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 Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:36 pm
You've probably seen this game elsewhere but I thought I'd try a twist on it here. The idea is to post a word that starts with the last letter of the previous poster's word. For example:
1st post: yellow
2nd post: wichita
3rd post: anime
The twist here is that the words posted must be somehow related to Alchemy (either historical or fictional). Also, words cannot be repeated on the same page.
Our starting word is: Philosopher's Stone.
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:16 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:38 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:19 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:58 pm
Ok, Master Fallen and IxChe, you got it all wrong. Master Fallen, your word should have started with a "Y", as the previous word ended with a "Y". IxChe, your word doesn't apply to alchemy at all. So we need a word, which begins with "Y", pertaining to alchemy, to continue the game.
*racks brain trying to think of one*
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:52 pm
The Word ESOTERIC does apply to Alchemy
Howeer you are correct that the folling word should have started with Y............Esotericism is not a single tradition but a vast array of often unrelated figures and movements. Nevertheless, the following may be helpful.
The Roman Empire gave birth not only to Christianity but also to a group of mystery religions which emphasized initiation. Some see Christianity, with its ritual of baptism, as a mystery religion.[citation needed]
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
After Christianity became the state religion of Rome, dissident Christian groups became persecuted as traitors to the state. Pagan groups came to be suppressed as well. The terms "Gnosticism" and "Gnosis" have been challenged as coherent categories, but refer to a family of ancient Jewish, Christian, and pagan religious movements which often claimed to possess secret teachings relating to the spirit world, as opposed to the ordinary world which they tended to denigrate. Another important movement from the ancient world was Hermeticism, sometimes called Hermetism to distinguish it from post-Renaissance appropriations of it. Separately, ancient Babylon provided the basis for Western astrology.[citation needed].
The dichotomy between the esoteric and exoteric also plays an important part in Islam, particularly the beliefs of the Ismaili Muslims. It is believed that spiritual salvation is attained by receiving the 'Nur' (light) of Allah through the esoteric, that is, spiritual search for enlightenment. Neither the exoteric nor the esoteric obliterates the other. The inner, spiritual life remains in harmony with the exoteric, and is a dimension of the faith that finds acceptance among many communities in both branches of Islam.
During the Middle Ages such things as astrology, alchemy, and magic were not distinct from the standard subjects of the curriculum of an educated man. While some people assume esotericism to be opposed to the Bible or Christianity, as a historical matter this tension did not arise until later. Indeed, Christianity contributed its own esoteric imagery, notably the Holy Grail from Arthurian literature.
While many esoteric subjects have a history reaching back thousands of years, these have generally not survived as continuous traditions. Rather, they have benefited from various antiquarian revival movements. During the Italian Renaissance, for example, translators such as Ficino and Pico della Mirandola turned their attention to the classical literature of neo-Platonism, and what was thought to be the pre-Mosaic tradition of Hermeticism.
European esotericism was reformulated in the 17th century as Rosicrucianism, and later entered various strands of Freemasonry. In the 19th century a notable French revival in turn gave way to the theosophy of H. P. Blavatsky. In the 20th century Theosophy was reformulated by Annie Besant, C. W. Leadbeater, Alice Bailey, Rudolf Steiner and many others. Theosophy is also considered a major influence on the many current varieties of esotericism in metaphysical organizations, "Ascended Master Activities", and within the New Age groups. Yet another notable esoteric strain stems from the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky.
Rudolf Steiner, who broke with theosophy to found his own anthroposophy, spoke of a disagreement between esotericists at the close of the 19th century; one branch wanted to open up esoteric knowledge to the general public, while another group wished to maintain secrecy. [4] Steiner himself claimed to stand in the lineage of those who wanted to make the esoteric an accepted part of mainstream culture. His first books, written in the 19th century, avoided any reference to esoteric themes, but he saw the 20th century as the dawn of a new age, when spirituality would be increasingly central to human development. Thus, he began to publish works such as 'Theosophy' and 'Occult Science' and to lecture on esoteric themes both to select audiences (members of the Anthroposophical Society or of his own esoteric school) and to the general public. All but the most esoteric of these lectures were already being published during his lifetime, and in the last decades even the most esoteric material has been made available by the Rudolf Steiner Archive and Press,[5] in accordance with Steiner's wishes. Steiner's Anthroposophy has been called the "most important esoteric society in European history".[6]
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:56 pm
Yves d'Alveydre The Archeometre .................Also known as .................Alexandre Saint
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:47 am
y is this so confusing? @-@
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:50 am
It's not confusing... State a word pertaining to alchemy that starts with the last letter of the word the person who went before you used. In this case I'll assume the last letter of the previous word was 'e' in Archeometre, so I'll use Egypt, one of the founding countries of alchemy. The next word will begin with a 't'.
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:59 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:04 am
Damn, thats a tough one, Ive been thinking, and is there ANY words that start with "Y" that apply to alchemy??
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:53 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:19 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:56 am
Can I say Egypt again? No? Oh bugger it. Alright then, Europeans is my word, because: In Arabic, khemeia became al-kimiya, the prefix al being their word for "the". The word was eventually adopted by Europeans as (in English) al-chemy, and those who worked in the field were alchemists.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:57 am
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