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AT THE HEART OF THE MAGNUM OPUS lives an image that holds all the wisdom of inner transformation. Two lions dance within it eternally, representing the forces that dwell in your deepest nature. The fixed lion and the volatile lion. One sustains what remains, the stability of your essence. The other drives what evolves, the dynamic force of your awakening. The red lion emerges when that same energy has passed through the inner fire. The four elements converge in this sacred geometry to create the perfect conditions for your transformation. The polarities constantly seek their union within you. Masculine and feminine, active and receptive, conscious and unconscious. Here the three fundamental principles that you already possess are revealed. Your soul, that divine spark that animates you. Your spirit, your capacity for transcendence and connection with the sacred. Your body, the vessel where all this transformation manifests. By contemplating this geometry, something awakens. The elements of transcendence that you already possess begin to reveal themselves. You do not need to search outside for what already resides within you. You are both the laboratory and the alchemist…

Mercury, The Key to Decoding the Philosopher's Stone It is said of Hermes in the Corpus Hermeticum, III, Isis to Horus, 'And I', said Hermes, 'will make mankind intelligent; I will confer wisdom on them, and make known to them the truth. I will never cease to benefit thereby the life of mortal men; and then above all will I benefit each one of them, when the force of nature working in him is in accord with the movement of the stars above.' Corpus Hermetica, EXC. XXIII. Isis to Horus Because of the planet Mercury's rapid movement around the Sun, it transits through the signs of the Zodiac in rapid fashion and equally enters into many conjunctions with the other planets. It is in this context that Mercury earns its esoteric qualities as "Messenger of the Gods". This knowledge is transmitted through its planetary cycles and celestial geometry. The Celestial Geometry of Mercury The planet Mercury demonstrates a precise and unique pattern as it speeds around the Sun. For 4-6 weeks, it appears as a bright luminary in the West where it is known as "the Evening Star". It enters into an inferior conjunction with the Sun and disappears for about 1 week, where it reappears as a bright luminary in East. In this position, it is known as "the Morning Star", for its appearance heralds the coming sunrise. Mercury then enters into a superior conjunction with the Sun and disappears for 35 days. This time frame is highly accurate. The entire cycle takes a period of 116 days (115.9), and so Mercury completes 3.14 cycles (Pi) in an Earth calendar year (365/116). The Ancients observed Mercury in 7 year increments wherein Mercury completes 22 conjunctions during the 7 years, returning back to its original start point as seen against the backdrop of the Zodiacal wheel. This creates the effective observation of 22 isosceles triangles, with each triangle starting clockwise every third conjunction. The 22/7 Mercury to Sun ratio is very precise, completing the 22/7 cycle within a 1 hour tolerance. Hence we observe that Mercury's (Hermes/Thoth) transit through the heavens around the Sun as observed from Earth has a value of 3.14 cycles per solar year, and in a 7 year period, will complete 22 cycles and return to its original position. This 22/7 Sun:Mercury ratio creates another co-relational Pi observation in that 22/7 is a recipricol 7 Pi representation, while Mercury's return to its start point creates another co-relational Pi representation through the creation of a circular wheel as it traverses through the Zodiac. Mercury/Hermes/Thoth, the "god of Communications", is integrally linked to Pi in all form and manner

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