He also guides souls out of the lower realms. Hermes is also a symbol of that force of divinity that guides those who have died he guides the dead to their next residence. "Glorious Hermes, the herald of the deathless gods (keryx athanaton)." - Hesiod, Theogony (8th or 7th century B.C.)
turned to his dear son Hermes: ‘Hermes, you are always our messenger.’" - Homer, Odyssey (8th century B.C.) In the Greek tradition, Hermes is the messenger of the gods, the one who conveys all the knowledge and wisdom of the gods to the other gods and to human kind, and even into hell. The Alchemical tradition talks about Mercury, and used Latin to hide many of the secrets of Alchemy, but really, the word Mercury comes from the Greek Hermes. The Greeks called him Hermes the Romans called him Mercury. This first image shows an ancient painting of the god Hermes. So let us study Mercury and understand what it means. Transmutation is not just in relation to matter, such as sexual matter or any other physical matter like metals or chemicals, but rather, transmutation refers to the entirety of a given thing. Alchemy is a science of transmutation that means that it is a science of “thorough change,” which is what transmutation means. In the previous lectures about Alchemy we established a broad overview of the basic concepts and structures of practice in Alchemy, not the history and not the theories, but the actual material, energy, and consciousness involved in the process of Alchemy: what it means to transmute matter, energy and consciousness, to transform it completely.
Symbol of mercury series#
Today we are going to conclude our talks about Alchemy, and pull together the series of lectures that we have given. “The wings of Mercury elevate us to the world of gods.” Mercury is what makes that possible, and that is why Samael Aun Weor stated:
Symbol of mercury full#
So first we showed you the temple the temple is yourself, your Being, the full development of ultimately what you should be. If you saw the foundation alone, it would not make any sense. Mercury is the foundation of the temple, but you cannot understand what the foundation is unless you see what the temple is first. We wanted to first give you a basic introduction to the concept and the practice of Alchemy, so that you get a sense of what Alchemy is and what it means, because without that, you cannot understand what Mercury is. We have saved this topic about Mercury until now, because it is not easy to understand. It has been stated throughout the Alchemical tradition that the entire basis of Alchemy is Mercury, and that without Mercury there could be no Alchemy.
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