FILM: Peter Levenda - From Tantra to Alchemy (Pt. 1 of 2)

What was the great secret of Thomas Vaughan (Eugenius Philalethes) & his wife Rebecca? This mystery is Levenda's life work - now he drops by to speak of what's extant in his book The Tantric Alchemist, touching issues like: How did Thomas restore Rebecca's secret? Is it preserved within a simple image? Why did he suddenly die? Did Arthur Waite & Kenneth Rexroth discover it? Is Tantra & Alchemy directly related? What's similar in Chinese, Indian, & Western Alchemy? What's the types of Alchemy? What's the Elixir of Life, Philosopher's Stone, Prima Materia, the Green Language, & Divine Language of the Birds? And learn the Great Key to the process...

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From Tantra to Alchemy (Part 1 of 2) - A conversation with Peter Levenda
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Guest: Historian Peter Levenda (https://www.forumborealis.net/guests)
Recorded: 19 October 2016
Bumper music used with cordial permission from © Loopus.net
This Program is part of our sixth series called EXPLORING ESOTERIC PHILOSOPHY (http://www.forumborealis.net/series)