Keys to the Kingdom of Alchemy: Unlocking the Secrets of Basil Valentine's Stone (Hardcover Color Edition)

by J Erik Laport, Steve Kalec (Foreword by), Moshe Daniel Block Nd (Editor)

Overview

Keys to the Kingdom of Alchemy is a decoding of the chemical reaction encrypted in Basil Valentine's The Stone of the Great Philosophers - The XII Keys. This new interpretation primarily addresses operative alchemy. Apart from operative aspects however, a tremendous amount of rich allegorical storytelling and masterful conceptual blending reveals the author of The XII Keys to have been a highly educated polymath fluent in not only alchemy but also Christian mysticism, Greco-Roman mythology and Perennial Philosophy. Such a complete package in a single author is certain to be of interest to professional researchers and alchemy enthusiasts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990619857
Publisher:	Quintessence Publishing (IL)
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Series:	Quintessence Classical Alchemy , #2
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Steve Kalec is a lover of science, the art of alchemy and the Hermetic tradition in philosophy. Those who know Steve might describe him as a mystic, Rosicrucian and Mason with a deep love of alchemy and an affinity for knowledge on ancient technologies and philosophies.

Like a Da Vinci of our times, Moshe Daniel Block (aka Dr. Moshe) is a Naturopathic doctor, Homeopath, Musician, Author, Inventor, and Alchemist. He graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2000 and heals people in his practice with his cutting-edge counseling technique called Holistic Counseling - The Vis Dialogue. Dr. Moshe completed the Homeopathic Master Clinician Course (HMC) in 2003. He was personally diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 1995, a potentially fatal autoimmune disease. He cured himself and has become a leader in mind-body medicine, teaching other health care practitioners in his popular course Holistic Counseling.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, Foreword by Steve Kalec, Author's Preface, Editor's Note by Moshe Daniel Block, ND, Unlocking the Gates (Introduction), Key I - Grey Wolf and Lion King, Key II - Two Mercuries, Key III - Cœlestial Sulphur, Key IV - Salt of Ashes, Key V - Spirit of Mercury, Key VI - Chemical-Wedding, Key VII - Judged by Fire, Key VIII - Putrefaction of Adam, Key IX - Planetary Colors, Key X - Water, Ashes and Sand, Key XI - Noble Offspring, Key XII - Fermented Tincture and Fixt Gold, Appendix - Cover-terms used by Valentine, Author's Postface

Editorial Reviews

"Keys to the Kingdom of Alchemy by J. Erik LaPort, is one of the most valuable and important works any one can find on the study of The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine. Through his very extensive research, his keen understanding of philosophical and mythological allegories, his authoritative knowledge on ancient laboratory technologies and processes and verifications through very authentic experimentation, the author most convincingly reveals to us the very cryptic words and instructions concerning the Archetypal Alchemical Stone of Basil Valentine as is set down for us in his Twelve Keys.

Through Erik LaPort's work we are made to understand how well founded in his knowledge Basil Valentine truly was for his time, especially in chemical procedures. Through his philosophic operations one can see the great alchemist that he was. The Archetypal Stone of Basil Valentine as revealed in his Twelve Keys is the Summum Bonum of alchemical works of the alchemists. All aspiring and practicing alchemists will truly find Keys to the Kingdom of Alchemy to be a wonderful treasure and a true gift of revelation and instruction shedding a so long awaited illuminating light on Basil Valentine's Great Work." - Steve Kalec

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