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The Elixir of Immortality: A Modern-Day Alchemist?s Discovery of the Philosopher?s Stone (Harvard English Studies)

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Talk is cheap, Nicolette. Rather than sitting behind a keyboard pontificating and slandering me and this excellent piece of literature, I suggest that any interested parties simply try the methods given in this book. They work. I have seen the vegetable-like growth of the "Green Lion" - something that "No eyes but those of a true philosopher has ever seen" actually produced with Rob's methods.

The book lacks certain fine details which can be obtained from a document known as "The Red Lion" by Joe Lello: [...]. This document provides the rest of the information which is lacking in the book. It should be noted that this document has been revised, and the earlier versions state temperatures which are too high. The amended document gives a temperature of 300-330 F for the Lunar and Solar phases, and 105 - 120 F for the final incubation of the Rebis.

Thanks to Rob Cox anyone can now duplicate the Great Work according to the Via Sicca or Dry Method of the legendary Greek alchemist Philalethes. A private group of alchemists in France has completed this process successfully, and has actually transmuted a small quantity of copper to gold using the exact method outlined therein.

PICTURES of the Green Lion phase of this method may be found on the Ormus_SWG forum on Yahoo groups at [...]

If, like most of us, you have been banging your head against the wall for 10 years or more trying to make sense of the ancient writings to no avail, then buy this book.

Robert Cox is a dedicated researcher of alchemy texts, but like many people researching alchemy today, Cox is convinced David Hudson was telling the truth about room temperature superconductors. No chemist or scientist has ever been able to reproduce Hudson's "monatomic gold" that had the ability to levitate, superconduct at room temperature, and even disappear from this dimension. Hudson was never able to get his patent approved in America, because he was never able to reproduce his white powder gold in front of real chemists to verify his claims.

To make matters worse, Cox also seems to believe the unsubstantiated claims that this "monatomic gold" can magically attach itself to the ends of DNA strands, and make it superconduct so that new codes at the bottom of the DNA can be read, and the person will become a God-like super evolved being. Nothing just automatically attaches to the end of DNA. When scientists conducted the experiment, they used a single atom of ruthenium (and it had no special superconducting properties itself) and they manually attached it to a *short* piece of DNA, and it then began to conduct electricity 10,000 times more efficiently.

To top the cake, the process Robert Cox gives for making the Philosopher's Stone does not work. I have studied alchemy for 12 years, and I have written a book about 6 processes that actually do work to make the real Stone, which can be verified through transmutation. A French alchemist by the name of Patrick Riviere went on France national television to demonstrate how to make the stone correctly, and he also performed a transmutation of mercury to gold. The producers of the show had the gold analysed at a lab, then interviewed the chemists who did the analysis, and confirmed it was indeed real gold. The process Patrick Riviere used to make his stone involved the use of salts made from morning dew.

Robert is unaware that you need a special salt from morning dew to convert metal into the Philosopher's Stone. As an experienced alchemist who has helped countless people make the true Elixir of Life, I can say with the utmost authority on the subject of alchemy, that Robert Cox has never actually produced the Philosopher's Stone, which is why his book lacks the *photos* to prove it.

If you want to read another boring book about theoretical alchemy from a person who has never done actual work in the lab, then this book is perfect for you. Otherwise do a simple web search and find the correct way to perform alchemy work. In my opinion, Cox is in it only for the money, just like all those people who sell fake monatomic gold powders using internet stores and never show you their faces or laboratory. In the middle ages the same thing happened using apothecary drug stores; colloidal gold suspension and solutions of gold chloride were sold as the Elixir of Life to an easy to fool public.

Things that make this book great: (1) the author, Robert Cox, discloses the meaning of the symbols used in European and other alchemical writings. (2) he discloses how to make the philosopher's stone, the supreme alchemical substance. (3) he summarizes highlights of European, Egyptian, Vedic, and Chinese alchemical practices and teachings. The author says that in order to make the philosopher's stone, you would need a well-equipped lab and good lab skills, because the process requires working with highly poisonous substances (mercury and antimony). Personally I would never attempt it. And even if I had the skills, I doubt I would ingest the substance, although when taken by someone whose system has been properly purified and prepared, it is said to restore youthfulness, vitality, give siddhis, etc. The author notes that some people have died either trying to make the philosopher's stone or from consuming too much.

I like anecdotes that the author provides. For example, there are lesser alchemical substances such as "philosophical gold" which is one of the precursor substances to the philosopher's stone. (By the way, philosophical gold is described by Mr. Cox as monoatomic or "white powder" gold, i.e., gold in a state in which atoms have been disaggregated so that the gold does not display metallic properties.) Mr. Cox relates the story of someone who took some philosophical gold when freshly made, and had what could be called classical spiritual experiences of visiting the realms of higher beings. Others took it some weeks after it had been produced, and experienced nothing. The moral of that particular story: the energy of that particular substance fades over time.

The author describes why he had revealed the long-held secret of how to make the philosopher's stone: his perception or belief is that it is the will of God that the process be released because it is to be the property of the commmon man in the coming age. I take this as a strong indication that a golden age is fast approaching (though there may be rough times during the transition).

1. It is convincing that it is not all that complicated. If people where able to do it with low tech, then we can do it. To me it was a good reminder that it can be done. And it does point out the deadly consequences of not knowing what you are doing when dealing with these toxic metals.
2. The worldwide comparison, is quite valuable, since it points out the same ingredients, but with a slight (but important) variation, due to a metal that was not known at the time. The historical research of the time periods that these metals started to be known, helps a lot in understanding what are the ingredients.
3. Clearly state that the dosages is minimal and how one can establish how much to use for testing and consumption.
4. It must transmute, and it clearly makes the point that these people were not after making gold for profit, but to prove that it worked before consuming it.
5. It must be consumed quickly after being produced. I have read from many sources the importance of making it oneself; it is probably not the making it oneself, but the consuming it quickly.
6. It explains many terms, that are quite confusing, like the work marriage. Brings these words to our present vocabulary.

Overall I am inclined to believe that this can be done, with the included information.

WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. The author TELLS you in no uncertain terms that in fact he has NOT been able to find/produce the "stone". This statement however is burried somewhere in the beginning pages of the book. I guess even in a real bookshop I would have overlooked it - but at amazon it is virtually impossible to find out that this book is nothing but false labeling.

I guess "A Modern-Day Alchemists not quite Discovery of the Philosophers Stone" would have looked a bit foolish on the cover.

The book is written in a boring scholarly stance. The information is mostly useless, not even good as historic reference because of lack of sources. I dont know why this guy had to write a book at all. Come back when you have found the stone - but I doubt you ever will.

The credentials the author found necessary to give on the back cover should give anyone pause:
some obscure vedic studies place in Switzerland? Give me a break. TM and Maharishi anyone?

This review may be a little disjointed, because there are a lot of points worthy of considered discussion here, and this is not a good venue for them. If you are experienced at both alchemy and critical thinking, it is certainly worthwhile.

Some of the suggestions that Mr. Cox makes in this book are currently being discussed by an international group of alchemists. I have been through my first pass, and think it is an excellent work for someone with experience and an open mind about the subject. I have seen the French program (It's on YouTube, and if you are interested in alchemy, it won't be hard to find) and was really intrigued, but I also know people who consider what the brother in the art did there as "sloppy" etc. I think that's more of a pout than anything else: it's not every day one sees an open performance of a classical method.

I would suggest other books for those who have only a passing interest or are just beginning, but I find none of the criticisms I have heard or read to be valid. I would recommend this book to alchemy students with working lab experience, because in (laboratory - there are people who believe in imaginary alchemy) alchemy, everything other than direct work with the procedures and substances is fruitless speculation, and there's no value in that, at all.