…and the square of four which is female. Therefore, it is in its own nature symbol of the hermetic being, the androgynous Mercury. And why is Mercury used in alchemy for this purpose, when the being is the uneventful solvent? For Mercury accepts into…

…which is female. Therefore, it is in its own nature symbol of the hermetic being, the androgynous Mercury. And why is Mercury used in alchemy for this purpose, when the being is the uneventful solvent? For Mercury accepts into itself all other substances,…

…being, the androgynous Mercury. And why is Mercury used in alchemy for this purpose, when the being is the uneventful solvent? For Mercury accepts into itself all other substances, and was so believed to do, and reconciles them in its own name. But the…

…fire and water are reconciled in the mysterious hermetic vessel, released and forced The Egyptian form, a Greek form of the Latin Mercury, is itself or itself a personification of the soul. Therefore, it is said that Hermes was the author of 5,000 books,…

…be so powerful after this the next orbit of the planets arrived in its proper and due sequence and we had the orbit of Mercury and the world was turned over to the rule of the intellect here mind began to take over all others considerations the light…

…as we know it everything then became a matter of formulas, of terms and words. With the coming of the orbit of Mercury, Cadmus is said to have invented the alphabets, and all the writings and readings of mankind. The sciences came into being, and…

…and all the writings and readings of mankind. The sciences came into being, and all other forms of exact knowledge. And Mercury became the symbol of formal education, the rise of philosophic systems. the motion of man also gradually and inevitably towards…

…which was, however, a cover for another planet which they did not know. And later, after that, the orbit of Venus and of Mercury and the orbit of the moon, which was the closest to the earth. They had their own little private system of astronomy, but…

…death that it may live. And it is interesting that Odin should have been recognized by the Romans as equivalent to their Mercury. And both Odin and Mercury were often regarded as gods of thieves, because the thief so often ended hanging on the gibbet,…

…live. And it is interesting that Odin should have been recognized by the Romans as equivalent to their Mercury. And both Odin and Mercury were often regarded as gods of thieves, because the thief so often ended hanging on the gibbet, in the same way as…

…this particular case is Ishtar. Sulfur in this particular case represents the gods or the great spiritual power which is miradak. And Mercury is again the messenger of the gods, or Aranis, the fish man, because Mercury is also Botan, or Odin, and Mercury…

…the great spiritual power which is miradak. And Mercury is again the messenger of the gods, or Aranis, the fish man, because Mercury is also Botan, or Odin, and Mercury is always the teacher, the messenger of the gods. Mercury is therefore the solvent…

…And Mercury is again the messenger of the gods, or Aranis, the fish man, because Mercury is also Botan, or Odin, and Mercury is always the teacher, the messenger of the gods. Mercury is therefore the solvent likewise in the nature of man. is born…

…or Aranis, the fish man, because Mercury is also Botan, or Odin, and Mercury is always the teacher, the messenger of the gods. Mercury is therefore the solvent likewise in the nature of man. is born out of experience. It has its abode in the psychic…

…the opposites. Because its great purpose is mediation. Its great problem is the reconciling of things. as in the case of Mercury, which must absorb the two opposite elements to create the philosopher's stone. So the central deity is always messianic. In the…

…was represented by the field of the planets. And the seven planets recognized by the ancients, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon. The moon and sun being regarded as planets in ancient astronomy. These represent the seven layers or…

…ancient times, the planets ascending from the surface of the earth began with the moon. The moon was the first. The second was Mercury. The third was Venus. The fourth was the sun. The fifth was Mars. The sixth was Jupiter and the seventh was Saturn.…

…things have to be there in seed form before the second layer comes in the years between 11 and 20 were ruled by Mercury And Mercury was associated by the ancients with education. Here the child comes for the first time into contact with learning as…

…to be there in seed form before the second layer comes in the years between 11 and 20 were ruled by Mercury And Mercury was associated by the ancients with education. Here the child comes for the first time into contact with learning as such. And what…

…the beginning to be a reconciler. Its purpose was to bring together opposites which otherwise could not be easily reconciled. In alchemy, Mercury was the symbol of the human soul or the divine soul. It was the universal agent by means of which salt and…

…that we know as mercury. He refers to the spirit, the mysterious volatile agent which is locked behind the principle of Mercury. Thus, he gives us a bit of very important philosophy when he says that these substances, in their physical combination, will…

…from which this principle cannot be extracted except by art, or the processes, the conscious processes of the redemptive science. Mercury combines both of these polarities. Mercury therefore represents both force and motion. Motion is a means, and motion is…

…be extracted except by art, or the processes, the conscious processes of the redemptive science. Mercury combines both of these polarities. Mercury therefore represents both force and motion. Motion is a means, and motion is of two kinds. Motion is a thing…

…to a superior condition by an evolutionary means, or a qualitative descent to an inferior condition by an involutionary procedure. Mercury is the controller of motion. Mercury represents, therefore, the binder. In man, Mercury is the human soul. The human…

…means, or a qualitative descent to an inferior condition by an involutionary procedure. Mercury is the controller of motion. Mercury represents, therefore, the binder. In man, Mercury is the human soul. The human soul, being will, gradually transforms or…

…this supply except upon the three levels of the psalter and mercenaries. And in this sulfur is religion. Salt is science. Mercury is thought. These three must be brought into a compound to produce the physician. For the physician is himself the fulfilling…

…be so powerful after this the next orbit of the planets arrived in its proper and due sequence and we had the orbit of Mercury and the world was turned over to a ruler of the intellect here mind began to take over all others considerations the light…

…intelligence as we know it everything then became a matter of formulas of terms and words with the coming of the orbit of Mercury Cadmus is said to have invented the alphabets and all the writings and readings of mankind the sciences came into being and…

…and all the writings and readings of mankind the sciences came into being and all other forms of exact knowledge and Mercury became the symbol of formal education the rise of philosophic systems the motion of man also gradually and inevitably towards the…

…as represented by a rocket. In this system, the sun occupies the four orbits. and the orbits consisted of those of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. These were the seven planets known to the age. Above and outside of these was…

…now Hermes as the hermetic tradition tells us was the god of wisdom being known to the Greeks as Hermes known to the Romans as Mercury known to the Egyptians as Thoth the god of writing and the last poem by the way of Longfellow was an ode to Hermes…

…now Hermes as the hermetic tradition tells us was the god of wisdom being known to the Greeks as Hermes known to the Romans as Mercury known to the Egyptians as Soth the god of writing and the last poem by the way of Longfellow was an ode to Hermes…

…and physiology of the nervous system. In India it is assumed or was believed that Buddha was associated with the planet Mercury, and it is this in turn which primitive Western man always associated with the nervous system. The nervous system involves not…

…along the string to correspond to the orbits of the planets. And the so-called three inferior planets of the ancients, the moon, Mercury, and Venus, were considered to be the lower part of this instrument. In the center, or the exact middle of the string,…

…united and souls in stress. Alchemy creates another symbol where the hermetic mercury the mysterious symbol of the universal solvent. Mercury is said to be the one element that will accept other elements into its own soul. Therefore, Mercury becomes, in…

…of the universal solvent. Mercury is said to be the one element that will accept other elements into its own soul. Therefore, Mercury becomes, in a mysterious way, in the alchemical tradition, the symbol of Christ, because also it is the child of the sun…

…united and souls in stress alchemy creates another symbol where the hermetic mercury the mysterious symbol of the universal solvent. Mercury is said to be the one element that will accept other elements into its own soul. Therefore, Mercury becomes, in…

…of the universal solvent. Mercury is said to be the one element that will accept other elements into its own soul. Therefore, Mercury becomes, in a mysterious way, in the alchemical tradition, the symbol of Christ, because also it is the child of the sun…

…in their system, with the three planets Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars above it, and the three lesser lights of the old system, Venus, Mercury, and the moon below it. and the form of a ladder extending from the earth to the sky, the ladder of seven rungs,…

…then that the earth represents the earth. The water becomes symbolic of the moon, or the element of fire becomes symbolical of Mercury, or air becomes symbolical of Venus, and so up this entire ladder, but those are the only four elements that we have.…

…was indebted for the archetypal impulse. Therefore, we understand perhaps why the Emperor Julian always declared that he was the son of Mercury. This was because of the fact that he was an initiate of the mysteries of the great oriental Diana of Ephesus,…

…He is polyforminal. Instead of taking on, for instance, another god of the Greeks that we can mention would be Hermes, or Mercury. We know Hermes among the Greek arts mostly as a young man with winged heels and a winged hat carrying a caduceus,…

…and reason are not the same. but they are both interpreters, messengers. And like these messengers, they have several attributes. For Mercury, Hermes, is not only the one who becomes the guide, the Virgil to every Dante seeking to pass through the mysteries…

…and other beings that do not belong to the original order and from these The most familiar are Apollo, Diana, Venus, and Mercury. Now that leaves out only one that represents and stands to the peculiar virtue of Jupiter and about which we are assured…

…or heaven. She is naturally associated with beauty and with art, music, and things of that nature, and only later with amatory interests. Mercury was a son of Jupiter. He is associated with the sign of Gemini, and he was the messenger of the gods, the…

…mystery cults Of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Though we have also. One of our best known deities. And that is Mercury or Hermes. Mercury or Hermes was the communicator. In some mysterious way. The revelation of man's fountains. Of potential. Finally bring…

…Of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Though we have also. One of our best known deities. And that is Mercury or Hermes. Mercury or Hermes was the communicator. In some mysterious way. The revelation of man's fountains. Of potential. Finally bring us into the…

…seeing, one hearing, one tasting, one touching. All of these are aspects of a common energy, and this common energy was Mercury or Hermes. For this reason, and because of man's dependence upon the sensory perceptions which he possesses for what he terms…

…Sun. The auditory powers of the soul with Venus. The concrete intellectual and the so-called ordinary thinking of the soul with Mercury. The imaginative power with the Moon. And the generative power, the eighth, the one which was not included in the…

…other planets however are in their proper order above the orbit of the four elements is the orbit of the moon above that of Mercury from which one rises to Venus, then to the Sun, after that to Mars, then to Jupiter, and finally to Saturn, who in a…

…emotional disturbance, and also, to most people, a symbol of the perversion of emotion for self-gratification. below that is of course Mercury and what could Mercury be better than Ariel Mercury was the messenger of the gods he was for sparrows messenger he…

…also, to most people, a symbol of the perversion of emotion for self-gratification. below that is of course Mercury and what could Mercury be better than Ariel Mercury was the messenger of the gods he was for sparrows messenger he was the communicator that…

…of the perversion of emotion for self-gratification. below that is of course Mercury and what could Mercury be better than Ariel Mercury was the messenger of the gods he was for sparrows messenger he was the communicator that bound heaven and earth he…

…that bound heaven and earth he was the brilliance of the quick mind but he was also the mysterious power of vitality therefore Mercury was a kind of universal agent perhaps the same agent the paracelsus called azoth that which a man can possess it will…

…of progress in terms of invention. We are so proud of landing somebody on the moon that we can hardly wait to get some other Mercury. We are so proud of the television that we never give a thought as to what comes over it. We are very proud of the…

…seven rings, concentric circles, ascending in order from the face of the earth through the orbits of the moon, and then Mercury, then Venus, then the sun, then Mars, then Jupiter, and finally Saturn. this was the target-like design which was hundreds of…

…he comes again to a new on to a new rung of the ladder and this rung is supposedly governed by the god Mercury And Mercury is communication. Mercury is also intelligence. Now Mercury is not philosophy. Mercury is the kind of intelligence that we get in…

…again to a new on to a new rung of the ladder and this rung is supposedly governed by the god Mercury And Mercury is communication. Mercury is also intelligence. Now Mercury is not philosophy. Mercury is the kind of intelligence that we get in a public…

…on to a new rung of the ladder and this rung is supposedly governed by the god Mercury And Mercury is communication. Mercury is also intelligence. Now Mercury is not philosophy. Mercury is the kind of intelligence that we get in a public school system.…

…the ladder and this rung is supposedly governed by the god Mercury And Mercury is communication. Mercury is also intelligence. Now Mercury is not philosophy. Mercury is the kind of intelligence that we get in a public school system. Mercury is the training…

…being as composed of four elemental structures These are according to the lower figure in the scale of Ptolemy. The moon, the Mercury, Venus, and the Sun. Now these are divided along a line of an intangible but very real structure which results in the…

…and divide the system into four levels one above the other the lowest level being under the moon the second level being under Mercury the third under Venus and the fourth under the Sun these are the latter steps the four steps of the Eliassonian rites…

…existence comes first. This is under the earth, or the planet earth. Then comes the moon, governing the mysterious elements of growth, then Mercury, and finally we will come to the sun. But in each of these patterns, we have a factor that we have to…

…of bringing a life into this world. So after a little while, this life enters the next path. It enters under the rulership of Mercury and goes to school. That is part of it. School is very largely part of the vegetable kingdom. And most people who are…

…the principal deities contributed some essential characteristic or quality. As, for example, Athena, who bestowed the potential of wisdom, and Mercury, who bestowed the potential of learning or of knowledge. And each one of these deities bestowed from its own…

…everlasting estate, and that in this everlastingness all good things would be fulfilled. Juran believed himself to be descended from the god Mercury, but this only implies that he was born under the sign ruled by the planet Mercury. This was the common way…

…himself to be descended from the god Mercury, but this only implies that he was born under the sign ruled by the planet Mercury. This was the common way of distinguishing persons in his time. he believed that the ruling genius of his horoscope was the…

…him. And in this course there is also reference to the slaughter of innocent children who were mistaken for him. But Isis, guided by Mercury, hid her child where none could find it, hiding it in the reeds for the side of the river Nile. And the child…

…assisting him, and the other appearing or cooperating only in matters of great emergency. His natal or essential protecting god was Mercury. And Mercury, as the messenger of the gods and as the symbol of intellect, was constantly assisting him to extricate…

…and the other appearing or cooperating only in matters of great emergency. His natal or essential protecting god was Mercury. And Mercury, as the messenger of the gods and as the symbol of intellect, was constantly assisting him to extricate himself from…

…it returns to the guardian or the worker of the gate in its own way Those things which belong to the world of Mercury. And Hermes says that these include all manner of deceit. All manner of false thinking. All schemes. All plots and strategies. All…

…alchemical retort in which these marvelous changes might take place. And these same mystics assume that Hermes, representing Mercury, Quicksilver, representing this mysterious agent in which all elements can be reconciled, that Mercury therefore represents the…

…assume that Hermes, representing Mercury, Quicksilver, representing this mysterious agent in which all elements can be reconciled, that Mercury therefore represents the reconciling power of human consciousness, or perhaps more exactly, of the human mind. For…

…be reconciled, that Mercury therefore represents the reconciling power of human consciousness, or perhaps more exactly, of the human mind. For Mercury becomes the key, the master of the mystery, by means of which all things are unlocked. And the medieval man…

…superiors. Therefore, mind is the messenger, the instrument, the intermediary, and in this sense becomes the Greek Hermes and the Latin Mercury, the messenger of the gods, the winged being that can travel into all spheres and spaces, carrying the words of…

…spheres and spaces, carrying the words of the gods. Hermes, as the messenger of God, therefore is associated with this concept of Mercury. He is associated with the quickness of this deity. And in the ancient Greek legends, it is said that Mercury was…

…here interpreted as the eternal mind, which brings all things into existence by the power of thought. Thus, both thought, Hermes, Mercury, gives us the concept of a world that exists in the divine mind. A projection and manifestation of the eternal thinker.…

…the communication of messages from the heavenly world to the abodes of mortals. When the Romans dominated the area, they knew Hermes as Mercury, a god of swiftness of messages and to a sense of the ability to read the human mind. In the meantime, the…

…the human mind. In the meantime, the Ptolemaic dynasty in Alexandria in North Africa began to associate the concept of Hermes and Mercury with the deity of the Egyptians both the gods of writing. who was called also the scribe of the heavenly assembly of…

…This tendency is revealed in the various degrees of development which we find in connection with Venus. Though in the case of Mercury, we have here the kind of planet that has to do with the essential compatibilities of people. If we have a good…

…Mercury, we have here the kind of planet that has to do with the essential compatibilities of people. If we have a good Mercury, we have an individual who in his relationship with people is a good sport. He is perhaps aware of the mistakes of others,…

…overlook things. He has the capacity not to be deceived, but not to make issues where they are unnecessary. With, therefore, the Mercury person is a highly evolved type. He will have a strong intellectual life. He will be compatible on a mental level. He…

…But merely as a garment. And then he went still further downward into the mystery of things. And he came to the orbit of Mercury. And here was given to him skill. And cunning. And the ability to use his hands. And to fashion and to fabricate things.…

…could imagine. Then he goes onward to the problem of skill, and to this little humor problem that we described. He must return to Mercury the gifts which this orbit has given to him. And so we find that he returns to this level, that level of his…

…us pass to another group just to see what kind of trouble we can really get into. Let us take the character of Mercury. Now the planet Mercury in astrology, which has come down from the inscriptions tablets of Sargon, and which has never changed greatly…

…just to see what kind of trouble we can really get into. Let us take the character of Mercury. Now the planet Mercury in astrology, which has come down from the inscriptions tablets of Sargon, and which has never changed greatly its meaning either in…

…from the inscriptions tablets of Sargon, and which has never changed greatly its meaning either in Eastern or Western thinking. Mercury, to the old astrologers, was described as a neutral power. That Mercury served almost completely according to the nature of…

…greatly its meaning either in Eastern or Western thinking. Mercury, to the old astrologers, was described as a neutral power. That Mercury served almost completely according to the nature of the planet with which it made its first aspect. That the power of…

…served almost completely according to the nature of the planet with which it made its first aspect. That the power of Mercury, like that of the Greek Hermes and the Latin deity Mercury, derived therefrom with some restrictions, was the messenger of the…

…power of venus therefore with sensory appetite and emotion falls then into the orbit of mercury And in the orbit of Mercury another factor takes over. For Mercury is the symbol of the critical intellect. Mercury is the symbol of sensory perception deriving…

…appetite and emotion falls then into the orbit of mercury And in the orbit of Mercury another factor takes over. For Mercury is the symbol of the critical intellect. Mercury is the symbol of sensory perception deriving its authority through the five senses.…

…of mercury And in the orbit of Mercury another factor takes over. For Mercury is the symbol of the critical intellect. Mercury is the symbol of sensory perception deriving its authority through the five senses. Thus the objective sensory perceptions of man…

…of sensory perception deriving its authority through the five senses. Thus the objective sensory perceptions of man are represented by Mercury. They are the senses which are the messengers of the dog. they carry the sensory reflexes from the external world…

…sets him upon a division of learning of attitude in which little by little the unities of knowledge are lost so that Mercury makes him the critic rather than the Noah it makes him the intellectual rather than the wise person and having become invested…

…report, a reasonable reconstruction is possible. The next and last of these wonders, then, is that which relates to the planet Mercury. And all Egypt and other nations agree that this wonder belongs primarily by right to the great complex of pyramids of…

…ambition. Where such inner beauty does not exist, ambition leads only to tyranny and despotism. The last of these, the great pyramid under Mercury, tells us, of course, of the art of medicine, of healing, and of the power of the gods to bring health to…

…and the state of the corporeal nature of man. Therefore, that the sound body must be inhabited for the sane mind. And Mercury, as taking away ignorance, took away the great sickness for which learning is the only remedy. Thus, these concepts broaden the…

…and is said to be Asia's great contribution to the concept of world womanhood, appropriately under the symbolism of Venus. Now, for Mercury, we can also have something that travels and moves and does all kinds of strange and wonderful things, And we placed…

…represents a great step forward. A step forward which will mature and ripen in due course with many other activities. And under Mercury comes the seventh of these principles which we wish to bring to your attention, and this is something which is a highly…

…for instance, would it be called the tomb of Hermes? What and who was Hermes? Hermes was the Greek form of the deity Mercury, and the Egyptian form of Mercury and Hermes was Thoth, the god of the writing tablet. Hermes was a symbol of the universal…

…called the tomb of Hermes? What and who was Hermes? Hermes was the Greek form of the deity Mercury, and the Egyptian form of Mercury and Hermes was Thoth, the god of the writing tablet. Hermes was a symbol of the universal mind, because it was said of…

…Hermes as the hermetic tradition tells us was the god of wisdom a being known to the Greeks as Hermes known to the Romans as Mercury known to the Egyptians as Thoth the god of writing and the last poem by the way of Longfellow was an ode to Hermes…

…this in itself cannot occur except with the presence of the age of a third of Androgyne homines, which is Richard. And Mercury is a very powerful catalystic agent in alchemy. It makes possible the building or binding of the two principles. Now, let's try…

…Andarian, of course, the celebrated Caduceus, usually dressed in the garb of a Roman soldier. Very important part of the symbolism. But Mercury is the beloved son of the king and queen. Now, when you make the king and queen in the alchemical symbolism,…

…two precious rulers of the levels, the king and queen of the world of the metals. Therefore, we have another mysterious point, namely that Mercury is the son of gold and silver. He is the child, not only as the deity, but as the author. Now, what is…

…Mercury is the son of gold and silver. He is the child, not only as the deity, but as the author. Now, what is Mercury? Mercury is quicksilver, and the so-called. Mercury is three leaves, and the root of her fire. Mercury is the most volatile, and the…

…is the son of gold and silver. He is the child, not only as the deity, but as the author. Now, what is Mercury? Mercury is quicksilver, and the so-called. Mercury is three leaves, and the root of her fire. Mercury is the most volatile, and the most…

…He is the child, not only as the deity, but as the author. Now, what is Mercury? Mercury is quicksilver, and the so-called. Mercury is three leaves, and the root of her fire. Mercury is the most volatile, and the most catalystic of the elements in the…

…the psyche of the soul for today we include both male and female attributes and represented a psychic field or pattern and Mercury was therefore the common sound or quick filter by which all metals would be imagined according to synthesis Mercury was the…

…and Mercury was therefore the common sound or quick filter by which all metals would be imagined according to synthesis Mercury was the absorbing power So that actually, according to their doctrine, the philosopher's stone was composed of the union of…

…of very interesting and important parallels, or elements, each of which we will gradually develop along with other symbols. Mercury now emerges as something that unites or forms a common ground, absorbing into itself things otherwise irreconcilable. Let us…

…being so we can say that in the hermetic category consciousness which is the spiritual power descending into the field of Mercury or into the soul manifests itself as intellect and intuition whereas bodily elements or energies ascending into the soul also…