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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Alchemy and the Kabbalah'"
The subject of alchemy and its application to the Kabbalah and the
teachings of the Golden Dawn has for many years been shrouded in mystery.
Virtually no revelation has been made by former members of the
Order who studied it. For all intents and purposes alchemy is the science
of transmutation, whether it be animal, vegetable, or mineral. Israel
Regardie was one of the first 167 to state the principles of alchemy in purely
psychological terms and his book, The Philosophers Stone, which he
published in 1938, actually predating the work on similar lines by Carl
[ung published in his Psychology andAlchemy, 168and Mysterium Coruunctionis.
Regardie, as mentioned earlier, was an initiate of the Bristol Temple
of the Stella Matutina, a successor of the Golden Dawn. Following his
\661 have not Included a breakdown of the modem Qabalah of Frater Albertus, Qabalah of theSeven
Rays, which he based on the teachings of Lewis Spence and rhe Color Scales of the Golden Dawn
and adapted them to alchemy. After studying Frater Albertus's Qabalah and related unpublished
documents on the subject over the years, I find little in common with the traditional Kabbalah,
In many respects Frater Albertus went his own way in developing the Qabalistic pulsation system
he utilized for his Alchemical Paracelsus Organization.
167 A member of the Golden Dawn,underthe Mathers lineage,Langford Garstin, published a book
SecrerFirein 1932which leans towards to the psychological side of alchemy, bur only in a very
vague manner.
168 lung based this work on tWO lectures he delivered in \935/36 for the Erano5-jahrbuch, which
Regardie hadnever seen.
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