INTRODUCTORY

the process SPLENDOR SOLIS Latin: "The Splendor of the Sun." endeavours to communicate is equally remarkable and curious.

As a Spiritual-Mystic book, SPLENDOR SOLIS stands not only for imparting knowledge of the Splendour, or Occult Chemical, possibly Radioactive The mention of "radioactive" suggests this commentary was written in the late 19th or early 20th century, following the discovery of radiation, applying contemporary scientific concepts to ancient alchemical ideas. and Creative Power of Disassociated and Spiritualised GOLD, it intends also the MYSTIC GOLD,—the DIVINE SOUL, the GOD and GOLD of TRUE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHY.

The SECRET of HERMETIC SCIENCE OR PHILOSOPHY Hermetic Science: A philosophical and esoteric tradition based on writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, focusing on the connection between the human soul and the divine universe. is as its name indicates: SOUL-KNOWLEDGE.

Hermetic Science does not relate to material things, but uses Alchemical symbols as a blind In occult literature, a "blind" is a deliberate distraction or metaphorical symbol used to hide a secret truth from the uninitiated or the unworthy. for SPIRITUAL REALITIES. It is an Alchemy of the MIND and SOUL, a SPIRITUAL ALCHEMY.

Thus is JACOB BEHMEN Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) was a German Christian mystic and theologian whose work used the language of alchemy to describe the regeneration of the human spirit. an Adept of Hermetic Philosophy, but not an Adept in Physical Alchemy. In HIS Philosophy the Philosopher’s Stone is a Symbol for Divine Illumination, and the Mastery, or Great Work, relates to the Regeneration of the Soul.

A study of the Works of Jacob Behmen, especially of the “AURORA” Latin: "The Dawn." Böhme's first work, Aurora: Die Morgenröte im Aufgang, describes the "dawn" of spiritual understanding within the mind.—the SUN—or SOUL—rise in the Mind, will give an idea of the Life of God in the Soul of Man.

One should, however attempt to understand the inner meaning of Behmen’s phraseology, before reading any of his