Alchemy

3. 1 quart Mason jars not 31

5 ft of plastic tubing if you get a tea pot make sure the tubing will fit over the spout tightly or inside the hole in the spout tightly.

And a eye dropper .

Great news! I'll start to get everything together and let you know when I have them all.

Cheers.

If you want to make a cheap condenser you can use a small bucket just drill holes one on each side and run the hose through it and seal around the holes fill the bucket with cold water and some ice . That means a longer piece of hose.

Thanks for this innovative advice Alkem it's really kind of you to do that.

The thing is I don't want to waste the opportunity you've presented me with so I'm getting the money together to buy a lab distillation kit. The flasks on the one I'm hoping to buy are 1000ml, is that big enough?

Thank you.

1000 mil yes plenty big are you going to buy a heating mantel too and stand and your going to need a receiving flask plus al the extra glass tubing and connections to make it work. Im was hust trying to save you hundreds if not thousands of dollars. L

Is the 1000 mil flask flat bottom or round bottom?

What ever you decide thats ok but one thing you will need is the coffee warmer with a high and low setting because the stone is confected at a 90 degree or 32 Celsius heat and the low setting on the coffee warmer works best that is what I use.

Great stuff I'll get one of those too. The flask is round bottomed. The kit includes a hot plate, a condenser and a separator. I have an electric solder pot too which can be converted to a sand bath. I'll let you know when it all arrives. Cheers Alkem.

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Hi Alkem.

My kit will be here by this time next week. Ive got the jars and everything else ready.

I have a question for you. I once made a Spagyric by soaking the plant in ethanol removing it and then adding more fresh plant to the tincture. It made it much stronger. Is it possible to do the same with an Ens?

Cheers.

I don't see why not. Now according to Paracelsus the Ens tenture is among the most powerful medicine. But anyone can make a tenture throw plant material in a jar and add alcohol or oil of tartar and make the extraction that's a no big deal.
To truly make Ens tenture or stone you must know the plants ruling planet and the correct day and hr of the week to start the work I have just revealed 2 keys to you.

Oh and just because you are using oil of tartar does not make it a Ens.

This is why I take you so seriously Alkem. I'm so looking forward to making a true Ens and Plant Stone. Cheers.

Im going to give you another key search for what planets rule the days of the week write these down in your notebook they will be used as we get further into the work . I will give you another key later .

Now the day is 24 hrs and if you divide it by 3 you get 8 the ruling planet has 3 times in a day that it rules with sunrise being the first hour then 7 hr later it rules for the eighth hour and so on until the next sunrise then the next planet rules because its the start of a new day.

Every day is ruled by a different planet always keep that in mind when working with plants. And all plants have a ruling planet this is a key to the work

For example lets take dandelion you would think because it has a bright yellow flower it would be ruled by the sun but that is not the case or that it would be ruled by the moon because it looks like the moon when it seeds out but that is not the case it is ruled by Jupiter and Jupiter rules Tuesday. So that is when you would start working with it you wouldn't want to take any plant that is ruled by Jupiter and start work on it say Thursday which is ruled by venus. Do you under stand ponder what I have written this is key to the work.

Sorry Jupiter rules Thursday not Tuesday and venus rules Friday

I'm a bit confused by the first paragraph. I know that the ruling planet rules for the whole day (24hrs) but I don't understand the significance of dividing the day into 3. Is it because the planet's influence is stronger at the beginning of those 8hr cycles?

The Dandelion example is very clear. And I haven't been adhering to any of that. I've just been making stuff as and when I've got anything to work with. This adds a whole different layer of meaning to my understanding of Alchemy. I can appreciate how this works and I'm very excited at the thought of working at that level.

Thanks Alkem.

Yes the planet is the strongest at those time of the day with the first hour being the best time to start the work. That is when it is at it's strongest point. Being sunrise.

Hope that helps clarify things.

Last Edited by alkem on 05/09/2021 11:21 AM

Its test time OP if I was to make a tenture of blue lotus can you tell me what day of the week I should start it on?

It's considered as a 'planetary access point' so I would say any day.

It has dual planetary rulership can you name them? The world wide web is your friend.

Last Edited by alkem on 05/10/2021 09:56 AM

Saturday is ruled by Saturn
Sunday is ruled by the sun
Monday is ruled by the moon
Tuesday is ruled by mars
Wednesday is ruled by mercury
Thursday is ruled by Jupiter
Friday is ruled by venus

Now what day should I start it on?

Last Edited by alkem on 05/10/2021 10:03 AM

Monday? The 2 'planets' I found were the Moon and Neptune.

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I'll be on later phones going to die need to recharge it. Good job
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Cheers Alkem!

Sorry I couldn't be more interactive I was at work earlier.

I have a question for you -

What are the spiritual and practical (for making other preparations) benefits of making a Plant Stone?

When working with plants or metals it's good to maybe do a little meditation work holding the material in your hands asking for guidance or what you hope to accomplish and focus on intentions There are a lot of alchemists these days that really aren't religious at all they just enjoy the work.

If your intentions are spiritual development the focus on that and look for plants that will assist you in the work.

If you want to make medicines to heal work plants that can heal.

I myself usually just meditate and ask for guidance before I fall asleep. If you look at any alchemy manuscript and read through it you will see that 99 percent always praised God an gave Glory to him before starting the work and after finishing the work if they were successful or not. It's reallly up to you how you want to approach this particular aspect.

I want to add that alot alchemists were hermits or friars and monks some were physician's and if you talk about it with family and friends they tend to look at you like your nuts. Just try to keep a balance between it and family or your friends don't shut your self off from the outside world ok.