{"id":285,"date":"2025-07-22T17:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:31:41","slug":"alchemy-the-divine-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/publications\/alchemy-the-divine-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Alchemy &#8211; The Divine Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-1056x1536.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-1408x2048.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/cover-scaled.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-1056x1536.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-1409x2048.jpg 1409w, https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dust-cover-final-scaled.jpg 1761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3>The English edition of our Magnum Opus &#8211; <em>Alchemy: The Divine Work<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Has been released! It is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/book\/1144358392?ean=9789198104530\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Alchemy-Concerning-transformation-transcendent-consciousness\/dp\/9198104535\/ref=zg_bs_g_12717_sccl_1\/132-1744236-0372853?psc=1\">Amazon<\/a>, Ingram and various bookshops!\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Content of Alchemy &#8211; The Divine Work<\/p>\n<p>INTRODUCTION<br \/>PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION 15<br \/>PREFACE 17<br \/>THE EMERALD TABLET OF HERMES 21<br \/>INTRODUCTION TO ALCHEMY 23<\/p>\n<p>HISTORY<br \/>1. AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF ALCHEMY 29<br \/>Egyptian alchemy 31 \u00b7 Words to be spoken in the preparing of medicines 33 \u00b7 Greek alchemy 33 \u00b7 Zosimos &amp; Theosebeia 38 \u00b7 Chinese alchemy 42 \u00b7 Arabic alchemy 43 \u00b7 Western alchemy 45 \u00b7 Nicolas &amp; Perenelle Flamel 48 \u00b7 Renaissance alchemy 50 \u00b7 Paracelsus 51 \u00b7 Jakob B\u00f6hme 52 \u00b7 The Rosicrucians 54 \u00b7 Federico Gualdi 55 \u00b7 The Dark ages of alchemy 58 \u00b7 The dawning light of alchemy 59 \u00b7 Mary Anne Atwood 59 \u00b7 Fulcanelli 60 \u00b7 Carl Gustav Jung 62 \u00b7 Julius Evola 65 \u00b7 The awakening sun 66<br \/>2. THE ALCHEMICAL ISIS 69<br \/>Isis the Prophetess to her son Horus 72<br \/>3. HERMES TRISMEGISTUS 76<br \/>The golden tractate of Hermes Trismegistus 81<br \/>4. MARY THE PROPHETESS 83<\/p>\n<p>PHILOSOPHY<br \/>5. THE ALCHEMICAL CREATION PHILOSOPHY 89<br \/>From unity to plurality 91 \u00b7 The redemption of the One 93<br \/>6. PRIMA MATERIA 96<br \/>The black madonna 99<br \/>7. THE TWO FORCES 103<br \/>Involution &amp; evolution 103 \u00b7 Solve et Coagula 104 \u00b7 Good &amp; evil 105 \u00b7 The king &amp; queen 106<br \/>8. THE THREE ALCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES 110<br \/>The transmutation of nature 111 \u00b7 Mercury 112 \u00b7 Sulphur 114 \u00b7 Salt 115 \u00b7 The three principles of the Rosicrucians 116 \u00b7 The three principles of Hj\u00e4rne 117<br \/>9. THE BODIES OF ALCHEMICAL CONSCIOUSNESS 118<br \/>The bodies of the world-soul 118 \u00b7 Body, soul &amp; spirit 119 \u00b7 The physical, the astral &amp; the etheric bodies 120 \u00b7 The alchemical bodies 121<br \/>10. THE FOUR ELEMENTS 123<br \/>The elements complain to the creator 124 \u00b7 Fire 127 \u00b7 Water 128 \u00b7 Air 129 \u00b7 Earth 130 \u00b7 The four principles of the Rosicrucians 131 \u00b7 The kingdoms and cherubs of the four elements 132 \u00b7 The elemental teaching of Aristotle 133 \u00b7 Hippocratic medicine 134<br \/>11. THE ALCHEMICAL FIRES 137<br \/>The heavenly fire 139 \u00b7 The central fire 139 \u00b7 The fountain of nature 141 \u00b7 The secret fire 143 \u00b7 The invisible and most secret occult fire of the philosophers 149 \u00b7 The general fire 149<br \/>12. THE QUINTESSENCE 151<br \/>The Ether 152 \u00b7 The son of darkness and night 152 \u00b7 Quinta essentia 152 \u00b7 Azoth 155 \u00b7 The primordial essence of all things 157 \u00b7 The extraction of the quintessence 160<br \/>13. THE MENSTRUUM OF THE PHILOSOPHERS 166<br \/>The treasure of water 167 \u00b7 Distilled and philosophical wine 168 \u00b7 The menstruum of the different kingdoms 171 \u00b7 The essence of wine 172 \u00b7 The philosophical waters 172 \u00b7 Philosopher\u2019s water 174<br \/>14. THE ALCHEMICAL REDEMPTION 175<br \/>The Hexagram 175 \u00b7 Palingenesis 176 \u00b7 The macrocosmic palingeneses 177 \u00b7 The microcosmic palingeneses 179 \u00b7 The ages 184<br \/>15. EGYPTIAN ALCHEMY 188<br \/>The seven Egyptian souls 188 \u00b7 The Egypto-alchemical myth 189 \u00b7 The Egyptian operations 192<br \/>16. THE SEVEN ALCHEMICAL OPERATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT 194<br \/>The seven series of developments in the work of incarnation 195<br \/>17. THE PLANETS, ANGELS &amp; METALS 202<br \/>The forces of the holy number seven 202 \u00b7 The seven planetary levels 205 \u00b7 The Moon 211 \u00b7 Gabriel 212 \u00b7 Silver 212 \u00b7 Mercury 215 \u00b7 Raphael 216 \u00b7 Quicksilver 216 \u00b7 Venus 219 \u00b7 Anael 219 \u00b7 Copper 220 \u00b7 The Sun 222 \u00b7 Michael 223 \u00b7 Gold 223 \u00b7 Mars 227 \u00b7 Kamael 228 \u00b7 Iron 229 \u00b7 Jupiter 231 \u00b7 Sachiel 232 \u00b7 Tin 232 \u00b7 Saturn 234 \u00b7 Tzapkiel 234 \u00b7 Lead 235 \u00b7 The nature of the medicine, and government of the metals 236<br \/>18. PROGENITORS &amp; ANTAGONISTS 238<br \/>Sandalphon 240 \u00b7 Metatron 244 \u00b7 Lucifer 247 \u00b7 Samael 250 \u00b7 The angels of the Grail 252<br \/>19. THE 14 ALCHEMICAL OPERATIONS 255<br \/>Operation 1 \u2013 Destillatio 257 \u00b7 Operation 2 \u2013 Extractio 258 \u00b7 Operation 3 \u2013 Fermentatio 259 \u00b7 Operation 4 \u2013 Mundificatio\/Ablutio 260 \u00b7 Operation 5 \u2013 Separatio 261 \u00b7 Operation 6 \u2013 Putrefactio 262 \u00b7 Operation 7 \u2013 Calcinatio 263 \u00b7 Operation 8 \u2013 Mortificatio 264 \u00b7 Operation 9 \u2013 Solutio 265 \u00b7 Operation 10 \u2013 Sublimatio 266 \u00b7 Operation 11 \u2013 Coniunctio 267 \u00b7 Operation 12 \u2013 Coagulatio 268 \u00b7 Operation 13 \u2013 Proiectio 269 \u00b7 Operation 14 \u2013 Multiplicatio &amp; Exaltatio 270<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alkemiskaakademin.se\/eng\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ALCHEMY-The-Divine-Work-Ch-22-Humanitys-transformation-from-lead-to-gold.pdf\">20. HUMANITY\u2019S TRANSFORMATION FROM LEAD TO GOLD 272<\/a><br \/>Nigredo 273 \u00b7 Obstacles 277 \u00b7 Albedo 278 \u00b7 Obstacles 283 \u00b7 Citrinitas 284 \u00b7 Obstacles and assistance 289 \u00b7 Rubedo 291 \u00b7 The flaming heart 293 \u00b7 Beyond the black hole 294<br \/>21. THE FOUR PHASES AND THE TREE OF LIFE 296<\/p>\n<p>PRACTICE<br \/>22. ALCHEMICAL PRAYERS 301<br \/>Prayer of unity 301 \u00b7 The emanation of the duad 302 \u00b7 Hymn to the Moon 302 \u00b7 Hymn to the Sun 303 \u00b7 The fire of the trinity 304 \u00b7 The invocation of the four archangels 304 \u00b7 The five-fold prayer of the quintessence 305 \u00b7 The manifestation of the hexad 306 \u00b7 The invocation of the seven stars 307 \u00b7 Prayer of the eighth house 309 \u00b7 The emanation of the nine 309 \u00b7 The flaming heart 310<br \/>23. THE TOOLS OF THE ALCHEMICAL WORK 311<br \/>Contemplation 312 \u00b7 Imagination 312 \u00b7 The key of interpretation 313 \u00b7 Breath 315 \u00b7 Blood 316 \u00b7 The alchemical athanor 317 \u00b7 The alchemical vessel 319 \u00b7 The transformative forces 322<br \/>24. THE ALCHEMICAL ROOM 325<br \/>The oratory 326 \u00b7 The laboratory 328 \u00b7 The mediator 329 \u00b7 Summary 330<\/p>\n<p>25. FUNDAMENTAL ALCHEMICAL IMAGINATION 333<br \/>Creating the alchemical room 334 \u00b7 The three alchemical principles 335 \u00b7 Imagination through the phases 336 \u00b7 Tabula smaragdina 339 \u00b7 The emerald journey 339<br \/>26. ALCHEMICAL ANIMAL ARCHETYPES 343<br \/>The green work 344 \u00b7 The green lion and the Sun 346 \u00b7 The fighting beasts 348 \u00b7 The deer 350 \u00b7 The unicorn 351 \u00b7 Ouroboros 353 \u00b7 The red lion 356 <br \/>27. PRIMA MATERIA PRACTICE 358<br \/>The mercurial fire 358 \u00b7 The keys to the fire 360 \u00b7 The alchemical fountain 360 \u00b7 Prima materia 362 \u00b7 Prima materia keys 362 \u00b7 Imagination \u2013 The Black Madonna 364<br \/>28. THE PRACTICE OF NIGREDO 366<br \/>The keys to nigredo 369 \u00b7 Awakening the four elements 370 \u00b7 Gichtel\u2019s planetary seal 372 \u00b7 Basic Exercise 374 \u00b7 Operation: To awaken and experience the seven planets 374<br \/>29. THE PRACTICE OF ALBEDO 377<br \/>The keys to albedo 381 \u00b7 The Book of Revelation 382 \u00b7 The mercurial consciousness 383 \u00b7 The angelic tower and the holy guardian angel 385 \u00b7 Operation 389 \u00b7 The colours of the peacock 391 \u00b7 Memory meditation 393 \u00b7 Imagination \u2013 alchemical masters 394<br \/>30. THE PRACTICE OF CITRINITAS 395<br \/>The keys to citrinitas 399 \u00b7The quaternity model 400 \u00b7 The Gnostic quaternity 403 \u00b7 Gnostic contemplation 404 \u00b7 The practice of the Egyptian quaternity 405 \u00b7 The quaternity of the psyche and the soul 407 \u00b7 The quaternity and the caduceus rod 408 \u00b7 Imagination 410 \u00b7 Gichtel\u2019s second operation 410<br \/>31. THE PRACTICE OF RUBEDO 413<br \/>Rubedo keys 414 \u00b7 The theosophical human 415 \u00b7 Theosophical imagination 417 \u00b7 The alchemical-kabbalistic quaternity 418 \u00b7 The Solar operation of the Phoenix bird 420 \u00b7 The seven operations of the Great Work 422 \u00b7 The prayer of the new human 429<br \/>32. THE THREE ALCHEMICAL WEDDINGS 430<br \/>The alchemical weddings in christian hermetic doctrine 432 \u00b7 The incarnation \u2013 prima materia 435 \u00b7 Baptism and the transformation of the white wedding 437 \u00b7 The mount of transfiguration and the yellow wedding 440 \u00b7 Ritual of the transfiguration 442 \u00b7 The resurrection and the transmutation of the red wedding 443 \u00b7 The union of the two brothers 445 \u00b7 The resurrection 447\u00b7 Formations of the opposition 447 \u00b7The wine of wrath 449 \u00b7 <br \/>The way of the cross 451 \u00b7 The Rosary 453 \u00b7 Redemption of the Fall through the red wedding 456 \u00b7 The holy operation of the ark 462<br \/>33. THE STONES OF THE ALCHEMICAL BODIES 465<br \/>The philosophical development 467 \u00b7 The microcosmic transcendence 469 \u00b7 The macrocosmic transcendence 470<br \/>34. THE LEAD BODY OF SATURN 472<br \/>Keys to the purification of the lead body 474 \u00b7 The fountain of nature 476 \u00b7 The two microcosmic suns 477 \u00b7 Squaring the lead body 478 \u00b7 The cubic stone 479 \u00b7 Sacrifice to the priest or priestess of the temple 480<br \/>35. THE SILVER BODY OF THE MOON 482<br \/>Keys to the transformation of the silver body 483 \u00b7 The restoration of the salt body 484 \u00b7 The lunar sphere of the silver body 484 \u00b7 Operation for the first palingenesis 485<br \/>36. THE ANGELIC BODY OF MERCURY 495<br \/>Keys to the transfiguration of the angelic body 496 \u00b7 The sphere of the golden mercury 497 \u00b7 To generate the mercurial angelic body 498 \u00b7 Ritual to generate the angelic body 502 \u00b7 Operation for the second palingenesis 503 \u00b7 The second palingenesis ritual 505 \u00b7 To reveal the egg of angelic mercury 505<br \/>37. THE GOLDEN BODY OF THE SUN &amp; THE STONE OF THE WISE 508<br \/>Keys to the transmutation of the golden body 509 \u00b7 The red sun of the wholeness \u2013 exaltatio 510 \u00b7 Preparation for the creation of the regenerated tree of life 512 \u00b7 The third palingenesis: The regenerated Tree of Life 515 \u00b7 Human metamorphosis into a sphinx 518 \u00b7 The manifestation of the golden body in the world 519 \u00b7 The sacred fire of the seraphim 522 \u00b7 The new Jerusalem 523 \u00b7 The transmutation of the phoenix bird 524 \u00b7 The Stone of the Wise 526<br \/>38. ROSARIUM PHILOSOPHORUM 529<\/p>\n<p>APPENDIX<br \/>I. THE VISIONS OF ZOSIMOS 555<br \/>II. THE PRACTICE OF MARY THE PROPHETESS, SISTER OF MOSES 564<br \/>I\u00cdI. THE ALCHEMICAL MASS 569<br \/>IV. LIBAVIUS ON THE PHILOSOPHER\u2019S STONE 575<br \/>V. RULANDUS ON THE PRIMA MATERIA 579<br \/>VI. EUGENIUS PHILALETHES MAGICAL APHORISMS 583<br \/>VII. THE TRUE AND GENUINE STONE OF THE WISE 586<br \/>VIII. THE SECRET OF SECRETS 596<br \/>IX. 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