Taoist Alchemy contrasted to Hermetic Alchemy
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Aunt Clair:
Hermetically, the fingers of the right hand are the 4 primary elements
orange fire
indigo water
salmon red earth
and
chartreuse green air
the fingers of left hand are the secondary elements
aqua (air and water )clouds
purple ( water and earth ) magick l'eau de prima materia
amber ( fire and air ) feu de prima materia
rose ( earth and fire )
this makes the wheel of life an array of 8 colours of the rainbow
.........green
...aqua........amber
indigo..........orange
...purple.....rose
..........red
Contrasting this Wheel of Life to the I Ching Trigram Wheel ,
Can a 1:1 correspondence be made ? I think so . I feel it suggest this ;
1...........Wind Yin Sun ~*~ green female Air
2............... Fire Yin Li ~*~ orange male Fire
3............Lake Yin Tui ~*~ indigo female Water
4......... Earth Yin Kun ~*~ red male Earth
5.... Mountain Yang Ken ~*~rose male fire & Earth
6...........RiverYang Kan ~*~purple female magick earth & Water
7 Thunder/Lightning Yang Chen ~*~amber male air & Fire
8.............. Heaven Yang Chien ~*~aqua female water & Air
Does that seem to work for you ?
It is interesting , I think to see the difference in gender according to Taoist versus Hermetic
Wind Yin & Heaven Yang ~ Air female
River Yang & Lake Yin ~ Water female
Fire Yin & Lightning Yang ~ Fire male
Earth Yin & Mountain Yang ~ Earth male
And further to this ,which of the basic 3 energies Shen , Chi and Ching are related to these 8 Taoist energies in the I Ching Trigram Wheel of Life ?
..Heaven Stone ?~what is the name of this energy ?
Moon Stone Shen ~is this Chen above or ??
.....Sun Stone Chi ~is this Li or perhaps Chen above or ??
Earth Stone Ching ~is this Ken or Kun above or ??
Thanks
Aunt Clair:
Revising ,
1st there are the primary elements on the fingers of the right hand of the magician
This are 4 corners on cardinal directions forming the Cross + ;
Air
Water * Fire
Earth
2nd there are the secondary elements on the fingers of the left hand of the magician
And this is the Wheel of Life on the cardinal and bicardinal directions forming the crux X under the cross + ;
Heavens
Wind Lightening
Lake * Fire
River Mountain
Earth
3rd there is the cube having 3 axis as X , Y and Z
This provides protection and amplification of the magician's power
The magician becomes conscious that the etheric exists above and below the home
and in 8 directions around the home .
It takes 27 cubes to completely surround the magician .
To the Power of 3
1X1x1=3 divine energies
2X2X2=8 gates
3x3x3=27 selves in the sacred cube
4x4x4=64 I Ching Hexagrams
Universal.heavens stone.Manifestation.Consciousness.Soul. Tse/Xie.Culmination..Conception.AIR
Mental....moon stone..Flow...............brain........ ......Mind.Shen.....Intuition.....Force .........WATER
spiritual..sun stone.....Will ...............heart..............Spiri t.Chi.......Vitality.......Vector...... ..FIRE
Physical..earth stone. Constraint.......vessel............Body .Ching....Generative.Cessation.....EART H
revising
Chakras Stones
silver Crystal
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The stones are as beads on the Cosmic Necklace . The sweet spot of manifestation is where the gold chakra joins the silver one on the clasp .
white Heavens Air Green
violet Heavens Tse Universal.Will..Conscious.Soul..
indigo Moon Water Blue
blue Moon Shen Mental....intellect.Brain.Psyche
green Sun Fire Yellow
yellow Sun Chi Spiritual.
orange Earth Earth Red
red Earth Ching Physical..
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rose Abyss Akasha Silver
black Abyss ?emergent
gold Crystal Amoris Gold
?emergent
Aunt Clair:
Some of the methods endorsed on the site
http://www.universal-tao.com/article/ba_shen.html
are both curious and unpleasant and ,in my opinion, totally unnecessary . I believe that pranic energy is all that the magician needs to flow thru the body to open it up and complete it and that the introduction of recycled bodily fluids is not helpful . I feel that we should not seal the gates either . We need to pierce the stones and allow the light to shine through them instead . So I want the stones to be like a collander or a disco ball instead of plugged and locked up . But the reason I have copied an excerpt from this article is because of the material regarding the
3 divine energies and the 8 immortal gates which we have been studying in HM&A circle
...The system that follows is called Ba Shen Chi. This means the Eight Divine Breaths or Eight Immortal Breaths. This is a very straight forward system to attain control over the three levels of our being, physical, mental, and spiritual.
Eight Immortal Holes located in the sacrum can absorb the Natural Eight Forces:
1) KEN-Mountain
2) KAN-Water
3) CHEN-Thunder
4) CHIEN-Heaven
5) KUN-Earth
6) SUN-Wind
7)LI-Fire
8) TUI-Lake = EIGHT FORCES.
Relationship of Palate & Tongue with the Organs:
A) Lower Jaw below Teeth - Triple Warmer Point.
B) Front of Mouth - Lungs & Large Intestine Point.
C) Front Palate - Heart & Small Intestine Point.
D) Middle Palate - Liver & Gall Bladder Point.
E) Back Palate - Kidney & Bladder Point.
Hun Dun Wuji Tao-Ba Shen Chi-Organ Nei Kung-12/4/97-David Shen
The Taoist's Understanding and Order of the Universe:
1) Wu Chi - Nothingness - First: Oneness of the Universe - No Time or Space - Stillness Practice- Gave birth to Yin & Yang - Perfect Polarity.
2) Tai Chi - Yin & Yang - Perfect Union Tai Chi - Second:Yang & Yin Duality-Time & Space only created with Energy Movement-Tai Chi Chi Kung Practice- Gave birth to the Three Pure Ones.
3) Shang Ching - 3 Originals-3 Pure Ones-Third:Yang (Positive) Left Channel-Right Side, Yin (Negative) Right Channel -Left Side,Conscience Mind (Neutral), Core (Void) Channel - Middle-Gave birth to Eight Forces.
4) I Ching - 8 Forces - Fourth: Book & Law of Changes-64 Trigrams-Language of Wisdom-Pakua 8 Forces- Way of Moving Energy in the Body -Pakua Palm Practice-Gave birth to the Five Elements
5) Hsing I - 5 Elements - Fifth: 5 Directions - 5 Phases - Fusion of the 5 Elements -Hsing I Practice - Gave birth (gate) to the physical world.
6) Tie Jeian - Physical World - Alchemical transformation of cinnaber (Hun) by burning red to yellow to white to blue to green - Gave birth (gate) to the Human world.
7) Yuang Jeian - Human World - 3 Energies - Shen (Spirit Energy), Ching (Sexual Energy), Chi (Life Energy) - 3 Bodies - Physical Body, Energy Body, & Spirit Body - Gives birth (gate) to the Immortal Being through the Taoist Practices: Pakua Palm (moving the Chi with the Eight Forces), Hsing I (moving the Chi
through the Five Phases, & Tai Chi Chi Kung (all polarities come together).
I Ching-Pakua Palm
1) Water (Kan) gathering of chi - the Origin of Everything
2) Fire (Li) rising of chi
3) Thunder (Chen) growing of chi
4) Rain (Tui) materializing and crystalizing of chi
5) Earth (Kun) gives birth to the Mountain
6) Mountain (Ken)
7) Wind (Sun)
8) Heaven (Chien) is the goal which is no longer subject to change
Hsing I - 5 Phases - 5 Stages
Symbols of the Five Elements:
1) Voice (Chants, Words) - Heart (Chanting the Words or Symbols)
2) Light (Colors) -Wood (Coloring the Organs)
3) State of Mind (Herbs - Spirit of Spleen) - Earth (Mind internal drawing)
4) Breathe (Lungs) - Metal (Synchronizing the Breath)
15) Vibrational Sound (Ohm) - Water (Sound can form a shape or body or light body)
Aunt Clair:
http://www.alchemylab.com/AJ2-5.htm
Alchemical spiritual development depends upon the consumption of useful power. The Taoist alchemists have given us the best revelations about useful power. This alchemical manna comes in three flavors in a paradox. Though the three flavors are different they are one and the same. And you cannot have one
without the others.
The Taoist alchemists called these powers chi, ching and shen. Chi, we will call continuation power. Ching, we will call creation power. Shen, we will call manifestation power. One circulates Chi power; one sublimates Ching power; one distills Shen power. Lu K
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