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Alchymy - The Mystery of the Material World (Paperback)
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Alchymy - The Mystery of the Material World (Paperback)
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Loot Price R490
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As a practising Christian priest, Hermann Beckh was profoundly
aware that the mystery of substance - its transmutation in the
cosmos and the human being - was a mystical fact to be approached
with the greatest reverence, requiring at once ever-deepening
scholarship and meditation. He viewed chemistry as a worthy but
materialistic science devoid of spirit, while the fullness of
spiritual-physical nature could be approached by what he preferred
to call 'chymistry' or 'alchymy', thereby taking in millennia of
spiritual tradition. In consequence, Beckh's Alchymy, The Mystery
of the Material World is not limited to the conventional workings
of Western alchemy, nor to what can be found in the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation - although he does unveil hidden riches
there. Neither should Beckh be considered only as a learned
Professor with impeccable academic qualifications and European-wide
recognition. Beckh writes about such topics as 'Isis', 'the Golden
Fleece', traditional fairy-stories and Wagner's Parsifal in a way
that enables the reader to catch glimpses of the Mystery of
Substance; to share the writer's authentic experience of the divine
substantia - the living reality - of Christ in the world. Beckh's
Alchymy set an entirely new standard, and went on to become his
most popular publication. This is the first time that it has been
translated into English, along with updated footnotes, making his
ideas and insights accessible to a wide readership. In addition,
this edition features translations of Beckh's 'The New Jerusalem',
where theology could best be expressed in verse; his exemplary
essay on 'Snow-white'; observations on 'Allerleirauh', and a
substantial excerpt from Gundhild Kacer-Bock's biography of Beckh.
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