Most Important Historical Text of Alchemy -The Turba Philosophorum | Assembly of the Philosophers

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  • Опубликовано: 22 июл 2021
  • The Turba Philosophorum or Assembly of the Philosophers is one of the oldest and most important works of alchemical theory and practice. In it is imagined a great assembly of ancient philosophers to discuss cosmology and alchemical theory and practice. In this episode, I explore the history of this wonderful alchemical textbook along with discussing it's position in the development of the occult science of alchemy.
    Recommended Readings:
    Ruska - Turba Philosophorum: Ein Beitrag ƶur Geschichte der Alchemie - 978-3662229583
    Plessner - The Place of the Turba Philosophorum in the Development of Alchemy - www.jstor.org/stable/226780
    Artis auriferae - archive.org/details/artisauri...
    Waite - Turba Philosophorum - 9780722401095
    Jung - Psychology and Alchemy - 978-0691018317 (not historically accurate)

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  • @TheEsotericaChannel
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  • @big.word.energy8569
    @big.word.energy8569 3 года назад +23

    On alchemy day, we should study chemistry, make middle-school science volcanoes, wear mood rings to symbolize transmutation, and donate to school science and art programs :D

  • @themarecool
    @themarecool 3 года назад +33

    Alchemy day should definitely involve mixing cocktails

    • @derekknight9789
      @derekknight9789 3 года назад +1

      420 across Western Canada is totally divination central.

    • @hermeticxhaote4723
      @hermeticxhaote4723 3 года назад +2

      And mixing up some Kratom:
      Put 5 grams of kratom powder in a cup. Squeeze at least 1 lime into the cup and mix well until all the powder is soupy.
      Add a spoonful of cayenne pepper. Mix well.
      Add a few ounces of hot water.
      Mix well and drink immediately.
      Wait 20 minutes and meditate.
      Then you will see.

  • @frost8077
    @frost8077 3 года назад +15

    The Turba Philosophorum needs an action oil painting cover art like the old Megaman games.

  • @SheDMontford
    @SheDMontford 3 года назад +13

    The notification of this video has come through just as I’m cooking breakfast for my family - I have my iPad perched up on the kitchen bench - and all the great philosophers in this household are discussing it - as the porridge coagulates and bubbles and steams - as the eggs turn from liquid to solid in the pan - as the fresh bread dough ferments and comes out of the bread maker- originally ground up grains - now transformed in a technological iamblicus into something entirely different - people forget the alchemy was about the transmutation of everyday things including the human condition - and how these metals and elements within our everyday things transformed - alchemical texts are in a sense cookbooks on how to Transform all things around us every day - just early morning thoughts of the cook/alchemist in a turbulent family of philosophers! Haha!

  • @nicholaszacharewicz693
    @nicholaszacharewicz693 3 года назад +6

    Just when I thought this was a great video you went on that video game tangent...making it a fantastic video!
    Unrelated, but also thanks to that tangent now I can't help but picture a group of people shouting "It's Turba time!" and then breaking into heated philosophical discussion

    • @bl6904
      @bl6904 3 года назад +2

      I agree! Hearing the Final Fantasy reference made me do a double take, perfect mix of personality and content here :)

  • @LichKingg23
    @LichKingg23 3 года назад +8

    This channel is one of the greatest fount of reliable knowledge about esoterism on this Plataform. I'm glad some one recommended it to me and I'm glad of your work, witch is very inspiring to me.

  • @sterilityplease
    @sterilityplease 3 года назад +6

    I'm so glad you mentioned that TNG moment, I adore that episode! It's so memorable since it's the first episode in which Data organically experiences emotions!

  • @arielpaulson9509
    @arielpaulson9509 3 года назад +13

    Alchemy day, when the mercury flows freely in the streets...

  • @theythemma
    @theythemma 3 года назад +5

    honestly how dare this channel be so good that i have no choice but make a patreon 😩

    • @paulinem.sereni518
      @paulinem.sereni518 3 года назад +1

      I had the same reaction. I have spent the last month going over Dr Sledge's videos. And this is the first channel in years that I jumped to be a patreon.

  • @mohammadsaminirtisum6152
    @mohammadsaminirtisum6152 3 года назад +37

    Justin bro would you pls do a video on Islamic black magic called SIHR? it would really be interesting to watch!

    • @SheDMontford
      @SheDMontford 3 года назад +1

      Here’s my video on some Islamic Magick - let me know what you think of this please - and if you like it please share; ruclips.net/video/dObgKOzLN8o/видео.html

    • @jojones4685
      @jojones4685 3 года назад +1

      @@SheDMontford that was both awful and confusing

    • @SheDMontford
      @SheDMontford 3 года назад +1

      But you must remember that there is theoretical Islamic magic - and it’s practical application in west and north Africa today - that documentary shows the practical application there off - I’m sorry it was confusing and awful but it was just Reportage - academia and what actually occurs are often two very different things- What I found interesting with that documentary was that the Mumzada- Approved Islamic white magic - is actually quite barbaric - but what is considered the black magic Shir - is actually used for higher purposes

    • @jojones4685
      @jojones4685 3 года назад +1

      @@SheDMontford it seemed to be traditional medicinal practices. I didn't see a connection there to anything islamic

    • @naglastuden39
      @naglastuden39 3 года назад +1

      So many oxymorons In your request...

  • @mathleev
    @mathleev Год назад +1

    The way you teach is just so satisfactory. Thanks for your work

  • @michaels6391
    @michaels6391 3 года назад +2

    That intro gets me so chilled out

  • @CharlieSolis
    @CharlieSolis 2 года назад +2

    As I understood it turba means “to whirl”. It’s where “turbine” come from. As well I always imagine this to be comparable to the “whirling dervishes”

  • @adamcardone697
    @adamcardone697 2 года назад +2

    Thank you Dr. Sledge for everything...

  • @Barbarossa19
    @Barbarossa19 3 года назад +4

    Descent (S6:E26) of ST:TNG is one of my favorite episodes. Yes, I was also inspired. Cheers

  • @thomaswillard1804
    @thomaswillard1804 Год назад +1

    Awesome update of the scholarship on the "Turba." The connection with Panopolis, Zosimos, and Greek alchemy is quite convincing. Thank you, Dr. Sledge.

  • @11.15.M
    @11.15.M 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for your teachings.... 🙏. This CH is definitely my favorite

  • @teddygrammatonbmx2226
    @teddygrammatonbmx2226 3 года назад +4

    Alchemy Day For Sure, I'm sure we can conjure up something.

  • @robertdjonesauthor
    @robertdjonesauthor Год назад +1

    That was fantastic, thank you for taking the time to dive so deeply into the Turba

  • @TeslaAvenger
    @TeslaAvenger 3 года назад +2

    On Alchemy day you write tutorials of any kind with the most cryptic symbols you can muster.

  • @Gardeningchristine
    @Gardeningchristine 6 месяцев назад +1

    If you serve alcohol at your alchemist party I’d suggest Goldschlager, not for the flavor but the little gold flecks floating around.

  • @shaofu424
    @shaofu424 3 года назад +2

    you are the first person i have seen bring some common sense to this text
    as well as some historical background
    and some insight as well
    you do a good job on this channel
    be safe, be happy, work hard
    peace \m/
    ps i am all for alchemy day
    how about something simple like fermenting and distilling of alcohol
    taking the distillation through 12 times
    and holding it up to sunlight to show the "swimming serpents" within it?
    it would be a good intro into spagyrics as well
    not quite turning lead into gold, but...
    probably safer though
    just a thought

  • @akamucrimsidae
    @akamucrimsidae 3 года назад +1

    Love the content! Keep up the great work!

  • @evans808274mc9la
    @evans808274mc9la 3 года назад +4

    More on esoteric ismaili circles please! Especially the mongol link

  • @GabrielYuriTheNinja
    @GabrielYuriTheNinja 3 года назад +7

    Would it be possible for you to comment about Aleister Crowley's work?
    I would love to hear your take on him

  • @israeltovar3513
    @israeltovar3513 10 месяцев назад +1

    Extremely belated comment: I am sure that Dr. Sledge knows, but for the rest of non Spanish speakers, "turba" still means mob, a loosely formed group of people, and often very unruly. It competes with "chusma", which means the same. Although, chusma has also a derogatory meaning, closer to "foule" in French...

  • @LailokenScathach
    @LailokenScathach 3 года назад +3

    Awesome video, "Turbo Philosophy" - lol, I love it.

  • @Venefica82
    @Venefica82 2 года назад +1

    How is it that every time I watch one of your videos my Amazon wish list grows? :P

  • @drjohndee4322
    @drjohndee4322 3 года назад +1

    Alchemy day should be issac newtons studies on alchemy and his search for the philosophers stone and his studies on the temple of solomon and how it relates to his studies of his alchemical believes.

  • @tijean93
    @tijean93 3 года назад +1

    Methinks "Alchemy Day" should involve distilled spirits and vapors precipitated through fluids, and the rambling, "turbulent" philosophical discussions thus engendered.

  • @magicianofthesun
    @magicianofthesun 3 года назад

    this is very interesting, thank you very much!

  • @OctopusPalmTree
    @OctopusPalmTree 2 года назад +1

    Alchemy Day idea: color changing coctail that changes "gold."

  • @Nivloc317
    @Nivloc317 2 года назад +2

    February 11th (Alchemy Day) should be celebrated with a toast to Hermes Trismegistus with a dram (or greater) of chilled Absinth.

  • @MrJamesdryable
    @MrJamesdryable 3 года назад +2

    Is there any chance of getting a video on the vital life force energy? Also known as Vril, Qi, Orgone, Prana, Kundalini.

  • @EduNauta95
    @EduNauta95 3 года назад +5

    Hey Dr. Justin, i've always wondered what is the logo of the channel. It looks to me like a mayan sigil, no? Speaking of the Maya, it would be super interesting if you did a video on mayan numerology.

  • @elantir9260
    @elantir9260 3 года назад

    Your videos are amazing!!!

  • @sacrumalchemist3497
    @sacrumalchemist3497 3 года назад +6

    Why February the 11th? I must’ve missed something 😅 and fantastic lecture! I’ve learned so much from you in the past 3 months! Thank you 🙏🏽🖤

  • @gunkwretch3697
    @gunkwretch3697 3 года назад +6

    Socrates said he was looking forward to dying, so he could meet and converse with famous Greeks, I cant remember exactly who, I think Homer and Pythagoras were among them

    • @SHAX516
      @SHAX516 3 года назад +1

      i wish i could meet Pythagoras too but just so i can bully him for being the nerd he is. i believe there would be a queue

    • @gunkwretch3697
      @gunkwretch3697 3 года назад +1

      @@SHAX516 bullies do not get into the Elysian fields

    • @SHAX516
      @SHAX516 3 года назад

      @@gunkwretch3697 who would want to get into the Elysian fields in the first place its textbook def. of lame? i just want to give Pythagoras a wedgie then straight down into the pit, all the real ballers are down and everyone knows it

    • @ladylongsleeves3175
      @ladylongsleeves3175 3 года назад

      He also mentioned a few mythical heroes! I should look up who exactly...

  • @mikeaxle2008
    @mikeaxle2008 3 года назад +2

    We do some alchemy to celebrate alchemy day!

  • @gregcampwriter
    @gregcampwriter 3 года назад +1

    I've been in a few faculty meetings with a lot of turba.

  • @gregcampwriter
    @gregcampwriter 3 года назад

    This is one of the reasons that I read about the First Circle in the Inferno and think, you know, hell doesn't sound so bad.

  • @enkicarbone3769
    @enkicarbone3769 3 года назад +1

    Picked up Waite's copy specifically bc of Jung. Great episode, Doc. Super solid! 😎

  • @johnnewton8017
    @johnnewton8017 3 года назад

    All is one. I love how you mention Final Fantasy because the game is steeped in mythical information.

  • @haliensexist
    @haliensexist 3 года назад

    I could watch you all day... and do. 😅

  • @larrybuzbee7344
    @larrybuzbee7344 3 года назад

    After listening to many if these presentations, and in light of my admittedly anti-religious slant, I'm gradually coming to the opinion that the purposeful obscuritanism of Alchemical literature and practice was a reaction to religious absutism's necessary suppression of the scientific impulse. Newton signaled the breakthrough moment when orthodox religion lost its veto power on science at the hands and pen of an Alchemist/mathematician/philosopher. This is truly the transformation of historical irony into comedy gold.

  • @eldraque4556
    @eldraque4556 2 года назад +1

    Turbo philosophy, brilliant, PMSL

  • @MadRedAlchemist
    @MadRedAlchemist 25 дней назад

    A mob of Philosophers, perfect band name

  • @hellucination9905
    @hellucination9905 3 года назад

    Are there esoteric readings of modern philosophers? Like Guénon's reading of Dante? Is there an esoteric reading of Heidegger for example?

  • @christinehope6317
    @christinehope6317 3 года назад

    Would you consider doing a study on genius chapter six on the fallen angels and the fallen watchers also different order and level of demons

  • @theorignaldragon5579
    @theorignaldragon5579 3 года назад +5

    Sir, I have been studying your content with utmost attention , I have a request , I have been studying the book Newton -the alchemist by William.r.newman , I will be very pleased if you could make a highly detailed episode or series of episodes about the alchemical study of Issac Newton , i would also request for some content on the alchemical works of Robert Boyle. thank you .

    • @skiwalker9041
      @skiwalker9041 3 года назад +2

      You might want to check out "The First Mythology" by A.W. Sylvester. It is probably the single most revealing book of All Alchemical manuscripts. The secrets are revealed there. It will show you how to read the Allegories as you learn the process.

  • @bagsogee
    @bagsogee 3 года назад +1

    How about a conversation between you and a historian of science or/ and a chemist on the actual technology of alchemy for International Alchemy Day.

  • @jaygrizzel4883
    @jaygrizzel4883 3 года назад

    Do the Ripley scroll next

  • @talkgooder
    @talkgooder 3 года назад

    The traditional alchemy day gift is a lead watch.

  • @SumNutOnU2b
    @SumNutOnU2b 3 года назад

    Just in case RUclips cancels my question as spam because of including a link, to I'll add the same comment twice - this time without the link
    Amazon has three different "versions" listed as available. One of them is half the number of pages and so I suspect is only either part one or two of the whole work.
    One gives the author as "attributed to Arisleus" and is part 13 of a series of books called "The R.A.M.S. Library of Alchemy"
    Have you heard of this version and is it of any value?

  • @sinisterminister4201
    @sinisterminister4201 3 года назад

    93
    Love your Work.
    93 93/93

  • @AlexusMagnum
    @AlexusMagnum 3 года назад +1

    in Arabic Turba means Soil...

  • @hedgehog3180
    @hedgehog3180 6 месяцев назад

    4:53 Wasn't Plato a wrestler? I bet he could get into a fight or two.

  • @user-di3st1ei2j
    @user-di3st1ei2j 2 года назад

    "What would Aristotle have to say to Sartre, Siddhartha Gautama to the Stoic Chrysippus, Jacques Lacan to Chaka Khan?"

  • @morthim
    @morthim 3 года назад +2

    the answer is homunculus, it is always homunculus.
    it is homunculus all the way down.

  • @StevenSchoolAlchemy
    @StevenSchoolAlchemy Год назад

    greetings!

  • @gregcampwriter
    @gregcampwriter 3 года назад

    Would this be the Voltron of philosophy?

  • @josephwilliammarek9566
    @josephwilliammarek9566 3 года назад

    Jung theorized that the old time Alchemists also meditated, but he never tells what he thought they meditated on. Do you have a theory on this?

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  3 года назад +1

      Aside from the cycle of prayers that were common at the time, I don't now of any specific meditations. At least not prior to the 17th century, perhaps!

  • @alexandriaorcld6365
    @alexandriaorcld6365 3 года назад

    From now on February 11 is Alchemy Day

  • @tabletop963
    @tabletop963 3 года назад

    I'd go with Sonic for the turbo philosophy.
    211 Alchemy day events I have no idea.... lulz

  • @coreyleavell6921
    @coreyleavell6921 3 года назад

    I bet the 9 philosophers represent the 9 of sacred geometry. The 9 points of the mobius circle. It means the completion of the cycle, wholeness, perfection. It could mean they represent a previous age.

    • @coreyleavell6921
      @coreyleavell6921 10 месяцев назад

      @@Giantcrabz maybe in another context. I could see 7 being the divine 6 plus 1 being the individual. Like body and soul. I'm no expert, but it's all very interesting.

  • @NIKITKOKIS
    @NIKITKOKIS 3 года назад +1

    How does this seem normal at 1,75 speed?

  • @derekknight9789
    @derekknight9789 3 года назад

    Everything around me can seem coincidentally tethered to circumstances and references to my own life and experience.
    So it's burdening.
    My dog is safe, my dog is love, my dog is the best natural guard, too.
    What a shame the suffer and forced devastations on our lives.

  • @dalelane1948
    @dalelane1948 3 года назад +1

    Just sayin’ g’day to me mate Al Grythm

  • @BRP
    @BRP 3 года назад +1

    ALCHEMY DAY 2/11/22 ✡️⚛️🔯

  • @pmgn8444
    @pmgn8444 Год назад

    Hmm, I can just see physicist Richard Feynman sneaking to prank the Philosophers with quantum mechanics...

  • @andythedishwasher1117
    @andythedishwasher1117 3 года назад

    One excellent alchemy day thing YOU could do would be to bust out some hazmat gear and attempt some real alchemy for us!

  • @andythedishwasher1117
    @andythedishwasher1117 3 года назад

    I know some programmers who are working on turbo philosophy tech.

  • @ziu1163
    @ziu1163 3 года назад

    Can we celebrate Alchemy day by seeing you performing an alchemical marriage?

    • @ziu1163
      @ziu1163 3 года назад

      @@Jack-pz8ty Why? It would be a cool chemistry lesson and a recreation of an important part of alchemical history.

  • @user-kj5qy8ip5v
    @user-kj5qy8ip5v 3 года назад

    My birthday is feb 11

  • @arthurclaymore4995
    @arthurclaymore4995 2 года назад

    I love this sort of thing and eat up these videos. That being said; I spent my life in Retail and tend to look at everything as a product to be sold. The the question that always comes to my mind is; Who bought this product? Who would buy a book of formulas that, simply, don't work? At least, I don't think anyone ever made gold from lead. Was it sold to people who just wanted a book on their shelf that would make it look like they were privy to ancient and mysterious knowledge? For that matter, how did Alchemy persist for centuries without success and with nobody ever making gold, or the philosopher's stone?

    • @Bildgesmythe
      @Bildgesmythe 2 года назад

      Ok, I'm 4 months late but alchemy did discover acids, fertilizers, dyes, metal coloring, etc. To say it produced nothing, is wrong. I won't even go into all the equipment still used in chemical labs.

    • @arthurclaymore4995
      @arthurclaymore4995 2 года назад

      @@Bildgesmythe I will grant you that. And I am sure that at least some alchemists were serious investigators. But Alchemy's grander goals were not achieved and I still don't see how one sold a book of spells that could not work.

  • @soncis
    @soncis 3 года назад

    ok so we celebrate alchemy day by playing megaman

    • @TheEsotericaChannel
      @TheEsotericaChannel  3 года назад

      t h i s - Mega Man 2 Dr. Wiley Stage 1 music is the J A M of all time

  • @randyallen2966
    @randyallen2966 3 года назад

    Who can hook me up with some
    mercury and aqua regia?

  • @derekknight9789
    @derekknight9789 3 года назад

    So I got all this built up trauma, and I rant and I rave.
    The things I know I have accomplished can also negatively affect me, cause I remain caught up in disability from a violent crime at age 13.
    I have literally seen the sky fall.
    I know I have lived my early childhood over and over multiple times in overlapping places and the timelines clearly overlap.
    We are in a Matrix of imperfect design and the tendency to fall into taxation and condemnation just as economic policies as subtle genocide destroyed my life and consumed me.
    Terrible conditions to be thrown into Creation's expanse and ilked with the suffer.
    Whatever ilk means to my automatic writing based mind & present wording. (?)

  • @MrGreen-sw1ly
    @MrGreen-sw1ly 3 года назад

    Screw the idea of turning basic metal to gold. It would be a dream if I can have a conversation with Siddhārtha Gautama(Buddha). Maybe that's because I am an independent Buddhist.

  • @stephensinclair3771
    @stephensinclair3771 3 года назад

    "O child of Troy! Harken unto me!
    Beware the Magna Mater. Do not listen to those who urge you to join the rights under the moon in the fields
    Of the wild Boii. The cursed old men who have learned the secrets in the groves. Better by far that your flesh was devoured by the beasts of the earth! But you will not listen to me! Some of you will one day follow the eagles over the ocean sea that rings the world to the islands of mist and rain. They will go down under the earth to learn that which should not be known!
    Hear is wisdom. It is not "the rats in the walls" that will be heard! It is the secret shame of who Burrows from below. A beast more than beast! A birth. A man.
    Thus Jupiter spoke to me.
    The prophet Marcian.
    From Livy book XXII.

  • @Bookthief666
    @Bookthief666 2 года назад

    Marry the opposites on alchemy day

  • @nadasadhana
    @nadasadhana 3 года назад

    666 likes 6 downvotes

  • @Spacemuffin147
    @Spacemuffin147 3 года назад

    Yeah, it’s always been man’s search to claim God. The scriptures of the Bible are of truth, most agnostic fail to conceive what it is about. I know, have a gut feeling, the Star of David means the transfiguration of Adam and God once Adam, man, realizes there never was a transcendental meaning. The gospels explain the Transfiguration of the Christ; Father, son, and Holy Spirit. The point being the fall happened and people chose the fall rather than God. Satan is the phony god of this cycle and always has been ever since the Garden. The Uroboros is the one of the titles of Satan. The purpose of God is to live in a holy life, thus achieving worthy sacrifices such as the one’s of Abel sacrificing a lamb to earn God. Look, I know the prophecies came to realization. The serpent and the cross was fulfilled when Jesus was crucified. The bronze serpent of Moses was the mere symbol of Jesus; who ever looked at the bronzed serpent earned salvation trough faith alone by believing it will save them. There is so many symbols the word of God uses and it is epistemology in its own branch of science or knowledge. I don’t know if the Holy Spirit guided Jung, but certain symbols are verified by God.