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Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by mkmasn
Why would he give it away free on his website; and try to sell it on Amazon? That fails the test of both reason and logic. The obvious path to the answer would be that somebody has stolen it and is attempting to sell it on Amazon.
Originally posted by mkmasn
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by ReallyNiceGuy
I don't get how something can be a con; when he is giving people a book for free telling them to spend their time doing something. If it was truthful, it would be better worth your time than cartoons or television, MSM, etc. If not, well then they are both about equal then.
He's also selling it on amazon. And he gives you incorrect info in the book, which happens to be dangerous.
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by mkmasn
Care to provide a link to that?
Greetings to the Anonymous Author and everyone at The Book of Aquarius Forum,
This is David from Forgotten Books. As you know, this web site and forum are hosted on the Forgotten Books servers. We are pleased to be sponsoring The Book of Aquarius, which has become one of our top sellers at Forgotten Books.
As promised we have had some success marketing The Book of Aquarius, producing the audiobook, advertising on the Forgotten Books web site, and other sites.
Many changes have been happening behind the scenes at Forgotten Books over the last few months. I don't know how many of the people here have checked the site out, we have 10,000 books both downloadable and on sale at Amazon in US, UK, Germany, France & Italy. In the next few weeks we will be expanding this to over 1,000,000 different books (yes, that's one million books), and introducing books in French, German, Italian, Spanish & Latin. You'll interested to hear this will include a number of new alchemy books, which are not available from any other web site or publishing house.
Some changes during the update of the system may affect the Book of Aquarius web site and forum: a possible downtime while we transfer the web sites to a new server, and the link to this site on the top of the homepage will be removed (it has been in place for several months). On the new site I am dedicating an area to modern esoteric subjects, which will feature The Book of Aquarius in addition to titles from other authors.
We would be happy to publish any commentaries or responses to The Book of Aquarius that any of the forum members or other people reading this have, perhaps their own opinions and research in alchemy and other esoteric subjects.
Feedback is welcome, especially from those who are Forgotten Books members.
Hi David,
Thanks for the info, good to hear form you. I hope you have been following the activity of the forum as it has progressed somewhat since we spoke previously.
I'm looking forward to seeing more alchemical books on your site! Certainly this will be useful to the members here.
Please note that I will soon be doing a large update to the book, a sort of second edition, with a lot more detail. If you could update the book on Amazon and announce this to your subscribers then this would be helpful.
Originally posted by mkmasn
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by mkmasn
Care to provide a link to that?
Here's the post from his forum about forgottenbooks.org selling the book:
Greetings to the Anonymous Author and everyone at The Book of Aquarius Forum,
This is David from Forgotten Books. As you know, this web site and forum are hosted on the Forgotten Books servers. We are pleased to be sponsoring The Book of Aquarius, which has become one of our top sellers at Forgotten Books.
As promised we have had some success marketing The Book of Aquarius, producing the audiobook, advertising on the Forgotten Books web site, and other sites.
Many changes have been happening behind the scenes at Forgotten Books over the last few months. I don't know how many of the people here have checked the site out, we have 10,000 books both downloadable and on sale at Amazon in US, UK, Germany, France & Italy. In the next few weeks we will be expanding this to over 1,000,000 different books (yes, that's one million books), and introducing books in French, German, Italian, Spanish & Latin. You'll interested to hear this will include a number of new alchemy books, which are not available from any other web site or publishing house.
Some changes during the update of the system may affect the Book of Aquarius web site and forum: a possible downtime while we transfer the web sites to a new server, and the link to this site on the top of the homepage will be removed (it has been in place for several months). On the new site I am dedicating an area to modern esoteric subjects, which will feature The Book of Aquarius in addition to titles from other authors.
We would be happy to publish any commentaries or responses to The Book of Aquarius that any of the forum members or other people reading this have, perhaps their own opinions and research in alchemy and other esoteric subjects.
Feedback is welcome, especially from those who are Forgotten Books members.
Here's the response from the author about updating the Amazon listing with the 2nd edition:
Hi David,
Thanks for the info, good to hear form you. I hope you have been following the activity of the forum as it has progressed somewhat since we spoke previously.
I'm looking forward to seeing more alchemical books on your site! Certainly this will be useful to the members here.
Please note that I will soon be doing a large update to the book, a sort of second edition, with a lot more detail. If you could update the book on Amazon and announce this to your subscribers then this would be helpful.
Should we go deeper into it?
AUTHOR: Paracelsus was a German Alchemist in the 16th century who was credited at least (in his age) to use only urine, instead of the slower process of urine and gold.
AUTHOR: A further problem is that not all alchemical books are written by people who understand alchemy. Since the vast majority of people have no understanding of it, they can't tell the true alchemists from the fakes.
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks". William Shakespeare. Hamlet Act 3, scene 2, 222–230
Originally posted by mkmasn
reply to post by Xoanon
...people need to understand they are not making Mercury, which he states in his book, and they are not making Salt, which he states in his book.
You should further distil the distilled urine 3 times in the clean retort, or using a new alembic lower-part, to ensure the distillate is very free from impurities.
Congratulations! You now have the mercury (distilled urine) and sulphur (white salt) of the Sages.
"I'm boiling mercury and using arsenic, antimony and lead," says Hopkins' Larry Principe, only half kidding. Working under a fume hood in a small lab on the Homewood campus, Principe is currently trying to unlock the 400-year-old secret of an object known to alchemists as "the Bolognian stone."
The chemical reaction Brand stumbled on was as follows. Urine contains phosphates PO43-, as sodium phosphate (i.e. with Na+), and various carbon-based organics. Under strong heat the oxygens from the phosphate react with carbon to produce carbon monoxide CO, leaving elemental phosphorus P, which comes off as a gas. Phosphorus condenses to a liquid below about 280°C and then solidifies (to the white phosphorus allotrope) below about 44°C (depending on purity). This same essential reaction is still used today (but with mined phosphate ores, coke for carbon, and electric furnaces).
Sodium phosphate is a generic term for the salts of sodium hydroxide and phosphoric acid.
Lye is a strong alkali, producing highly basic solutions. Both wet lye and dry lye solutions are highly caustic and may cause chemical burns, permanent injury or scarring, and blindness. Lye may be harmful or fatal if swallowed.
Elemental phosphorus is a white or yellow waxy substance that burns on contact with air. It is highly toxic and is only used in medicine as a homeopathic treatment.
If ingested it will cure all disease, and in higher concentrations will make an old person healthy and fitter than they were even in their youth.
If taken suddenly in high concentration, the body will purge itself of everything unnecessary, which may result in going through a shocking transformation over a couple of weeks, with one's skin peeling off, hair and teeth falling out, then growing back in prime condition.
Taken regularly in high concentration, it will be unnecessary to eat, drink or even breathe. Although these may be done anyway. The body will never grow old.
If there's not enough calcium to match the phosphorus in a bran-fed horse's daily feed, his body will pull extra calcium from his bones in order to balance the excess phosphorus in his gut. If a horse gets too much phosphorus over too long a period, his body will take so much calcium from the bones that it weakens the skeleton and leads to bone disorders such as "big head."
▪ bone and heart problems that lead to hospital stays and in some cases death
▪ low blood calcium, which causes calcium to be taken from the bones
▪ calcification or hardening of tissues in the heart, arteries, joints, skin or lungs that can be painful and lead to serious health problems
▪ bone pain
▪ itching