@HPWY Merry Christmas to you as well Yippie Ki Yo Ki Yay!!!

@RadixVerum @Pamphlet Anon - In the Hermetic School which Freemasonry & a lot of other secret societies come from, there's definitely the use of intoxicating elements, but not necessarily psychedelics as commonly known.

Alcohol, Incense blends, & potions created using the techniques of Alchemy.

You have gained a rank @Nothing, you just advanced to 3 . Thanks for all you do Patriot!

Alchemy is a very hidden part of the magical arts, it's only ever taught to a select few

@Pamphlet Anon - The reason Gold was so valued is because it is incorruptible, it was seen as being a "divine" or "immortal" element compared to the rest of creation

The Philosopher's Stone was a medicine of immortality; extracting the essence of the immortal element & making it something the human body could be nurtured with

We see the same quest in the Rasayana of the Vedic Alchemists & the Daoist External Elixir; they eventually focused on the internal elixir

From the internal elixir came the whole of the Yogic style practices; Dao Yin, Tai Chi, etc. The Western Hermetic Tradition has a tradition known as "the body of light"

From Dark to Light

Trannysoros

It's possible that the princes ruling over the cardinal directions is a reference to the Goetia