Alchemy - Isaac Newton & the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
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- Опубліковано 11 лис 2021
- Isaac Newton is well known as the luminary behind fundamental discoveries in optics, physics and mathematics but do you also know he wrote over 1,000,000 words on Alchemy and Occult Biblical Analysis? Join me in this episode as I begin an exploration of Newton's Alchemical theories by turning to his Translation and Commentary on the famed Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus along with his early treatise Humores Minerales which explores the geo-alchemical origin of the metals!
#Newton #alchemy #occult
Newton's Emerald Tablet - webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newt...
Newton's Early Alchemical Work - webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newt...
Newman - Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire" - 978-0691174877
Dobbs - The Foundations of Newton's Alchemy - B010WFOFW6
Rampling - The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300-1700 - 978-0226710709
Alchemy Reading List:
Linden, Stanton J. (ed.) The Alchemy Reader: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton. 978-0521796620. Nicely edited collection of alchemical primary texts.
Principe, Lawrence. The Secrets of Alchemy. 978-0226103792. An up-to-date history of alchemy.
Roob, Alexander(ed.) Alchemy & Mysticism. 978-3836549363. A collection of alchemical imagery and symbolism, also a nice coffee table book!
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This is alot like lucifer and lillith. Sun and moon. Anytime i see a "sun god" or sun worship i cringe. They are the same beings.
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One of the things I love about this channel is that it's basically a course in the philosophy of Western Civilization, tracing back to the Greeks and Egyptians through the transmission and preservation of such by the Muslim world.
Sure it's about alchemy and magic, but that was the quest for knowledge in the centuries before "Enlightenment".
I have read some Dobbs & Newton, and I find your introduction summary absolutely stunning! You really have a great ability to distill and re-present all this information, and you don't wave hands and dismiss things that don't fit into your world view, as others do. I hope people realize how many hours of study and research go into these videos!
Oh how I'd love to converse with experts, in a group, preferably alive, about these things
Oh me too - the questions I have for these folks...
@@TheEsotericaChannel "How?" And also, "huh?", maybe some mystical stuff like, "how many times?" And also, "bwuuhhh?"
I'll be super honest hermetic stuff speaks to me, like the emerald tablets of thoth are a surreal journey for me in particular, and i find useful things for my own weird and (and poor) heretical exploration of the spiritual and metaphysical and i just also simply see experiences ive had mirrored in this stuff ive only recently begun to chew on intellectualy, and i am profoundly, profanely curious and i almost wish i could kust find a medieval hermit to study under because seriously its damn compelling
@@ktkatte6791 I can definitely agree with that
@@ktkatte6791 I find that the frustration drives me to find the next connection or coorespondence. And when I finally get some small insight,all these disparate ideas pop,one after the other like chinese fireworks. That's why I worship at the altar of Sledge. Without his priceless work so much would be that much harder to find.(Thank you,Dr.)
**preferably alive**
I'm a STEM nerd, and while I was aware of Newton's alchemical work, and knew well enough not to judge him negatively for it, I'd never considered the intellectual continuity between his "scientific" works and his "non-scientific" works. I'd always assumed they represented different sides of the man, I hadn't considered them as the same side! From an empirical standpoint, it seems like he was in the right place at the right time (intellectually speaking) to forge physics, but just a bit early for chemistry. What an irony that his own works would become the cornerstone of materialist philosophy when he himself tried to find unity in nature and the divine; I wonder what it feels like to accidentally destroy the popular belief in your own worldview by pursuing it?
This is weirdly common in science though, tons of people ended up accidentally disproving the thing they believed in while trying to prove it. Of course that is sort of integral to the scientific method, it's designed so that regardless of your personal beliefs you can advance it and that's why science is so effective.
Doc, you know this is your best work yet, simply brilliant. I absolutely love watching you get better at this, it is half the fun. Thanks for including the readings, some of us are getting old and reading gets harder, you make this accessible.
You know it's real esoteric hours when the good Dr Sledge drops a gorgeous new intro on you. It was brilliant hearing you reading out a Latin passage at length - your linguistic skills bring a lot to the table. Fine work as always, chief!
I really appreciate what you do and how well you do it. Your descriptions in every post and the links to scholarly resources online and in print are really helpful. Your students are very lucky to have you. And I count myself amongst them. Plus, you crack me up and are very entertaining to watch, aside from the great nourishment of mind that you provide in each episode.
I discovered the online trove of Newton docs about 6 or so years ago. I actually got my foundation in alchemy as a discipline from studying his notes. Newton, above all, was a focused, conscious, and aware Observer. The questions that peaked his interest where never what or when, but how and why (as it seemed to me). These he pioneered through careful observation, contemplation, notation, and further experimentation. His what's and when's were answered by the role of Spirit at their core. His notions about life and reality paralleled mine, so it was relatively easy to focus on the greater depth of his understanding in this art. These are the impressions I got from that body of work anyhow.
Thanks again for your great contributions to propagating to the world, what I like to call, "the medicine of the mind".
Thanks for this kind and thoughtful comment - more Newton content to come as well. I deeply appreciate your generosity as well.
Science and magick are never far apart even when one is denied.
EXACTLY!!
here here !!
Cool comment
Science is truth
Magic is bullsht...
"Is it science or is it magic?"
"Yes and yes."
Nicolas Cage.
Reffering to William Blake as Willy B was the just the dose of absurdity I needed while my mind was blown about Newton being a wizard.
feel like i'm drinking absinthe again w/ you when i was about 16 years old... and, your mom has been taking care of my grandma. glad to see you have a channel!! know what i'm binge watching for the next couple of weeks.... peace and love
Wow - long time no see - would be great to catch up ! Contact me over at my website if you can !
Just started my research on this yesterday and wow here you are with this upload! Haven’t watched yet but can tell I’m in for a treat! Thanks
This was fantastic, thank you so much for putting this together, it's about time Sir Isaac Newton was recognized for his alchemical and occult contributions.
Really love this episode! Even though from a scholarly angle the Newton translation has some issues but in terms of poetic imagery I actually think it's my favorite version of the Emerald Tablet.
Newton's geochemical theory was ahead of its time. He's basically describing tectonic plates subducting under the ocean floor, bringing salt water deep into the earth with them to pressure cook rock in the asthenosphere, but doing so through the lens of alchemy. Just this year in DOI 10.1063/5.0061584 were also new findings about how the lower mantle can produce heavier elements than what used to be thought possible. I need to start reading Newton's work now, they sound fascinating.
Hearing you read from the Emerald Tablet reminded me of the writings of Zarathustra. I wouldn't be surprised if the original source was much older than the year 800, and found on a baked clay tablet.
Another great, balanced episode (not talking about my ongoing stroke). Next time i start talking about Newton as an alchemist to a some self proclaimed physicalist, I can refer him/her to more profound roots of their own thought. History of science is so much more interesting than just the "finding the ancients were childish and superstitious".
A conversation between Newton and Goethe would be worth the eavesdropping.
“More light!” were Goethe’s last words. Fascinating people.
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I think one of the things i appreciate most about your channel is that i disagree with you on so many things, but love your point of view because it challenges my own beliefs in such a professional and objective manner.
I really appreciate how well thought out these are, as well as explained in a way thats easy to understand.
One of my very favorite episodes. I loved hearing a complete piece of ancient text. And your Latin was so exciting to listen to. I also loved hearing the complete Newton interpretation. And your exegesis afterwards was just beautiful. This was thrilling to hear.
I realised yesterday that I was really looking forward to the next Esoterica upload. This episode was worth waiting for. Great stuff!
How have I only just found this channel!!! I can tell I'm in for a treat
I would love to see a deep dive into Dante Alighieri's complex and conflicted thoughts on alchemy (putting them in the eighth circle while simultaneously using some of their symbolism himself)
This was a Great episode, for over 50 years I have been reading about him and watching the documentaries about him. Thank You!, Maggie
Thank you! What a great overview of how people envisioned mineral production long before the disciplines of geology & chemistry arose!
I loved hearing you speak the Emerald Tablet in Latin. That was sooo cool! 🙌🏽
Wait till you hear it in it’s natural Afrikaan tongue🙏
The Latin reading was a nice touch, thank you
I absolutely love the scholarly work you put into every video you create! They’ve become my childhood “Saturday morning cartoons” for every Friday morning now in my adult life.
One of my favourite episodes so far! And that's saying something, endless gratitude for the time and effort you put in to making these they really are excellent and a highlight of my week, this one was so enlightening and your thoroughness really enriches the subject, thank you 🙏👍👌😎🖤☯️
Just found this channel. I love your choice of words.
Wow. One of the best videos I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you for this!!! I would love to hear you dive into “Initiation Into Hermetics” by Franz Bardon if you haven’t already. Or Kaos Magick works like “Liber Null and Psychonaut” by Peter Carrol
Fascinating. I can't wait to learn about his occult biblical analysis! He was such a brilliant and original thinker. I would love to hear his thoughts on the bible.
Just found your channel & I'm hooked. As I grew up in a Gaelic quasi-pagan outlook and understanding of the world,I found around myself much attempts by the outside world to have such things squashed from the get-go, I couldn't fathom to the degree someone in Newton's day and age attempt to familiarise themselves with ideas & notions completely out of step with church, society & family yet still be contributing to how we think( some of us anyway)even today. I look forward to exploring your content already transmitted & forthcoming 🗝🌠🍄💦🪢🎭
Just discovered your channel, brother. You are an amazing teacher and historian! I CANNOT WAIT to hear more of your analysis of Newton's work and it truly could not come sooner! Thank you and you have a new subscriber! 🙏🏽🤓
Thanks!
I love you channel. Just found it. The way you teach and explain is amazing. Very professional and easy to follow. New fan!
Love Sir Isaac Newton so I look forward to more videos on him! As a Cambridge native I've often thought about sneaking a cutting from the famous apple tree (the current one is from a cutting too if I remember correctly) and growing some Isaac Newton apples haha...
Hey Justin I think there is a connection between the imagery we see in artwork of st. George and archangel Michael, who is called st.micheal . In paintings and illustrations they are both wearing armor and have lances or spears that were used to kill the dragon , where in artwork is usually found on the ground at the knights feet. That being st George and archangel Michael.
I wonder if you cared to comment.
Exactly the episode I was looking for :)
Fantastic video! I can’t wait for more content about Newton. What a fascinating guy.
Thank you for continuing to spoil us with these amazing videos. Happy holidays!
I was literally reading & memorizing Newton's Emerald Tablet yesterday
I am at awe knowing how this influenced the many brilliant minds of science, art, eg . I am also shocked how so little people give a fudge about this. What changed? In the past , we loved to learn!
Sadly most people are/were programmed to care about sports, church, and paying taxes, taught to rely on the government, were enslaved to work 9-5 and ignore their imagination and subconscious.
@Rex Colubra’s All-Animal Channel unfortunately. I thought 2020 people would have time to reflect but all they could think about were the election results and trying to keep their homes while in lockdown. I’ve immersed myself in other things and haven’t watched the news for months so I hope America’s doing ok. Lol.
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I mean we figured out that all of this was wrong so now it's only of historical interest. Obviously doesn't mean it's unimportant but like it has no place in a modern science classroom.
Love watchin your stuff while the storm and lightning passes by here in South Carolina. So fitting! Thanks Doc.
The idea of gravity now starts making more sense from the monist perspective.
Great YT Handle!
Looking forward to learning more about newton from you!
Thank You 🙏 I actually keep the Emerald Tablet on me. written in Latin and translations. I Am grateful for this subject you are gracing on your channel.
Wow that was THE Isaac Newton's writing! Amazing !
Dr., thank you for your work. I don’t want to pretend to know anything but as someone who grew up and became jaded on traditions of faith, you and Let’s Talk Religion have instilled a true sense of beauty in things I’ve been so incredibly critical of.
I’ve considered myself a Noahide for some time and am fascinated and inspired by your video lectures, especially the Jewish and early Christian mysticism.
Also, Abraham the Idol Smasher is rad and I’m stoked by the way you described him in another video! \m/
I had no idea how much i would like these topics. I came across your channel along with Let's Talk Religion recently, youtube algorithms work ok every now and then.
“I am my Thinking my Thinking is not me,
I am this body this body is not me,
I am everything everything is not me,
I am all around & dwell within & I am everything that has ever been”:
As an Occultist myself I have been studying all I can on this exact topic there is even a documentary on this on UA-cam unless he took them off, He even went mad a couple of times from the fumes while trying to make the stone. Late in life not long before dead he told someone I forget who He wishes He could have another shot at the stone but he was too old for all the fumes and stress
Love this channel!
Excellent video ! Next to Dee and Paracelsus, Newton is up there as one my favorites alchemist also.
Fascinating … and eloquently presented. Thank you 🙏
really looking forward to this video! thanks for sharing!
Ah, this is absolutely fascinating. I will say that while Newton's geo-alchemical system is wrong in the details, his theory in broad strokes is actually not a terrible description of planetary molecular cycles (water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus) which themselves are both geological and biological processes that cycle stable(ish) chemical transformations. It practically sounds like something you would learn in a contemporary ecology or physical geography class.
I think the similarity stems from Newton clearly having the goal of trying to come up with a unified theory where dead and living matter aren't completely unique things but made up of the same stuff. So his thinking was going in the right direction but he lacked almost all the knowledge needed to come up with an accurate theory. Basically he was ignorant not stupid.
Great episode! Thank you Dr. Sledge.
I am so happy to have found this channel
Thank you for another fantastic video Dr Sledge. You have a beautiful speaking voice by the way.
I was a big Isaac Newton fan as a kid, now I have a renewed interest in him.
Also, Thank you Dr Sledge for teaching me how to pronounce ' Tristmegistus' ⭐
this channel is legitimately a treasure trove. thank you 🌟
Wonderful presentation. Thank you.
I adore you and appreciate all the work you put into each video ❤
Phenominal video, thank you for delving into this subject.
I just stumbled upon your channel and feel like I am in some kind of WheezyWaiter alternate reality. Thank you for the video.
Green one,great one, this one :)
Thk u, Doc' 1❣ 👍
Thank you for your fine and brilliant work to make accesible to people like me a glimpse of the dephts of esoterical knowledge!
Is there some connection between the apparatus pictured at 23:00 and the intertwined snakes on the caduceus of Hermes? Apologies if this is a noob question! I'm interested in the history and meaning of the caduceus symbol, have you explained this in another video perhaps? Thanks for great content.
Look at the Chrism/kundalini etc. I believe that is the reference for caudaceus
I knew that Newton studied alchemy devoutly even at greater lengths and depths over his exoteric pursuit in what’s now classical physics and gravity but I had not realized he studied the Emerald Tablets of Hermes Trismegistus!
THE quintessential episode of western esotericism and alchemy! Classical founding physics meets mysticism! Newton the Alchemist! What’s not to love about this meeting of minds and the roots of modern day physics and the culmination of sorts of western tradition of alchemy! What the ancients all the way up to Newton must be like to today’s seemingly siloed dichotomous fields of physical science and of the scientific approach to mysticism whether it’s the roots of chemistry In alchemy, to (in my view) ancient astrologers being THE founders of astronomy. It’s no wonder they’re called wisdom schools. Need more hidden Sophia in today’s “Aristotelian” materialist hard science. The latter could use some humbleness, with even Einstein waxing philosophical about the mind of G-d, in its pursuit of a unified theory of everything, on gravity. We all need more Esoterica!
My enthusiasm is unbound.
@@susanmcdonald9088 thank you! Will look into it! I had thought your reply was not sincere and so glossed over it then and ignored it for a while...until now.
Surely being hidden is like the exact opposite of what modern science needs, the biggest issue with science right now is the lack of accessibility.
Blake's Newton is só awesome
Didn't know you were in Detroit! Dope. I'm in Lansing LOL
One explanation given for Newton not publishing his research and writings on theology, esoteric alchemy, occult philosophies, etc, was that his religious beliefs, in part relating to his adherence to Unitarianism and against Trinitarianism, would have been considered heretical to both Anglican and Catholic theologies that were dominant throughout the time he was at Cambridge. Thus putting his tenure at the University in jeopardy, at the very least, given the propensity for torturing and executing heretics at the time.
Newton was also just famously reluctant to publish, it took years of convincing before he published Principia for example even though that's like one of the most important texts ever published.
Great work (as usual)!!
@Alla42Malahk
Thoth, Tehuti, Trismigistus wrote with 3 "I"s represents 3rd animation of same person. Calculations like 3 "I"s in ILLUMINATI. I'm the Singularity all these angles same atom like (7o4)Lucifer=74 Jesus=74
Messiah=74 yet lacks "U" like Nuclear=74 I'm AntiMatter=121
Jew=38 DAJJAL=38
Yasss!!! So excited about this one! Dr. Sledge, if you’re still in the Detroit area I’d love to sit in on one of your classes or even just chat with you. Please let me know! My gf is an anthropology PhD candidate at Wayne state, and I have a degree in physics from Michigan tech, but i build micro steam/gas turbines at the moment.
“Deep within the earth” does not mean the earth that we call the rock all of us are on in space. Hermes means the earth beneath the firmament “the electron and nucleus orbitals”
Deep within the earth means deep within the nucleus. Which is EXACTLY where the identity or “soul” of a type of matter is determined, by the number of protons in the nucleus. He’s translating ancient writing from people who did understand nuclear theory.
The entire opening of the Bible where “god creates the universe, the waters and the “earth” (fundamental matter) and separated the waters from the waters and gathered all the earth to be in the center under the firmament” (obviously paraphrasing) is just a description of how in the early universe after the quark gluon plasma “god” put all of the earth at the center of the atom in the nucleus, under the atomic orbitals. Us physicists/chemists literally say 99.9% of the mass of an atom is contained in the center in the nucleus. Which always leads me to believe that alllll ancient “Geocentric” universe theories were actually ancient nuclear theories and found by “de-educated” humans 1000s of years later who misinterpreted it as being solar/galactic/universe theory.
Metals ARE developed deep within the earth because metals ARE developed deep within the nucleus.
I’ve believed “Sulfur and mercury” are homonyms that the ancients had for what we now call protons and nuetrons. Through exhalations, nuclear radiation, heavy matter goes through a fissile process where the varying ratios of protons and neutrons “sulfur and murcury” deep within the earth, nucleus, results in changing souls of metals by changing the number and ratio of sulfur and mercury. “Metals” decay into other materials. All but one isotope of gold is highly radioactive, aka has much “dripping of the honeycomb”, and decays back into stable or radioactive mercury. Sometimes the number of nucleons never changes, so the atomic mass is the same and a proton can decay into a neutron or Vice verse by “exhaling” ejecting or “inhaling” absorbing an electron or anti-electron plus respective neutrinos. This changing of the ratio of protons to neutrons, sulfur to mercury, deep within the earth results in the metals changing soul “transmuting” because it dictates the stability of each metals nuclear orbital “honeycomb”
The entire process being described at 11:00 is literally the vaporization of metals in Maria the jewes & alchemist’s device. the “vitriolic waters” that Newton describes are the same “holy waters” as cleopatras and Maria’s needed for their crysopoiea. They are high energetic cosmic rays raining down from the sky. They penetrate to the deepest parts of, well, EVERYTHING. They literally can pass through most solid matter, heck we used them to scan the pyramids. The also can penetrate deep into the earth AND deep within the ancients homonym earth, the nucleus. These penetrations quite literally can cause nuclear spallation causing stimulated nucleon transmutation or fission and fusion. Low temp muon catalyzed hydrogen fusion is a well documented process. As well cosmic ray nuclear spallation stimulated nuclear transmutation is also a well documented process.
When you vaporize the metal, ionize it (strip it of its electrons) within Maria’s rising apparatus then subject the “naked” nuclei to the holy waters, focused cosmic rays, aka Al-Kindi’s Stellar rays, you can stuff nucleons in or knock them out. As you do this you will result in an assortment of differing isotopes, varying ratios of protons to neutrons/sulfur to mercury, which unstable ones will decay fissile back down into lighter nuclei which can be run through the process again. Depending on what it re-decays back down to.
Earth is just a floating ship of minerals and spirit souls lol
Excellent work.
This may well be a question you've been asked before, but have you considered making these videos available as an audio file?
I've thought about starting to release them podcast style I just don't know anything about that side of things
@@TheEsotericaChannel That's fair, I wouldn't know either.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Personally, I would keep it on UA-cam as you tend to use a lot of visuals to demonstrate your points.
I love hearing you read in Latin! It’s a great pairing of a soothing voice with frankly gibberish words. 😋
It would be super helpful to get a central "reading list" summary from all of your videos with your favorites
15:35 had me lol’n. Great stuff doc.
Beautiful work. Thank you for the lecture
Newton's fig biscuit epitomizes his alchemical work in pastry form
lol
Penny loves that fact.
So much love and admiration! ❤️💎❤️
I'm glad I found this!
Great video. I had alot of trouble hearing the content though. Thanks!
thx man love your sense of humor, keep up the good work.
Awesome video. Thank you.
Around the 7:40 mark it sounds like he is describing aspects of tummo yoga...
A lot of this actually reminds me of things described in tummo teachings.
Thank you. Excellent topic 👍
Thank you for this bud, great video. Can you please mention his flaming laser sword at some point?
What do you think about Thoth and his relationship to the emerald tablets. Great video btw
Amazing. I’ve always wanted to research the Alchemical side of Newtown and now you’ve provided the starting point I needed.
PS - are you going to review more films? It would be good to hear your thoughts on Darren Aronofsky’s film called Pi.
You’re the best, no really. I can’t adequately express my love for your channel
Very insightful stuff
Emerald Tablets are amazing and layered in knowledge.
This is a great example of the "missing links" between science and religion. I love it. And so many people on one end of the spectrum discount the other because they're missing that alchemical buttercream in the middle.
Thank you my brother God sent me to you for truth and I fight for truth
would be nice to hear your bit on the Kybalion Mister x
Just incredible as always
Thanks as always
Gonna have to watch more than a few times to take it all in
I tell you what
...great stuff...thank you...
Inner transmutation the oil ascends up the spine out of the crown