To determine the Alchemical Timing for the Harvesting of Dew, we distill the instructions for this practice: Align the basin of water—specifically the Sunrise-Mirror or the “Bird-Catcher’s Trap”—used to measure the Celestial Niter (the “Salt of the Air”) through Chromatic and The Hermetic Silent Acoustic Observation. To determine the niter…

The engraving is titled “The Philosophical Bird-Catcher” (also known as “The Alchemical Bird-Catcher”), an allegorical riddle from Gottlieb Märker’s 1792 work, Das Hermetische Triklinium oder drei Gespräche vom Stein der Weisen. The “birds” in this riddle are not physical creatures but represent Volatile Spirits or the Anima Mundi (World Soul).…

Most will not escape the Great Sieve of the Saffron Sky and the Days of Darkness, the Twilight of the Gods, the War of the Heavens: the Black Swan makes war with the Great Peacock. Just as the Black Virgin warned of a “Great Sign in the Heavens,” and the…

περβόρειον Κόσκινον (Hyperboreion Koskinon) Star Trails: The Path of Der Athanor des Nordsternes Ὑπερβόρειον Κόσκινον literally means “Hyperborean Sieve.” The “Koskinon” in the Athanor des Nordsternes and the Greek word κόσκινον is a Pythagorean Cipher. The Koskinon sieve is a circular frame (The Monad) containing a grid of squares (The…

The disciple does not read a dial; he listens to the Stone. The influx of writings and responses are further indicators of the Masonic deceptions. The inquiries to specific methods and identities continue to miss the Essence of the Lies that Lie in wait. The Spirit of the Forest Alchemy…

Just as the Virgin leans over Albert (Somme), holding the Infant Siu/Son out toward the world, the Green Forest Glass Lens (The Eye of Sol) must be angled at the “Nadir-Tangent” to focus the Noon Sun into the Philosophical Egg. Maledictus sit qui Ignem Coelestis in ‘Harmonicam’ masonicam convertit. Maledictus…

Dear faithful readers, some engaged in years in translating texts. Let us open some paths into this labyrinth and cast a flickering light to banish the shadows and lies. We offer the great Mystery of the Filiation as an initiatory research unto itself. Instead of unmasking the traitor Daniel Winter,…

Poisons on the Path, are the conditions within or the enemies that surround one’s striving. Such concepts are Accidie, described as a state of listlessness, apathy, or spiritual sloth. While often equated with laziness in modern contexts, historically it was a more profound, destructive, and all-encompassing emotional crisis. A gnostic…