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Earth – Air – Fire and WaterThe Pharmageddon HerbalIvor Hughes

Earth – Air – Fire and Water
The Pharmageddon Herbal

Ivor Hughes

Spagyric Pharmacy Chapter12. Part 2.

 Introduction

The whole world of 6 dimensions is filled with his bounty; wheresoever thou lookest, it is making him known.
Jallaledin Rumi
The Mathnawi. Book 3. Verse 3108

“The alchemist, like the smith, and like the potter before him, is a ‘master of fire’. It is with fire that he controls the passage of matter from one state to another.

The first potter who, with the aid of live embers, was successful in hardening those shapes which he had given to his clay, must have felt the intoxication of the demiurge: he had discovered a transmuting agent. That which took natural heat ­from the sun or the bowels of the earth-so long to ripen, was transformed by fire at a speed hitherto undreamed of. This demiurgic enthusiasm springs from that obscure presentiment that the great se­cret lay in discovering how to ‘perform’ faster than Nature, in other words (since it is always necessary to talk in terms of the spiritual experience of primitive man) how, without peril, to interfere in the processes of the cosmic forces. Fire turned out to be the means by which man could ‘execute’ faster, but it could also do something other than what already existed in Nature. It was therefore the manifestation of a magico – religious power which could modify the world and which, consequently, did not belong to this world. This is why most primitive cultures look upon the specialist in the sacred … the shaman, the medicine man, the magician … as a master of fire.

The Forge and the Crucible.
Professor Mircea Eliade,



When the Earth works upon her chemistry, she does so with heat, pressure and the forces of the magnetic spectrum. That principle applies not only to the Ionosphere, Atmosphere and  Hydrosphere; but also to the realms of Soil, Lithosphere and Barysphere. 6 realms of Nature.

It is in the 7th realm that her works are revealed. We are part of that 7th realm, the Biosphere. It is the Ionosphere and the Atmosphere that mediate the electromagnetic spectrum that makes life, as it is understood, possible under those chemical conditions that prevail upon earth. During lightning discharges, a precipitation of atmospheric nutrients occurs.

The lightening rips through and vibrates the atmospheric soup. During this process proteins and other precursors or biological building blocks are formed and rained down to the waiting earth
 

 It is a Spagyric dictum, ‘Ever follow the footsteps of Nature and let her be your guide’.


To that end, a Spagyric practitioner takes the remedies of nature, and seeks to bring them to perfection. This is a two fold task, for the Spagyrist must also works upon their own inner garden, even as they work upon the products of the outer garden. As Paracelsus has said you must seek out the pharmacies of nature and see in which box she keeps them.

Nature has perfected the herb, then so must practitioner perfect the medicines derived from them. This is done by timing, right attitude and good intent. The herb must be gathered at the correct time. We know when it is the correct time to do that.

Before the work is commenced upon the herb, the Spagyrist must prepare themselves. This is done in solitude with a 24 hour fast with meditation and prayer. No words are spoken, the only things allowed to pass the lips are clean water, and the breath.

Let no one think, that this is irrational, for the science of physics, acknowledges that the experimenter has an effect upon the experiment, that the observer has an effect on that which is observed. This is a magnetic and spiritual homeopathy, either on the conscious or unconscious level. By analogy, we certainly understand the difference between a Master Chef and the Technician Cook. One follows the heart, and the other follows instructions.

When operating on the herb each step must be taken at the correct time. The correct time is when the magnetic flux of Earth is suitable for each operation. No one is born a Master, each individual must serve the apprenticeship of the technician. The medicines produced by the technician will grow ever more perfect with the growing inner perfection of the aspirant.

Pure Astrology as the Basis of Works. 12.9
The Moon and its position in the Zodiac, as observed from Earth, is integral to plant alchemy. As a star, our own Sun is a relatively small body in comparison with many of those giant stars that make up our Zodiacal belt. The output of electronic matter from those stars is in proportion to their magnitude.

The evidence of Radio Astronomy is irrefutable, the output of those stars is received and recorded here on earth. All things are the product of their season in the yearly cycle. Medicinal plants must be harvested at the correct phase of the moon in relation to the plant part required. When the plant is opened or operated on, each stage should be done at the astrological time allocated for each operation.