1) Alchemy differs from magic and traditional science in the fact that it is a combination of chemistry and philosophy having as a goal the transmutation of metals into gold. Also, it is its goal the discovery of the panacea and the discovery of an elixir for longevity. In the other hand, magic is an art that attempt to control or forecast natural events, effects, or forces by invoking the supernatural. Science uses the observation, identification, experimental investigation, description and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
2) Holistic medicine is know as an approach to life and health which brings together the physical, mental and spiritual aspect of a person in order to create a total sense of well being. The principle two, “What is bellow is like that which is above, and what is above is like that which is below, to accomplish the miracles of one thing,” is connected to holistic medicine based in the fact that both believe that the actions or effects of one side are direct connected or are consequences of the other side. In other words, the well or bad being of the body is a direct consequence of the mind.
3) In the medical world the spirit of the alchemy is still alive. There is a billionaire industry that exploits the idea of The Elixir of Youth and the Philosopher’s Stone. Plastic surgery, skin care products are just a few examples of that industry. Also, fitness clubs exploit that idea based in that fact that some research indicates that moderate amount of aerobic exercise can “roll back the clock” and delay many of the changes of ageing.
The Emerald Tablet
The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
The Precepts of Hermes, engraved upon the Emerald Tablet
1. Speak not fictitious things, but that which is certain and true.
2. What is below is like that which is above, and what is above is like that which is below, to accomplish the miracles of one thing.
3. And as all things were produced by the one word of one Being, so all things were produced from this one thing by adaptation.
4. Its father is the sun, its mother the moon; the wind carried it in its belly, its nurse is the earth.
5. It is the father of perfection throughout the world.
6. The power is vigorous if it be changed into earth.
7. Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, acting prudently and with judgment.
8. Ascend with the greatest sagacity from the earth to heaven, and then again, descend to the earth, and unite together the powers of things superior and things inferior. Thus will you obtain the glory of the whole world, and obscurity will fly far away from you.
9. this has more fortitude than fortitude itself; because it conquers every subtle thing and can penetrate every solid.
10. Thus the world was formed.
11. Hence proceed wonders, which are here established.
12. Therefore, I am called Hermes Trismegistus, having three parts of the philosophy of the whole world.
13. That which I had to say concerning the operation of the sun is completed.
The Precepts of Hermes, engraved upon the Emerald Tablet
1. Speak not fictitious things, but that which is certain and true.
2. What is below is like that which is above, and what is above is like that which is below, to accomplish the miracles of one thing.
3. And as all things were produced by the one word of one Being, so all things were produced from this one thing by adaptation.
4. Its father is the sun, its mother the moon; the wind carried it in its belly, its nurse is the earth.
5. It is the father of perfection throughout the world.
6. The power is vigorous if it be changed into earth.
7. Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, acting prudently and with judgment.
8. Ascend with the greatest sagacity from the earth to heaven, and then again, descend to the earth, and unite together the powers of things superior and things inferior. Thus will you obtain the glory of the whole world, and obscurity will fly far away from you.
9. this has more fortitude than fortitude itself; because it conquers every subtle thing and can penetrate every solid.
10. Thus the world was formed.
11. Hence proceed wonders, which are here established.
12. Therefore, I am called Hermes Trismegistus, having three parts of the philosophy of the whole world.
13. That which I had to say concerning the operation of the sun is completed.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
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