostics/philosophy
Christian Gnostics/philosophy
Hermetics/philosophy
Astrology, of various forms.
Mandaens
and so on, seemingly forever.

Another way to try to determine what was in the minds of the thinkers of the day, is to look at what came out of htis peiod (early Renaisance)
Alchemy
Rosicrucians
Christianity
A history of more modern, recorded Taroists
Hermeticism - Golden Dawn, Waite,
various other occult schools, and writings.
An oral tradition of typically three or four main interpretations for each of the cards.
All of these retain traces of the cultural environment that created the Tarot, and so are valid subjects for investigation in the search for Tarot meaning.

Personally, I think this approach needs its own section. The Kabbalah section might be marginally more suitable than the history section, but there is so much more to it that even the kabbalah is only a relatively small part.

So Bernice, how have you been lately anyway? ;-)

B