Product Description

It is with great excitement that we introduce the first volume of the ‘Golden Dawn Alchemy Series’, a collection of distinguished books on Alchemy written by leaders of the Golden Dawn Tradition. It has become well known that Alchemy is a key which opens some of the deepest aspects of the Golden Dawn Tradition and provides the richest symbol system known to describe the spiritual process involved. It is apparent that those trusted with the development of the Ritual and Teachings of the Golden Dawn were intimately familiar with the deepest mysteries of Spiritual Alchemy. E. J. Langford Garstin, V. H. Frater A.e.F., was a Cancellarius of the Rosicrucian Order of the Alpha et Omega during the second quarter of the 20th century. His first book, “Theurgy or The Hermetic Practice: A Treatise of Spiritual Alchemy” has been recently published by IBIS Press and is recommended as a companion volume to his second book, “The Secret Fire: An Alchemical Study” now published by the Rosicrucian Order of the Golden Dawn. “The Secret Fire” begins the journey with the documentation of various instances in which the SECRET FIRE is described including the Bible and continues with the various words of the Alchemists and Rosicrucians leading up to one of the clearest unveilings of our SECRET FIRE found anywhere. Here is Alchemy, pure and simple.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89460 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 132 pages

Review
"Edward Langford-Garstin was a chief of an A.O. Temple and well versed in alchemy as this book indicates. Garstin was the first A.O. Chief in the 1930s to discuss Chakras and their effect, and he brought them into the periphery of the Golden Dawn teachings through their alchemical links. The Alchemical teachings here concentrate on the spiritual aspect of the work, Book `M', the Philosophical Mercury of the Rosicrucian manifestos. This book is a must for all those studying the Golden Dawn, its roots, its history and its teachings." --Pat Zalewski, author of the highly acclaimed `The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn'

"In all honesty, Evola's "The Hermetic Tradition", and Garstin's " The secret Fire" have been and will ever remain my all time favorites. I have read Garstin four times already. I can never tire of it. Its all there ! It says it all !" --Steve Kalec , practicing alchemist, mystic and student of the Hermetic Art and Philosophy

Customer Reviews

Magic of Inner Alchemy
Garstin was one of the first Hermetic Adepts to rend the veil of secrecy considering the inner alchemical teachings of the Western Tradition. Illuminated with clarity and experience are the once secret symbols, forces and powers that open up the initiated adept into the hidden spheres of the soul. The Secret Fire is an enlightening text which guides the student of the inner fire into the knowledge and understanding of this life transforming principle which has been called many names through the ages. Both the East and West agree in their inner teachings that this power is the key to opening the gates of the inner work which Garstin explains using the language of the Qabbalah. This book seamlessly connects the chakra system with western Qabbalah and opens up a whole world of perception and experience that will guide the initiate into the attainment of the Quintenessence. This is a must read for the beginner as well as the advanced adept.

Essential reading for Rosicrucian students and Esoteric Freemasons.
This book provides a good foundation to the study of the "Serpent Power" or Kundalini force and it's relationship to the "Tree of Life". Highly advanced students of certain Rosicrucian traditions undergo a process of MUTATION, the exact nature of which is a closely guarded secret and through a form of RESONANCE these highly developed students can immediately recognize others on the path who have acheived similar levels of experience to their own. I know it sounds incredible (like the X-Men or X-Files,smile) but I promise you, it is absolutely true. The prolonged manipulation of the "Fire" can alter the DNA of the host body and directly affect the outcome of future progeny!!! This book provides clear explanations of the Cabalistic and Alchemical symbolism used to explain this process. I give it my highest recommendation.

Seems like it will be a great investment
This book is too advanced for me at this stage. But I have read through several chapters and have thoroughly enjoyed it. In doing so, I realized my need for further study with my Tarot among other things, and that I should come back to this book in a little while with notebook and pen handy. I would like to thank the publisher for publishing this work because I'm not sure I would've ever heard of this volume of knowledge otherwise.