Patrick Riviere and alchemy

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I have now read Riviere's "Fulcanelli", and while it is good to read that the old man seems to be having fun in his new dwelling, I am a bit puzzled with Rivieres "take" on what alchemy is. From some of his comments I get the feeling that he is what we usually call "puffer", meaning, someone who understands alchemy in the literal rather than allegorical sense. Since it seems strange that a student of Canseliet would get this fundamental so wrong, am I missing something here? I know that hiding things in plain sight is a key concept for alchemists, so maybe it is just that, and all is well. Did anyone else get the same impression, or am I missing something? Thanks!
 
I just finished his book as well ...

He alludes to a lot of things that he doesn't further elucidate, except pointing to his numerous books. This may be the due to the Alchemists way of shrouding in veil everything they say, or it may not. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get a copy of his works (not even in French), and I think that would be the starting point of any quest into this question.

On the other side, I haven't read much alchemical texts, so I lack a lot of background information, mostly about the history of Alchemy and the symbolism involved. I have decided to read more about this, so maybe after getting more background, I'll have a clearer idea about PR. However this may take some time - and time is of the essence ...
 
Have a look at this thread:

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=11495.0


Added: Also, this one: http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=25.0
 
Laura said:
Have a look at this thread:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=11495.0
Added: Also, this one: http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=25.0
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Thanks. So, from these discussions it seems I didn't get it wrong. That is so sad, because the background work he did on writing "Fulcanelli" was pretty good I think, although the style it is presented in does indicate a certain lack of self-work (lots of name-dropping, referring to himself as "we" and "our" books, and other such things). It's also strange, because if I remember correctly, Fulcanelli himself spells it out in rather plain text in Dwellings what the true nature of alchemy is. Weird. I guess it is just yet another example of "people see what they want to see".
 
The first one (11495) is this thread: Fulcanelli and Gurdjieff

The second one (25) can be found here: Alchemy

In general, when the forum software doesn't automagically transfer old topics into the new format you can do so yourself manually by changing the header like this (leave the spaces out, they're there to secure readabilty):

Old - http: //www. cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=11495.0

New - http: //www. cassiopaea.org/forum/threads/11495

Hope this helps you out. :-)
 
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