deviadah
06-17-2007, 03:38 PM
NICHOLAS FLAMEL (1330?-1418)
http://www.flamelcollege.org/FLAMEL1.JPGIn the 14th century there was a man destined for a certain book. This man was Nicholas Flamel and the book was The Book of Abraham the Jew, and the two would seldom be mentioned without the other.
Nicholas Flamel had a genuine interest in the Hermetic arts and he longed for finding books that dealt with its essential secrets. One night he had a dream of an angel that stood before him. In her hands she held an antique book and spoke words which he would never forget:
"Look well at this book, Nicholas. At first you will understand nothing in it, neither you nor any other man. But one day you will see in it that which no other man will be able to see."
This dream had a great spiritual impact on him and he began to seriously dwell into the Hermetic arts and began practise alchemy in a laboratory he and his wife built in their home. His bookstores, offices and home became a place for occultists and adepts in the great art. Day and night he laboured on the pursuit of the Elixir of Life and the Philosopher’s Stone and gained a lot of knowledge, but the angel he wished to meet again did not return.
One day in the year 1357 he bought a book from a travelling scholar in need of cash for two florins. Later he would suspect the book had been stolen from the Jews or found in some hidden place of theirs, and neither the seller nor the buyer realised at the time of the books importance.
It was most unusual, old and large, made of Copper and delicate rindes of tender young trees covered with Latin texts. It contained three times seven leaves and the printing was marvellous, but cryptical with Hieroglyphs and strange signs and figures. Every seventh leaf contained no words but were instead a adorned with beautiful drawings.
Several hours later he realised that this book was the book he had dreamt of and he instantly set about to understand it, which he did not. It was not written for a student but for someone that had already achieved some success in finding the Philosopher’s Stone.
Great Flamel site is the Flamel College (http://www.flamelcollege.org/flamel.htm)
Nicholas Flamel's house is now a restaurant. To see it in moving images click HERE
Some beautiful Flamel images can be found HERE (http://crystalinks.com/flamelimages.html) and HERE (http://www.alchemylab.com/flameldwgs.htm)
Some paintings, supposedly copies from the Book of Abraham the Jew, can be found HERE (http://www.alchemywebsite.com/flamimag.html) and you can also been seen set to music HERE (http://www.livevideo.com/video/deviadah/4954C769482D4379B5B706180AB444AF/images-of-flamel.aspx)!
http://www.flamelcollege.org/FLAMEL1.JPGIn the 14th century there was a man destined for a certain book. This man was Nicholas Flamel and the book was The Book of Abraham the Jew, and the two would seldom be mentioned without the other.
Nicholas Flamel had a genuine interest in the Hermetic arts and he longed for finding books that dealt with its essential secrets. One night he had a dream of an angel that stood before him. In her hands she held an antique book and spoke words which he would never forget:
"Look well at this book, Nicholas. At first you will understand nothing in it, neither you nor any other man. But one day you will see in it that which no other man will be able to see."
This dream had a great spiritual impact on him and he began to seriously dwell into the Hermetic arts and began practise alchemy in a laboratory he and his wife built in their home. His bookstores, offices and home became a place for occultists and adepts in the great art. Day and night he laboured on the pursuit of the Elixir of Life and the Philosopher’s Stone and gained a lot of knowledge, but the angel he wished to meet again did not return.
One day in the year 1357 he bought a book from a travelling scholar in need of cash for two florins. Later he would suspect the book had been stolen from the Jews or found in some hidden place of theirs, and neither the seller nor the buyer realised at the time of the books importance.
It was most unusual, old and large, made of Copper and delicate rindes of tender young trees covered with Latin texts. It contained three times seven leaves and the printing was marvellous, but cryptical with Hieroglyphs and strange signs and figures. Every seventh leaf contained no words but were instead a adorned with beautiful drawings.
Several hours later he realised that this book was the book he had dreamt of and he instantly set about to understand it, which he did not. It was not written for a student but for someone that had already achieved some success in finding the Philosopher’s Stone.
Great Flamel site is the Flamel College (http://www.flamelcollege.org/flamel.htm)
Nicholas Flamel's house is now a restaurant. To see it in moving images click HERE
Some beautiful Flamel images can be found HERE (http://crystalinks.com/flamelimages.html) and HERE (http://www.alchemylab.com/flameldwgs.htm)
Some paintings, supposedly copies from the Book of Abraham the Jew, can be found HERE (http://www.alchemywebsite.com/flamimag.html) and you can also been seen set to music HERE (http://www.livevideo.com/video/deviadah/4954C769482D4379B5B706180AB444AF/images-of-flamel.aspx)!