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1 Editorial
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5 An Interview with A r t -
Schwarz I
8 Splendor Solis
Adam McLean
13 The 'Confessio' of Heinrich
Khunrath - Part One
21 A Lullist Alchemical
Illustration
A d a m McLean @
28 The Reversed Lord's Prayer
A d a m McLean @
30 Alchemical Mandala No 13
Regular Feature
32 Advances i n Physical Alchemy
Modern Taoist Transmutations
Mobius Rex @
35 Archibald Cockren - Modern
Alchemist
Patricia Tahil @
40 Hermetic Meditation No 12
Regular Feature
41 Meyrink's 'Der Golem' -
A Study i n Alchemical Trans-
formation
D.M. Cooley @
44 Reviews
dit orial
One often meets people with a primar-
i l y intellectually centred interest
i n the esoteric. WNle talking u i t h
such a person ones mind often has t o
struggle hard t o keep i n pace with
the flights of their conversation a s
it soars and glides, races and dives
though various allusions, relating
ideas by tenuous, sinuous threads of
arguement. Recently while trying hard
t o follow the arguements of a person
uorking i n this way uith their intell-
ect, I happened t o respond using the
word 'Soul'. This brought out the
sharp and contemptous reply, "Of
course, I don't believe i n the exist-
ence of the human soul". I f e l t a
certain sadness a s I immediately in-
wardly pictured a great chasm that
lay between us, through this intell-
ectual negation of the inner exper-
ience of the Soul.
The word 'Soul' is, of course, much
misunderstood today. Indeed, I am sure
many of us feels certain hesitation
i n using it i n ordinary conversation,
one feels one will be misunderstood.
It conjures up i n peoples minds, a
picture of fay romanticism, or unct-
uous christian mora