Vedic Alchemy vs. Western Alchemy

**vortexpoint** · 25th December 2011 20:06

I've had a growing interest in alchemy this year and especially in the end of this year. I have gone back and forth, sometimes thinking I understand some aspects of alchemy and then soon after I might be even more confused than before. I found a new inspiration to alchemy after someone posted a link to the Avalon of the Book of Aquarius. The Book of Aquarius supposedly shows the way how to make the philosopher's stone that was the Great Work of the old alchemists. The book is interesting read with extensive quoting of old alchemical writings.

The Author of BOA says that the Stone is made usually from urine which has the life-force, the liquid and the minerals. The author goes on saying that the (philosopher's) mercury is infact a symbol for urine.

While this is an interesting perspective to alchemy I remembered reading about Vedic alchemy where mercury is in fact common mercury that is purified and alchemically processed. There is an interesting video (which is partly the reason I started this thread) in which a yogi talks about the philosopher's stone briefly and shows a pendant made from consolidated mercury. He also seem to have the worlds biggest shivlinga made from the mercury in his ashram. Check it out:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bQZxp2TXpNc

Somewhere else I found out that the process of making those parad is quite complex and it requires around 16-18 steps. I wasn't able to find the link for it now but maybe someone else knows more about this.

Now this got me thinking since the old European alchemist described the philosopher's stone as two forms: white and red. White one is supposedly used to transform metals to silver and red one to transform metals to gold. So is the philosopher's stone the europeans describe a wholly different beast than that of Vedic alchemy or is the Book of Aquarius barking at the wrong tree?

**bearcow** · 25th December 2011 20:53

The Author of BOA says that the Stone is made usually from urine which has the life-force, the liquid and the minerals. The author goes on saying that the (philosopher's) mercury is infact a symbol for urine.

you can use urine as a starting point, it has jing. this is why it is effective as a healing modality. it of course must be refined.

you can start with physical mercury (water) as well but must add sulfur (fire) to make it alive. then add salt (earth) and it becomes stable.

never heard of this Yogiraj Siddhanath guy before, after taking a look at him i am not impressed.

**vortexpoint** · 25th December 2011 21:37

Yogiraj isn't alone with this view though. A quick google search gives a lot of results concerning mercury and vedic alchemy (rasa shastra).

Indian Alchemy or Rasa Shastra is divided into nine different categories, the first and most important of these is Parada (mercury or quicksilver). Parada is considered to be the master metal, it sits at the head of all other Rasa base materials. Any Rasa medicine containing mercury is said to have its strength increased tenfold. Parada is only administered after purification and having being united with Gandhaka (sulphur). In Vedic mythology the union between these two elements is attributed to the natural attraction between Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati (Shiva represents mercury and Parvati represents sulphur.

http://www.indianalchemy.com/indian_alchemy.html

Here's some information about the process:

http://nlam.in/shod_disp.php?43ec517...5b3edc9a11367b

Here's some more information:

http://shrifreedom.org/alchemy.html

And as far as the legend goes:

The Legend of Parad (Mercury) Shiva Linga

The Gods, who frequently took a beating in the hands of the Rakshasas (demons), went to Lord Brahma for a lasting solution. Lord Brahma told them that only a warrior born out of Shaktipunj (semen of Lord Shiva) can lead the Gods to victory. The Gods prayed Lord Shiva who agreed and approached Goddess Parvati to conceive a son. The Gods sent Agni, the God of fire, in the form of a pigeon to observe the great event. Lord Shiva found this out and released His semen in the fire of Agni. Even the God of fire couldn’t bear the heat of Lord Shiva’s reproductive force and dropped it it in the holy waters of river Ganges. Mother Ganges also couldn’t stand the heat and released it on Earth. After being sanctified by the holy fire and sacred waters of Ganges it became Mercury or Para – the only metal in liquid form. The solid form of mercury is popularly known as Parad.

http://shrifreedom.org/alchemy.html