Pour l'exposition de Buenos Aires 3

Photos que j'avais envoyé il y a quelques années pour l'exposition de Buenos Aires.

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TITLE: Gold opening

Spageric process concerning the opening of gold for 

it's future extraction. I remove the thin layer protecting Gold with 

a special liquid, able to open, but not to extract. The whole 

process can  take place at room temperature.

TITLE: Winter's sun

Sun rising with difficulty during a cold morning of winter. 

Checking the preparation and the evolution of a process 

during the night. both atmosphere were perfectly matching, 

since the flaskis containing a "nigredo" (black or putrefaction 

stage) in process.

TITLE: A Salamander

During the process of the melting of the Antimony, one 

can sometime give a little piece of metal as gift, for the 

Salamander, in order to nourish them and thnaking them for 

their help. Here this tonge of fire can be seen as a 

manifestation of a Fire Spirit since generally, a flame is not so 

long.

TITLE: Cave and Star

The Antimony Dry Path. Once melted and poured, the 

Regulus (the piece of metal) cool and crystallize, giving in it's 

structure a cave, and a star just under the cave, we can see it 

as a kind of radiation. One can sometime, after having 

manifested these two elements, see a golden colour under the 

cave, in the middle of the star. It is the "Light" beginning to 

gather in order to give birth to the embryo of the Philosopher 

Stone.

TITLE:  The Dragon

White flower of Antimony is the name of this Antimony 

trioxyde formation. Flower is the name of a volatile compound. 

Here, the formation is exeptional since it is quite rare to have 

such big 'hair' in a cave. It is almost the same process that 

happens in geods. But here without water and soluble salts, 

just by volatilisation.

TITLE: Esmeraldas

This is a personal path called "the Way of the Moor 

Man". This is something very simple. I didn't expect to find 

these crystallisations in the bottom of the Alambic. I consider 

such things as gifts in my practice. 

TITLE: Hot Snow

This is a distillation of urine. At a moment, Ammonia 

salts will begin to make stars and very beautiful patterns in the 

Alambic. Because of the fresh smell and taste of ammonia, I 

give it the name of Hot snow. One can witness some golden 

drops. It is a volatile sulfur in urine. The smell is absolutely 

terrible.

TITLE: Mineral grass

This is not a "normal" crystallisation, the salt used do 

not take this shape, nor this colour. It was a total surprise for 

me, I didn't expect that at all. I gave it the name of Mineral 

Grass, simply because it grows out of a mineral and on a 

black earth.

TITLE: Dragon's blood

This is a distillation of Antimony's Sulfur or blood. The 

photo will never take the amazingly deep colour. It's like a 

profound ruby, with a kind of pulse in it, a life and a power.

TITLE: Vegetatio

Sometime colours happen, and let us in a state of 

astonishment. How could a mineral under the influence of a 

"mercury" could take so much colours, from Black, to Green 

(Vegetatio), to Whie and then Red ? 

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7 photos were taken for the expo.

Pour l'exposition de Buenos Aires 2

Photos que j'avais envoyé il y a quelques années pour l'exposition de Buenos Aires.

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PHOTO 3

TITLE:  Chaos of the World

This is powderd Stibine (Antimony Ore) under a Secret 

Fire action. The first reaction of the matter is to show a strong 

reaction, with all these pleasing colours to witness : black, red, 

orange, yellow, grey, olive green and brown.

PHOTO 4

TITLE: Riples on antimony

During the process of the Simple Dry Wayof Antimony, the 

metal can behave strangely, and begin to boil with a normal 

temperature. He is releasing another Fire, the Salamander, 

the Spirit of the Fire Element, is said to be present. the metal 

begin to boil and when they reach the surface, they create this 

riples.

PHOTO  5

TITLE: Tectonics

A High Spageric process giving at the Vegetatio Stage some 

weird forms, alike continents moving and recreating the 

tectonics in a microcosm.

PHOTO 6

TITLE: Dot of Fire

After pouring Antimony, the Fire contained in the regulus is 

reducing itself to a central point. This phenomenon can only be 

witnessed in darkness. This is happening very quickly and one 

have to hurry in order to catch the perfect moment for the shot.

PHOTO 7

TITLE: Black Fleece of Gold

Gold leaves under the effect of a Particular Alkahest. The first 

stage is here happening, the Putrefaction or Nigredo. Slowly 

all the mass will be black.

PHOTO 8

TITLE: Like a Dawn

In a tincture of gold, different layers are forming after the 

reunion of the first distillate upon the reduced tincture. The oil 

of gold or its so called "Sulfur" is denser than the almost pure 

Spiritus Vini. They don't mixt at first, but after slowly revolving 

the retort, the colour finish to be of a very nice orange red.

PHOTO 9

TITLE: Blue love

A simple experiment taking place with copper and a 

mixture of tartar salt/K2CO3. A very nice crystallisation first 

took place, then an extraction of the colour of the copper, wich 

is of a very nice pale blue colour.

Oraison de G Aurach.

ORAISON.

Mon Dieu, mon Seigneur, Jésus Christ très haut fils de Dieu : moi indigne pêcheur je rend grâce à votre pitié par laquelle vous m’avez daigné appeler à la connaissance de cet art mystérieux, qui semblait être inconnu à tous ceux qui ignoraient l’origine de la nature et de quoi ce don est constitué, puisque ce n’est que par votre grâce immense que tout est donné. Laquelle m’a fait librement ce don est le fait à beaucoup d’autre qui vraiment vous aiment. Faites mon Dieu très libéral, que toutes arrogances, avarice, toute cupidité, luxure et tout autre vice soient loin de ceux à qui vous l’avez donné, et que je puisse, ô mon Dieu, Père très clément, obtenir avec ce don, en votre nom, votre miséricorde par Jésus Christ notre Seigneur.

Ainsi soit-il.

Au nom de Jésus Christ fils de Dieu vivant et au nom de la très heureuse très glorieuse vierge Marie sa mère, et du très saint Chevalier et martyr George et de toute la cour céleste triomphante.

Ainsi soit-il.

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Le jardin des richesses, George Aurach.

Alchimie/chimie

Voici ce que je résume lorsqu'on me demande ce qu'est l'Alchimie, je la compare alors souvent à la chimie, qui est bien plus connue. Voici ce que je dis, selon mon entendement de ces sciences :

- Nous considérons que la matière est composée de trois Principes : Sel, Soufre &Mercure.

- Nous considérons les atomes comme des molécules de Sel, Soufre & Mercure.

- Nous considérons la possible évolution de la matière vers une plus grande perfection (ordre et charge de vie).

- Nous répétons des opérations chimiques simples (cohobations, purifications & calcinations, filtrations, cristallisations...) plusieurs fois.

- Nous faisons de longues, très longues coctions (par rapport à la chimie qui stoppe dès la réaction achevée).

- Nous considérons l'existence d'un esprit de vie tangible (Spiritus Mundi), donnant aussi l'intelligence à la matière, et mettant au monde toutes les formes de vies.

-  Nous considérons la transmutation comme normale et nécessaire pour l'accomplissement de ce que nous recherchons.

- Nous considérons que la "Pierre Philosophale" existe et est une réussite logique. 

Alchemy/chemistry

Here is what I sum up, in order to explain people what is Alchemy compared to regular chemistry, (this is only my understanding) :

- We consider that matter is made out of three Principles : Salt, Sulfur & Mercury.

- We consider that atoms are molecules of Salt, Sulfur & Mercury.

- We consider the possible evolution of the Matter toward a greater Perfection (order and charge of Life)

- We repeat simple chemical operations (cohobations, purifications and calcinations, filtrations, cristallisations...) several times.

- We do long, very long coctions.

- We consider the existence of a tangible spirit of life (Spiritus Mundi), giving also intelligence to the matter, and new forms of life.

-  We consider transmutation as normal and necessary to accomplish what we seek.

- We consider that the "Philosopher Stone" exist and is a logical achievement.

Pour l'exposition de Buenos Aires

Photos que j'avais envoyé il y a quelques années pour l'exposition de Buenos Aires. 

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PHOTO 1

TITLE: Nascent gold

AUTHOR: Salazius Hermès D'Artigné

TEXT:

During a process of High Spagery using mercury, I had the surprise to witness the vegetation of gold in a proper matrix, all the process happened at cold temperature, it was a wonder to witness because I could see all the changes of colours of the metal, at first it was silvery mat, then taking a peacok colour, and pinkish hue, then this shiny golden colour.

One can really meditate on the formation of the metals, and transmutations after that.

PHOTO 2

TITLE: Gold tincture
AUTHOR:  Salazius Hermès D'Artigné

TEXT:
A simple spageric production. Gold is "opened", and then its oil is extracted by a prepared Alcohol, called in our language, "Spiritus Vini" the tincture is then, after extraction, giving this marvellous red colour.

Ideas about Blackness

Blackness is an interaction of the Principles, as a Chaos. Or disequilibrated phase of arrangement of the elements. It is a medium phase between two equilibriums.

It is also sometimes seen as a paradoxical phase, because the Principles are almost in fusion, but not able to, and also in the state of separation, but not able to separate exactly and really.

A Turba. A Massa-Turba/tio or action to make something to get out.

Putrefactio has two major phases.

German version of Splendor Solis.

The first one is the peeling and removing the flesh/sulfur from the body (salt) and releasing the principles of the matter. This is the breaking down. Solve. Separatio.

Once the bones are cleaned from flesh, a new body can be construct upon it.

But, by conjunctioof Salt and Sulfur (Red King and White Queen, Sun and Moon), via the Mercury effect, there is a fusion of both, and generating a New Black. So, Conjunctio is the New Black.

There is several "blackness", and they all involve Mercury as responsible for this. He is the one that marries the Principles or make them divorce.

So, in its action, Mercury acts as Cupid or a Bishop, sometimes Venus, blessing, uniting, marrying and magnetizing the King & Queen. Or, as Death, or soldiers, with swords and scythe, cutting the link and separating them, spilling blood & putting into pieces the King's body.

All black are not the same, as all peacock also...