http://www.lost-academy.com/feed/? Latest topics Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:15:52 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/gothic/logo.png http://www.lost-academy.com/feed/? http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/proper-crucibles-for-the-dry-path-t241.htm NDC Turns out that an iron crucible is really not a good idea for using the dry path, because it will be corroded and attacked by the mighty power of our Alkahest salt. And a 100% ceramic crucible is out of the question, because it would certainly fail and crack from thermal shock. The two types of crucibles we have to choose from is Clay-Graphite and Silicon Carbide. The Silicon Carbide is about the best material you can get that isn't metallic. It has a much better resistance to thermal ... Practical Alchemy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:25:34 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/proper-crucibles-for-the-dry-path-t241.htm#3932 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/proper-crucibles-for-the-dry-path-t241.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-3-t229.htm spagyricus Hello All, I have some questions regarding GW method 3. I had a gallon of the funkiest black GW and I distilled of the spirit ( Still very funky). The distillation of this is tricky because of the initial fine foam that developes, but I overcame this by placing a filter in the neck of my distillation flask. I have dried the salts. Should the salts be calcined? or should I do like the instructions say and pour the spirit back on the black salts? Also the instructions say to use gold, but ... Practical Alchemy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:45:41 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-3-t229.htm#3728 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-3-t229.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/thanks-4-birthday-donations-t275.htm NDC I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who donated money for my birthday today. It was about the worst birthday I've ever had in my short life, so it really fills my heart with joy to see that online friends cared more about my birthday than my own family and friends. One member of this forum even donated $500; that really blew me away. At the end of the miserable day, I finally slumped over to the computer and checked the email, and much to my surprise, there were several large donations ... Practical Alchemy Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:46:25 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/thanks-4-birthday-donations-t275.htm#4395 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/thanks-4-birthday-donations-t275.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/psychos-in-the-world-t276.htm NDC
What the hell is wrong with people? This guy apparently believes that he deserves the 2nd edition for free for some reason. WTF?]]> Practical Alchemy Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:15:52 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/psychos-in-the-world-t276.htm#4396 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/psychos-in-the-world-t276.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/2nd-edition-complete-t271.htm NDC Hey everyone! I finally finished the 2nd edition of "Covenant of Silence". Four more chapters and a little more information added to the other chapters, as well as typos corrected (there were a ton). The page count is 127, so it was like writing an entire second book the same size as the first one. Now I finally feel like I have a book, instead of just a little booklet. I think 120 pages is right about the lowest you can have to call it a real book. I thought writing it ... Practical Alchemy Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:22:58 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/2nd-edition-complete-t271.htm#4283 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/2nd-edition-complete-t271.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/morning-dew-method-3-t256.htm phillip_reed Hello everyone, I couldn't find a suitable title that questions or progress could go under for just the morning dew method three, i like form and structure and i see that GW#3 has its place. photos of progress whatn't suitable because i don't have photos of progress yet but questions about my progress. my last step that i have done but didn't feel that i have fully succeded on is; i boiled down the last of the 15liters of morning dew to get ... Practical Alchemy Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:55:18 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/morning-dew-method-3-t256.htm#4110 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/morning-dew-method-3-t256.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-warning-t274.htm word2give Word to the wise: Don’t, Never, Ever! Ingest anything from the GW method, you will start getting growths on your face, arms, neck, then you will have to make an iridium elixir to get rid of the growths, and if you can barely come up with an elixir of the stone, it will be hard getting an elixir from iridium that does not have chemicals (they can be just as damaging). IMO they are not ordinary growths, they could lead to cancer, so if you start getting them on you, chances are that internally ... Practical Alchemy Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:08:49 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-warning-t274.htm#4378 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-warning-t274.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/furnace-for-gw-methods-t273.htm trueKabbalist
http://store32.net/chaudywogbaaga/index.php/a/2009/03/03/making_a_new_metal_melting_furnace_and_a]]> Practical Alchemy Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:45:47 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/furnace-for-gw-methods-t273.htm#4318 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/furnace-for-gw-methods-t273.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/glass-with-unglazed-earthern-lid-t257.htm AB I've designed an unglazed earthern lid for my glass vessel, and experimented with evaporation of GW. The purpose was to control the direction of the evaporation and observe possible crystallizations. Here are the results: This is the glass with the lid on after evaporation. The lid is tightened to the glass with silicone. Here is the lid only: There was no crystallization on the outside of the lid, but only on the inside, as can be seen in the following two pics: It ... Practical Alchemy Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:05:50 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/glass-with-unglazed-earthern-lid-t257.htm#4138 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/glass-with-unglazed-earthern-lid-t257.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/random-off-topic-stuff-t272.htm phillip_reed i've had a similiar experience with the dew water in that i've redissolved the crystals in the distilled water and when i evapourated the water down again i only had less then half of the dew salt i started with, i was reading nicks new edition book and nick i think says in there that i probably burnt the crystals somewhere in the first or second time and that is why i have now only half, there is a trick to this one step that might hold us up for a bit. i have four container waiting to putrefy, ... Practical Alchemy Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:51:26 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/random-off-topic-stuff-t272.htm#4293 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/random-off-topic-stuff-t272.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-may-be-much-faster-and-safer-though-t232.htm word2give Nick.... all I am convinced that the GW method is the key to a simple way of doing this. I just can not accept my past failures of the GW method to stop me, because when you look at the GW method I posted on flicer, you can see outer transmutations of the base metal. They look similar to the guys gold on the video. I met with Lee not too long ago and he mentioned something very important: Its the temperture and holding it at a molten state for about an hour. So I have been ... Practical Alchemy Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:35:12 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-may-be-much-faster-and-safer-though-t232.htm#3801 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/gw-method-may-be-much-faster-and-safer-though-t232.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/explosion-danger-t260.htm NDC My x-girlfriend pointed out something I was overlooking about the Golden Water method ---- ammonium nitrate. It's my belief that the salt of golden water that I worked with was ammonium carbonate because it didn't explode when I heated it up with a MAPP gas torch to 3,000+ degrees F. But there is a danger of ammonium nitrate salts being left in the final product, and if you heat that up, it does indeed go BOOM! Working with tiny amounts, there is probably not much danger, but any large ... Practical Alchemy Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:20:02 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/explosion-danger-t260.htm#4161 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/explosion-danger-t260.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/tugel-process-t204.htm spagyricus Nick, I followed the Tugel (Moses Path) yesterday. I got some native cinnabar crystals coated them with egg white and gold powder and poured the remainder of the equal part of gold on the coated cinnabar. I put this in a crucible with a cover and luted the cover on. I let the lutem dry and placed the crucible in a stainless steel container and cover it with another container to make a pipkin. I then covered this with charcoal and roasted it for eight hours. After cooling I opened the crucible ... Practical Alchemy Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:51:09 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/tugel-process-t204.htm#3232 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/tugel-process-t204.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/atlantis-rising-issue-80-t270.htm NDC Does anyone here subscribe to Atlantis Rising? If so, have you gotten your magazine #80 this month for the March/April issue? I received mine already, but that's probably because I placed an ad for my book, so they sent me a free copy. I think all the other magazines are mailed by the normal slowest mailing method since it's the cheapest. So hopefully they don't get theirs until the 2nd half of February. On the website the electronic PDF version isn't available for download until the 2nd half ... Practical Alchemy Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:28:19 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/atlantis-rising-issue-80-t270.htm#4243 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/atlantis-rising-issue-80-t270.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/greetings-from-dreamweaver-t245.htm DreamWeaver Greetings to all fellow forum members! My name is Mark and I'm a 52 year old male who lives in "little Alaska" otherwise known as Ohio, USA. It seems that we have winter here about 7 months of the year (last year we had snow on the ground constantly from October into April), so this does not bode well for my dew collecting and GW astral charging right now BUT... I am still willing to "boldly go" where no eskimo alchemist has gone before with our Great Work. I'm currently ... Member Introductions Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:21:01 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/greetings-from-dreamweaver-t245.htm#3988 http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/greetings-from-dreamweaver-t245.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/mind-training-aids-for-the-elixir-t266.htm Hyperion Dear friends, in my last post I mentioned about light and sound brain machines for training the mind to enter into altered states of consciousness; staying coherent and getting use to function mentally in them. Once more, I state that such training is a must; especially when you want to combine the Elixir's energies with your being. The Elixir fuels the mind with aetherial-astral energy but the mind must be trained to control, direct and use this extra energy. Some people do not like the light ... Spiritual / Supernatural Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:35 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/mind-training-aids-for-the-elixir-t266.htm#4221 http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/mind-training-aids-for-the-elixir-t266.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/just-keep-on-keeping-on-t262.htm Ethericus BUMMER!! Please disregard my former two posts. Just checked my bags and found one of them had a hole in it so the water I distilled was mostly melted ice However, the Inner One queried me as I was lamenting my problem, "why don't you partially fill the bags with water BEFORE you use them - that way you will know if the bag is faulty!!?? You see, the "leak" WAS NOT A TEAR FROM THE ICE BUT A TINY MANUFACTURER'S LEAK IN ONE LOWER CORNER. So I will drink the water I distilled ... Practical Alchemy Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:26:02 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/just-keep-on-keeping-on-t262.htm#4194 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/just-keep-on-keeping-on-t262.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/progress-in-catching-dew-t261.htm Ethericus Nick: I did it again! Since my last post, I had bought two five gallon plastic buckets at Home Depot (less than $5.00 each with lids.) I put them out last night and caught some more Dew, although not as much as the first time. I take the ice out of the bags it comes in and put it in large freezer bags. They are sturdier and you can tell if you have any leaks! Anyway, I had ordered a distillation unit from H2O Labs and it had come in. I ran the first catching of dew through it ... Practical Alchemy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:45:06 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/progress-in-catching-dew-t261.htm#4180 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/progress-in-catching-dew-t261.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/my-gw3-experiment-t268.htm Chrysopee Hi group, I am working on the GW3 path here the distillation after two weeks of putrefaction : When distillation was completed, I handed over the spirit and I put the whole digested for two weeks : Now I filtered everything. I distilled again to see the skin on the surface. Does anyone has a picture of the skin? I do not see it appear and I fear too distilled. To see it appear what volume you have removed by distillation? Have someone also photos of the salt obtained ... Practical Alchemy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:51:33 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/my-gw3-experiment-t268.htm#4237 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/my-gw3-experiment-t268.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/a-test-for-the-stone-t267.htm bluefloor Since ingesting the stone can be very dangerous, it would be helpful to devise a test that would asses what order our stone is at. A standard that we could use to measure out dosages. I was thinking if you supposed your stone was on the first order you could transmute with two or three times the amount of metal it is supposed to handle and then having that metal assayed. Practical Alchemy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:29:28 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/a-test-for-the-stone-t267.htm#4225 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/a-test-for-the-stone-t267.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/compendium-of-arsenic-and-the-irridescent-spring-t221.htm Field This one is making a flurry of posts on Lost Academy this mourning to try and get my mind off other things. So it is that I hope you all do not mind me sharing my beliefs and possible experience about Arsenic, it's detriments and subtle benefits. The first time I became aware of Arsenic was when I read an article in Discover magazine and did a research report on a phenomenon known as hormesis. In hormesis, it is noted that small amounts of a toxin actually can invigorate living systems. ... Health Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:53:55 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/compendium-of-arsenic-and-the-irridescent-spring-t221.htm#3591 http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/compendium-of-arsenic-and-the-irridescent-spring-t221.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/proper-equipment-t8.htm Anonymous
A great bottle to substitute for the flask is a champagne bottle with a screw cap cork because it's designed to handle high pressure.

I've been to a couple of wine stores, and the vendors assure me that there are no champagne bottles with screw tops. Nicholas, did you mean a wine bottle?]]> Practical Alchemy Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:22:41 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/proper-equipment-t8.htm#62 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/proper-equipment-t8.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/haunted-gateway-cross-amulet-t263.htm NDC Has anyone ever seen this cross? Please let me know if you have by clicking the email button below this post! I bought this cross from the "Blackthorn Coven" on eBay, and it's very powerful. It was supposedly owned by the uncle of the lady who is selling these magical/haunted items. There are a lot of so called "witches" who are selling cheap jewellery for hundreds of dollars and claim they have special spells cast on them. You can even buy a vampire spirit or a genie! ... Spiritual / Supernatural Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:52:36 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/haunted-gateway-cross-amulet-t263.htm#4202 http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/haunted-gateway-cross-amulet-t263.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/photos-of-progress-t161.htm kevinpaw123 Hey guys...could someone tell me how to post photos. I've never done such a thing before, Dew or photos. Would like to show my dew collection setup... pretty basic but it will work and thanks to mo1 for another great idea on the fresnel lens I should receive mine before collecting our dew. It should be able to greatly increase the effects of moon and stars on the dew! I am using an SD 1GB memory chip with an adapter to my PC. Practical Alchemy Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:08:46 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/photos-of-progress-t161.htm#2398 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/photos-of-progress-t161.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/alchemical-cross-haunted-amulet-t264.htm NDC the thread in the Spiritual/Supernatural section.

Its about a cross I recently bought that looks very similar to an alchemical cross. I'm trying to find a source that makes similar crosses, and I'm sure somebody will recognize the cross.]]> Practical Alchemy Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:59:20 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/alchemical-cross-haunted-amulet-t264.htm#4213 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/alchemical-cross-haunted-amulet-t264.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/subtle-energies-and-alkahest-t265.htm Hyperion Dear Nick, it has been mentioned that you keep the flask with the liquid Alkahest in the laboratory and you feel that it creates peace, inspiration and positive feelings in the room. Also, you have a small bottle filled with it and you wear it as a necklace. From the above descriptions, it is obvious that the Alkahest emits a spectrum of subtle-astral energies or Odylic forces. So, I believe that fellow alchemists as well as me, have the same question in their mind: Is it that the Alkahest aka ... Practical Alchemy Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:21:44 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/subtle-energies-and-alkahest-t265.htm#4217 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/subtle-energies-and-alkahest-t265.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/monthly-membership-fee-donations-a-failure-t237.htm NDC I'd like to say thanks to the 10 people that donated money. Not many of them were even from this forum, but those of you that were, I thank you dearly. As for the rest of you, I can't really understand why you didn't care to donate anything. I feel very insulted to tell you the truth, and it saddens me also. I know a lot of you members of this forum bought the book when I first posted about it, and I guess you considered that enough of a donation, and I do appreciate your willingness to ... Practical Alchemy Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:51:42 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/monthly-membership-fee-donations-a-failure-t237.htm#3870 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/monthly-membership-fee-donations-a-failure-t237.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/question-on-the-second-method-t258.htm Hyperion Dear Nick, Please help me with the questions below: 1) In the second method of the Silesian Knight mentioned in the Covenant of Silence, what are the best temperatures for the Balneo Merry bath; in step 6 for the gentle heat that dries the earth and in step 7 for the strong heat for the final distillation that gives us the Living Gold. I will use a heating plate and an electronic thermometer so I want to be as precise as possible. 2) After step 7, in the receiver's flask, we get the ... Practical Alchemy Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:25:56 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/question-on-the-second-method-t258.htm#4142 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/question-on-the-second-method-t258.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/my-latest-gw-attempt-t254.htm word2give OK, since it is so difficult to post pictures here I am going to describe the outcome. I sealed my crucibles with regular cement, and it failed due to the fact that NOW I know that I needed to used refractory cement. However it was not a complete failure: Even though the gold melted, I got some black ash, and inside my ceramic crucible, I got this ruby red glaze stuck on the bottom of the crucible along with some of the gold that did not convert. It looks promising that beautiful ... Practical Alchemy Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:18:43 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/my-latest-gw-attempt-t254.htm#4085 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/my-latest-gw-attempt-t254.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/elixir-and-brain-machines-t253.htm Hyperion Dear friends, I have worked with brain machines quite a lot in the past years and got very positive results; ranging from increased memory and mood improvement to lucid dreaming and precognitive visions. I do think that a brain machine is an asset to an Alchemist that has started using the Alkahest in order to expand his mental/psychic powers. By the way, has any member of this forum combined these two principles already? If some of you, are not proficient with brain machines and you want to ... Spiritual / Supernatural Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:59:25 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/elixir-and-brain-machines-t253.htm#4080 http://www.lost-academy.com/spiritual-supernatural-f2/elixir-and-brain-machines-t253.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/first-post-t255.htm Ethericus Hi Everyone: I am from South Florida. I just joined on 01/16/2010. Had been studying the writings of Nicholas. Set out a bucket last night, one of those white ones that is really clean on the inside. I put in ten pounds of nice last night about 10.00 P.M. I had been noticing that we are having little dewfall here - I watch the top of my car early in the morning as I usually get up about 4:30 to 5:00 A.M. Imagine my surprise this morning when I went out about 5:20 and had quite a bit ... Member Introductions Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:23:35 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/first-post-t255.htm#4108 http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/first-post-t255.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/tugel-s-experiments-t259.htm Wilfried
Freyentdeckte Experimental=Chymie
or Jugels experiments

Has anyone the book thereof?
(topic is about GW)

Wilfried]]> Practical Alchemy Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:07:25 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/tugel-s-experiments-t259.htm#4144 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/tugel-s-experiments-t259.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/i-have-completed-t151.htm Anonymous
Jamar]]> Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:25:57 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/i-have-completed-t151.htm#2275 http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/i-have-completed-t151.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/dew-collection-method-t23.htm Anonymous Here is my semi-automated method to collect dew. 1. A bowl (red) full of frozen water collects dew on its walls during the night. 2. Dew concentrates and falls into the blue bowl (2). 3. A modified aquarium pump draws the dew to the receiver (4) just before sunrise. 4. Dew receiver put inside a bath of cold water in order to keep the "spirit". 5. Timer, responsible for the activation of the pump at morning. It gives about 20 - 30 ml per night depending on weather. I've ... Practical Alchemy Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:42:28 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/dew-collection-method-t23.htm#208 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/dew-collection-method-t23.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/sealing-the-crucible-t249.htm goatz I am a welder and fabricator, and I propose that we take a different approach if money is a factor. Instead of trying to seal the crucible, try sealing in the crucible. The carbon fiber gaskets can be found here http://www.atlantech1.com/ for $6.76ea for the 3". This will also allow a longer period of cooling which is better for the formation of crystals. This will also allow you to use the cheap ceramic crucibles. Replace the crucibles as needed and MAKE SURE you use a graphite base ... Practical Alchemy Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:13:08 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/sealing-the-crucible-t249.htm#4065 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/sealing-the-crucible-t249.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/cloth-alchemy-posters-daily-doses-of-the-elixir-t252.htm NDC Check out this cloth alchemy poster from Alchemy Gothic. There's also some other ones that are really sexy. The fabric is very thin, but these kinds of posters are awesome for your alchemy lab! And that goblet she's holding in the picture is actually produced by Alchemy Gothic and also available on eBay for the high price of $200. But I love it and I have to have it! It's also the same picture that's on my Alchemy Gothic calendar for February, with a little inset showing the details ... Practical Alchemy Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:51:54 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/cloth-alchemy-posters-daily-doses-of-the-elixir-t252.htm#4077 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/cloth-alchemy-posters-daily-doses-of-the-elixir-t252.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/greetings-from-the-pacific-northwest-t251.htm Phinite_Ryan Greetings Brothers! My name is Ryan Whittenburg, I currently live in beautiful Portland Oregon (do you like rain?) It is absolutley fantastic to meet you all, and I look forward to communicating with each of you. My proffession is semiconductor manufacturing... yes I wear a bunny suit, no I don't care for the blue man group. I've been studying hermeticism for about 8 years now, just starting the physical work. I love magnets, metal, and music, in no particular order or combination! ... Member Introductions Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:06:04 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/greetings-from-the-pacific-northwest-t251.htm#4070 http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/greetings-from-the-pacific-northwest-t251.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/alkahest-derived-from-reusenstein-path-t250.htm Hyperion Dear friends, there are concerns regarding the potency of the Alkahest derived from the Reusenstein path. It has been mentioned by several members that it is too strong so extra caution must be taken regarding its use for health, anti aging and longevity benefits. I have seen that some of you have followed this fast path. Does any of you have any suggestions regarding the minimum dosage, duration and frequency of intake and would like to share with us the effects and the benefits of this Alkahest ... Health Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:12:08 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/alkahest-derived-from-reusenstein-path-t250.htm#4068 http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/alkahest-derived-from-reusenstein-path-t250.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/photo-upload-for-avatar-t248.htm Hyperion Nick, I really wanted to upload an actual photo of mine from the very start but I am not really into photography. Well, I just uploaded a photo of mine which my friend took as he entered the apartment while I was ending a standing meditation session and that's why it looks kind of wacky because everything happened in an instant and not under good light source. Anyway, as soon as I will get a better photo, I will upload it. Member Introductions Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:04:21 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/photo-upload-for-avatar-t248.htm#4060 http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/photo-upload-for-avatar-t248.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/astral-journeys-f4/nick-this-one-was-for-you-t247.htm Crestington I got to a place where I have the capacity to fully get back into trying to have OBE's. I've been travelling for some time and I have my own space now with no interruptions every night. For the last week I have been focusing on trying to get back into it and really, really take this as far as it can go. My first task, see if I can wake Nick. I laid flat on my back, hands gently resting on my hips. The last few nights I have gotten close but ended up drifting off to sleep. I got close, could ... Astral Journeys Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:26:36 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/astral-journeys-f4/nick-this-one-was-for-you-t247.htm#4048 http://www.lost-academy.com/astral-journeys-f4/nick-this-one-was-for-you-t247.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/hard-drive-crashed-t185.htm NDC Well, my hard drive finally crashed. I knew it might crash one day because I read on forums that my computer type (Dell Dimension 4600C ) has problems with the hard drive. The computer case is so small that it literally squeezes the casing of the hard drive with all the cables connected to it bundled up between the hard drive and the motherboard. I had just recently been sitting my 17" flat screen monitor on top of the computer case, and little did I know, it was putting way too much pressure ... Practical Alchemy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:16:47 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/hard-drive-crashed-t185.htm#2837 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/hard-drive-crashed-t185.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/hi-to-all-i-m-a-new-user-from-canadaquebec-t246.htm Anonymous
Finally I'm very proud to be here with all of you and I wish you success in your path. I also would like to thanks ∴N.D.C∴ for the creation of this fantastic forum.]]> Member Introductions Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:42:20 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/hi-to-all-i-m-a-new-user-from-canadaquebec-t246.htm#4010 http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/hi-to-all-i-m-a-new-user-from-canadaquebec-t246.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/harvesting-the-dew-t244.htm Chrysopee I have a question which I think is important for harvesting the dew for the third way taught by ∴N.D.C∴. ∴N.D.C∴ you say in your book "The dew can be collected using a large 8 or 16 pound bag of ice, Placed in a 5 gallon plastic bucket. You should begin the collection around 1am, and stop around 6am, or just before sunrise." Can you tell me please if no rain should fall into the plastic bucket during harvest or if it is not important. I live in an area where it rains heavily ... Practical Alchemy Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:51:02 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/harvesting-the-dew-t244.htm#3981 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/harvesting-the-dew-t244.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/inexpensive-distillation-kit-from-ebay-t242.htm Hyperion Dear Nicolas and friends, I wish you all a happy new year! Nicolas, please tell me your opinion: I found on ebay, a 2 gallon essential oil water distillation kit for $70. (The ebay item number is 160344866375 in order to find it through the advanced search option). Do you think it has the guts to have the job done for the Dry Path? Any of the other friends, has experimented with such a kit? You see, the company I was working for, closed down so I am building a lab in my new apartment, on ... Practical Alchemy Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:42:59 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/inexpensive-distillation-kit-from-ebay-t242.htm#3974 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/inexpensive-distillation-kit-from-ebay-t242.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/spirit-of-tartar-t11.htm Anonymous Greetings to all practicing alchemists! I post here an experiment I've been trying lately on Spirit of Tartar Wine alcohol was distilled 3 times till it became almost 95%. Then, potassium carbonate was added and by distillation, almost 100% alcohol was produced, the phlegm (water) which stayed on the potassium carbonate was evaporated. Then, the alcohol was returned on the potassium carbonate and the distillation-cohobation was repeated for 10 times. Finally the dry potassium carbonate ... Practical Alchemy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:38:19 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/spirit-of-tartar-t11.htm#102 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/spirit-of-tartar-t11.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/dew-thunderstorm-rain-t239.htm kevinpaw123 Original post July 26th. I collected some dew and mixed it with rainwater from a thunderstorm. Rather than juggling projects within the same stream I decided to create another thread. The following 4 photos are of the latest dew project I'm working on. I mixed 1000ml of dew with approx 600ml of rain water (From a thunderstorm). I hope I my efforts aren't in vain. I had it in the garage in an oak bucket with a cover over it for about 5 days then realized I was supposed to boil it 1st! 2nd ... Practical Alchemy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:09:49 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/dew-thunderstorm-rain-t239.htm#3902 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/dew-thunderstorm-rain-t239.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/who-is-david1-t243.htm david1 Hello to everyone, I am David, a single French male of 38 years of age. I live in South East Asia since 9 years. I am a webmaster, translator and amateur specialist in alternative sciences. I have experienced practical Alchemy during 2 years, while I was in Malaysia, 3 to 4 years ago. I have reproduced some processes disclosed by Nick, like the Fast Dry Path with sulfur and nitrate, the Moses method with cinnabar, the iridescent oil from putrefied GW, ... Absorbing different products ... Member Introductions Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:02:04 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/who-is-david1-t243.htm#3976 http://www.lost-academy.com/member-introductions-f5/who-is-david1-t243.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/dew-alkahest-or-elixir-experiences-t226.htm phillip_reed Hello everyone, I had my fourth taste of the dew alkahest from the ruesenstein, i added 25 drops or about 1.25mls as a rough in with red wine only enough to cover over the alkahest so i probably only had 2-3 mls of wine with it. i felt fairly straight away like a sweat fever on my forehead and warmth across my chest. looking back i should have checked my temp to see if it had changed, i'll try to remember that step next time to see if it does change, because i felt hotter, i went to bed under ... Health Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:17:24 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/dew-alkahest-or-elixir-experiences-t226.htm#3639 http://www.lost-academy.com/health-f3/dew-alkahest-or-elixir-experiences-t226.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/lost-song-sunrise-has-been-found-t240.htm NDC Any of you who are fans of my strange music probably know that I lost the original version of my favorite song "Sunrise", but it turns out I had it uploaded on my website this whole time! It was just in a different section on the long list of files, because the other MP3 files all start with my initials, so anyone who downloads them will remember where they came from. The info is also embedded in the MP3 file itself, but most people don't know how to list the songs in their windows ... Practical Alchemy Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:33:00 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/lost-song-sunrise-has-been-found-t240.htm#3910 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/lost-song-sunrise-has-been-found-t240.htm http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/furnace-links-t235.htm word2give Seeing how much the furnace is going to be needed here are some links for all to see that may help you, I included links to yahoo groups where they have plan, how to's, and even how to make your own burners. FURNACE LINKS: http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/ http://www.foundry101.com/search.htm At this site they also sell a cool propane burner pretty cheap, it beats me trying to make one spending hours just to make it plus the time locationg the materials. MATERIALS: http://www.budgetcastingsupply.com/ Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/castinghobby/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeFoundry/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HomeFoundry_and_Casting/ Practical Alchemy Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:53:56 GMT http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/furnace-links-t235.htm#3830 http://www.lost-academy.com/practical-alchemy-f1/furnace-links-t235.htm