The Alchemy Stones: Use the Wisdom of the Ancient Alchemists to Transform Your Life [With Velvet BagWith Alchemy Stones]

By M.E. Warlick

Alchemy, Jung reminded us, was less a science for turning lead into gold and more a philosophical quest for enlightenment. Now, with The Alchemy Stones, the traditional symbolism and techniques of alchemy have been marshaled for those seeking to clarify their everyday problems and choices. Twenty-eight stones inscribed with ancient alchemical symbols--representing the alchemists, their ingredients and tools, base elements, the seven planets, and the different stages of the alchemical process--provide a way for the user to find answers to their questions. Richly illustrated with traditional engravings, the book explains the history and philosophy of alchemy, relates traditional alchemical texts and illustrations to the alchemy stones, and presents five different ways to lay out the stones to address situations of different complexity. An elegant velvet bag to store the stones in is included.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156924569X
• ISBN13: 9781569245699
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful resource for the inner life

An intelligently written book on alchemy and a great divination tool to boot. A beautifully conceived and executed product. I have given this as a gift and also own a set of the Alchemy Stones. I treasure my set, and have learned an incredible amount about alchemy through the use of the stones.

highly recommended

i recommend this set to anyone interested in alternative oracles connected to this older science/art of transformation, alchemy. great for anyone, whether you are an alchemist per se....or a true neophyte! you can't go wrong with this. beware though when dabbling with your own inner lab...chemical burns do not compare to alchemical drownings....(!) namaste

AWESOME!

if you are at all interested in alchemy and divination, you have to buy this for yourself! i have studied the art and history of alchemy (the physical art i mean, though i will say that this art is indicitive of/to human spirituality) and i was so enthused when i saw these in my book store. from what i hear now, they are out of print. i have found this set to be a tremendous addition to my tools of learning and that just having these little physical symbols in front of me greatly increases one's ability to memorize these quintessential elements of alchemy. basically, you will have NO understanding of alchemy unless you learn the symbols of it's components and processes. it has been, and continues to be, a refreshing reminder of alchemy's culmination in my life and also serves as a very precise divination tool. it literally took me (and, granted, i have a few years of study) 10 minutes to memorize these and the basic meanings. if you are willing to spend a little time, and you have to be in order to perform any type of divination well, then you will receive several tremendous skills by practicing with this aid. there is no better combination for one who truly loves these ancient and most important arts.