French with English translation Simplified English version Our narrator has just followed his guiding star to the west, through the white door. A strong wind almost blows out his lamp, but he manages to protect the flame. He comes to a white marble platform with nine steps leading up. At the top of the stairs, he sees a stormy sea. His guiding star plunges into the water and he follows. But don't worry! His lamp is set on top of his head by an invisible hand. Very helpful. O

French with English translation Simplified English version Our narrator begins his journey at night with a linen veil over his head. It's not stated explicitly, but the language used (" I was groping over hot sand which I felt give way under my every step" ) suggests that his vision is at least partially obscured. This would be an obvious metaphor for his 'blindness' to the spiritual truths he's going to uncover. Veils are used in occult texts often, symbolically obscuring o

French with English translation Simplified English version The book opens with our narrator trapped in a dungeon. He's been captured by the Inquisition after being too open with his magical beliefs and practices. It's possible he's referring to either the Spanish Inquisition or the Roman Inquisition , since this work was likely written in the 1700s in France. However, it's more feasible to assume that this is a metaphor that many of us can relate to; he's been ostracized for

Recently, I've been studying The Most Holy Trinosophia , an occult text attributed to the Count of St. Germain . While he is a fascinating character, we won't focus much on him here. I want to talk about the book itself and my thoughts on it. I wrote a post about the alchemical stages , a subject I hadn't thought much about until I really started studying this book. There are so many layers of symbolism that I'm sure I've only barely scratched the surface with my knowledge of