Foolish Fish | The Great Work - Alchemy's Magnum Opus and your Divine Purpose @FoolishFishBooks | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 21 minutes ago.
What is The Great Work? How did the Alchemists understand the term, and how would a modern magick practitioner understand the term? And finally how you you discover whet your Great Work is? In today's video we take a tour of the history of what has been meant by the phrase "Great work" over the centuries, and how it might be relevant to your life today.
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What is The Great Work? How did the Alchemists understand the term, and how would a modern magick practitioner understand the term? And finally how you you discover whet your Great Work is? In today's video we take a tour of the history of what has been meant by the phrase "Great work" over the centuries, and how it might be relevant to your life today.
*Full Esoteric Saturday Playlist*: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ8jvagxnHezXztUVVInz4gmWmiuCauvy
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*Related videos:*
*Language Affects Reality (Part 1: e-Prime)*: youtu.be/SuMByoqe7SI
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*Related Books and Links*
*Practical Alchemy by Brian Cotnoir*
(Amazon Associate Links)
US: amzn.to/3QShuiy
UK: amzn.to/3QHG98m
*Psychology and Alchemy*
(Amazon Associate Links)
US: amzn.to/3MOArjR
UK: amzn.to/3SNccpJ
*Book of Abramelin*
(Amazon Associate Links)
US: amzn.to/3SNyfg9
UK: amzn.to/47IvVvf
*Eastern Body Western Mind*
(Amazon Associate Links)
US: amzn.to/3unCViR
UK: amzn.to/3uvKOm0
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A 2 minute Occult Book overview of * Imperatrix Æterna: Magical Stories of the Queen of Heaven by Pope St. Celestine V and Ippolito Marracci
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My review of the *Being & Non-Being in Occult Experience* occult book series by Ian C. Edwards, published by Atramentous Press
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