What was the great secret of Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes) & his wife Rebecca? This mystery is Levenda's life work - now he drops by to speak of what's extant in his book The Tantric Alchemist, touching issues like: How did Thomas restore Rebecca's secret? Is it preserved within a simple image? Why did he suddenly die? Did Arthur Waite & Kenneth Rexroth discover it? Is Tantra & Alchemy directly related? What's similar in Chinese, Indian, & Western Alchemy? What's the types of Alchemy? What's the Elixir of Life, Philosopher's Stone, Prima Materia, the Green Language, & Divine Language of the Birds? And learn the Great Key to the process...

In part 2 we go further into both Opus Magnum & Vaughan, with questions like: Did John Dee, Cornelius Agrippa, & Abbott Trithemius influence Vaughan? Did he fake his own death? How important is transmutation of Gold? Did he discover the Stone? Why did Mary Atwood's father burn her alchemy book? What's the link between Alchemy & Magic? What's the role of sexuality? What is Mercury? What's the role of Ayahuasca & Psilocybin? Is Surrealism alchymical? What's the Dry & Wet Path? ...and we examine Vaughan's coded image.

:: :: :: ::

All programs are gratis & listener funded. Please consider supporting our work and help cover costs by donating, subscribing to our channel, liking & sharing our posts. Subscribing to our website (https://www.forumborealis.net/contribute) gives you direct access to all shows before public release + various bonus & backstage clips. Our shows are chronologically arranged in different series collected in separate playlists.

:: :: :: ::

* From Tantra to Alchemy (Part 1 & 2) - A Conversation with Peter Levenda (S06P3)

* © Forum Borealis. May not be reproduced in any commercial way.

* Guest: Historian Peter Levenda (https://www.forumborealis.net/guests)

* Recorded: 19 October 2016

* Bumper music used with cordial permission from © Loopus.net

* This Program is part of our sixth series called EXPLORING ESOTERIC PHILOSOPHY (http://www.forumborealis.net/series)