NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/alt/magick/5861

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From: [e-mail] (Ladislas A.)
Subject: Re: artephius 'secret book' (very long)
Organization: Sobeco Ernst & Young
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:36:40 GMT
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I can honestly say that I've read a good dozen alchemy treatise in the past
twelve years.  From the "Emerald_Table" to Paracelsus, from "_L'Entree_Ouverte_
Au_Palais_Ferme_du_Roi_" (by ?) to Jacques Breyer's "_Oubah_", they all say
a lot, and yet very little.  Every Adept who writes about the Art claims to
be generous in giving nothing but the true method.  Artephius is amongst them.

I've come to believe that the only two ways one can complete the Work is to
apprentice to an Adept or figure out the workings of nature and adapt it to
achieve the Stone.  Finding an Adept is not an easy task.  They're not waiting
at every street corner for an apprentice to show up.  Figuring out the workings
of nature is tantamount to finding an answer to "Why Does The Universe Exist?".

I sometimes wonder if I'm really "cut out for the job".  Having figured out
through reading and deduction that some figures of legend and religion were
Adepts only proves how far I still am from the answers I seek.  Sometimes I
even begin to doubt that the Art is true.  But then, the legends come forward
and reassure me that it is.  If the Art is only a "wild goose chase", then
I can only marvel at the determination countless authors and thinkers had/have
to promote the existance of the Art.

I wish to thank you, Josh, nontheless, for the time you spent copying the
treatise for the benefit of others such as I who still seek the truth
hidden behind the words of the Adepts.

Ladislas