Uncle Homo

Homunculus: The Alchemical Creation of Little People with Great Powers
By dhwty, 2015

Although science has made much progress in the last century, there are still numerous ethical issues that need to be addressed by the scientific community. One such issue is that of the creation of artificial life. For some, this is the logical progress of scientific knowledge; for others, this is a realm that should not be intruded by human beings. Concepts relating to the creation of artificial life such as genetic engineering and human cloning are relatively modern scientific ideas. In the past, however, it was in the field of alchemy that Medieval scientists sought to artificially create life. One of the beings that alchemists were purportedly able to create was the homunculus, meaning ‘little man’ in Latin.

The homunculus is first referred to in alchemical writings of the 16 ^th century. It is likely, however, that this concept is older than these writings. The idea that miniature fully-formed people can be created has been traced to the early Middle Ages (400 to 1000 AD), and is partly based on the Aristotelian belief that the sperm is greater than the ovum in its contribution to the production of offspring.

Homunculus

Homunculus
A homunculus (Latin for “little man”, plural: “homunculi”) is a representation of a small human being. Popularized in sixteenth century alchemy and nineteenth century fiction, it has historically referred to the creation of a miniature, fully formed human. The concept has roots in preformationism as well as earlier folklore and alchemic traditions.

History
References to the homunculus do not appear prior to sixteenth century alchemical writings; however alchemists may have been influenced by earlier folk traditions. The mandragora, known in German as Alreona, Alraun or Alraune is one example.

In Liber de imaginibus, Paracelsus however denies that roots shaped like men grow naturally. He attacks dishonest people who carve roots to look like men and sell them as Alraun. He clarifies that the homunculus’ origins are in sperm, and that it is falsely confused with these ideas from necromancy and natural philosophy.

Lux of Sophia

The Philosopher’s Stone
From Montalk, 2010

The Philosopher’s Stone is not just a spiritual metaphor but an actual substance that can transmute lead or mercury into gold. The Stone is a product of Alchemy. Unlike chemistry, which only deals with physical matter and energy, Alchemy makes use of etheric and astral energies to reconfigure matter at the quantum level. Alchemy is to chemistry what a cube is to the square; it is a superset of chemistry and is capable of so much more.

How Etheric Energy Overrides Physical Laws

Alchemical achievements require successfully gathering, concentrating, and multiplying etheric energy. When this energy reaches a critical threshold, it overpowers the normal laws of physics and allows seemingly miraculous processes to take place. I believe it does this by biasing probability. By amplifying the probability of minor quantum effects, which are normally limited to the subatomic scale, they manifest on the larger atomic scale. In this way, one

Symbol and Symbolism

From The Temple In Man
by R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz

SYMBOL AND SYMBOLISM — The meaning currently accepted for the word symbol always implies a conventional nature. A figure or a sign represents, by analogy or convention, a given idea.
To conform with the true meaning of the symbol in ancient Egypt, we ought to use the [Kemetic] term Medu-Neteru, the Greek translation of which, “heiroglyphs,” distorts the Egyptian meaning. Medu-Neteru are the Neters, or the principles conveyed by a sign.

To me, the word symbol signifies the thing itself or the materialized idea that it evokes; it does not represent the idea by analogy alone. There is a reality (that is to say, a cause with an ineluctable effect) in the Medu-Neters or symbols—as in the Christian image of the Cross, the statue of the Holy Virgin, the gestures and words of the Sacrament of the Mass, in the life or legend of the Saint from whom the religion takes its name.

The Temple of Man – Chapter 23

Temple of Maat – Tehuti
by (Anpu Ausar)

The paradigm for the works of R. A. Schwaller deLubicz has become known as the “symbolist perspective.” It is one of the keys to understanding the knowledge of Kemet. It should be considered a way (not the only way) to unlock our minds from the western, linear, left-brain, modern, evolutionary paradigmatic matrix that has us trapped. So many of us are struggling to ‘get it’ yet find ourselves crashing through one door only to be confronted by another door. Read the following: Volume 2, Chapter 23 of The Temple of Man.

Temple of Man – Volume 2
by R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz

Chapter 23 The Architectonics of the Pharaonic Temple

The master builder said to the disciple:

“You come from the earth, it has nourished you, and you will return to the earth. This element holds and keeps other elements.

The Seven Principles

The Kybalion

I. THE PRINCIPLE OF MENTALISM.

“THE ALL is MIND; The Universe is Mental.”

This Principle embodies the truth that “All is Mind.” It explains that THE ALL (which is the Substantial Reality underlying all the outward manifestations and appearances which we know under the terms of “The Material Universe”; the “Phenomena of Life”; “Matter”; “Energy”; and, in short, all that is apparent to our material senses) is SPIRIT, which in itself is UNKNOWABLE and UNDEFINABLE, but which may be considered and thought of as AN UNIVERSAL, INFINITE, LIVING MIND.

It also explains that all the phenomenal world or universe is simply a Mental Creation of THE ALL, subject to the Laws of Created Things, and that the universe, as a whole, and in its parts or units, has its existence in the Mind of THE ALL, in which Mind we “live and move and have our being.” This Principle, by establishing the Mental Nature of the Universe, easily explains all of the varied mental and psychic phenomena that occupy such a large portion of the public attention, and which, without such explanation, are non-understandable and defy scientific treatment. An understanding of this great hermetic Principle of Mentalism enables the individual to readily grasp the laws of the Mental Universe, and to apply the same to his well-being and advancement.