Quintessence of Secret Mercury
Lightning Flash of Alef: Volume 5
Quintessence of Secret Mercury has three sections. The first describes the five aspects of a mental construct imbued with life force, known as a golem. In mystical contemplation, any mental construct can serve as a sacrificial offering to the essentiality that animates it, thereby forming a self-perpetuating sacrificial stream. The second section is a serial narrative of sixteen images called Tikkun of the Circle that comprises a mutus liber (wordless book). The third section presents a very special text (bearing the name of this volume) written in retreat over a ten-year period. It presents many of the major symbolic themes that are expressed in all seven volumes of the Lightning Flash of Alef series.
Standard edition
8x10 Clothbound hardcover book
Smyth sewn
Blocked in silver metallic
French fold dust jacket
Custom endpapers
42 Images
1 folding plate poster
