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Zodiac Origins

Life Elixirs

- the Medieval Wonder Remedies

What is a Life Elixir Elixir Vitae?

An Essay on the Subject of Life Elixirs

The concept of Life Elixirs is a very old one indeed. It is rooted in Medieval Europe but not limited to Europe. Surely that the ancients Egyptians had Life Elixirs the composition of which is lost to time.

The entire concept of Life Elixirs as the name implies is to restore or maintain life and health. Among these are also legendary remedies that restore youth but these, in general, have psychic consequences. Do not expect to easily find these.

Life Elixirs, healing and medicine itself have their origin in Mysticism, and rightfully so. Historically, these disciplines have held a place of high prestige and in search of this prestige many sought to acquire this art through force of study rather than the maturing and ennobling of the Spirit. The universal symbol of modern medicine is the Caduceus of Hermes Trismagistus. This winged staff with intertwined serpents is symbolic of the Hermetic Sciences of which healing is a part. This is not a medical symbol at all, it is a mystical symbol borrowed from the Alchemists from antiquity.  (Paracelsus, Nostradamus, Nicholas Flamel, Robert Fludd, Franz Bardon were known alchemists.) The origin of the Life Elixirs of the Caucasian peoples is Christian mysticism.

If we accept that Divinity exists, which is witnessed in the many, many creations all around us, it becomes obvious that all creations are alive and actively living. It should not come as a surprise that life is not possible without a spirit; therefore - Divinity being Spirit - all living things must have a spiritual component.

Please bear with the following explanation.

A “Life Elixir” is by definition a liquid. There are many types of liquids. Which are the most appropriate? The choice of a liquid carrier is predicated upon the belief that a human being is comprised of a physical body, an astral body (the soul), and a spiritual body. All three bodies are aligned and operating in unison and simultaneously. They cannot be separated otherwise physical death occurs. A natural remedy is prepared to positively and deliberately affect, either the physical body, soul, or spirit – or any two or all three. This is achieved by the method of preparation rather than the ingredients used. The criteria for selecting the ingredients of a remedy are very different than how they are to be directed. An Elixir is prepared by using alcohol, preferably made from grapes. The alcohol becomes the medium that ultimately carries the remedy from the physical to the soul or the spirit depending on how it is prepared. To this day, in fact, alcohol is still referred to as a “spirit.” Grape alcohol (brandy, cognac or grappa)  is preferred because compared to say grain or root alcohols, it is considered to be “clean.” More will be said about this latter. 

Having said this; there is also an unquestioned understanding among the Alchemists that the Spirit and Soul link into the physical body through the physical heart. This being the reciprocating gateway between the activity of the physical, astral and spiritual – remedies taken in alcohol are taken by the blood, after digestive refinement, into the heart and from there to the soul – which once fortified by the remedy intern acts on the physical body to heal it. A poison (today there are many) has the exact opposite effect in addition to possibly damaging the soul – This is the greatest tragedy of our times.

It should be understood that every herb is a container of accumulated material/spiritual substances gathered specifically by the inborn, guiding intelligence of that plant. In light of this DNA is rendered quite in adequate in explaining why things grow as they do. This inborn intelligence differentiates itself from any other plant which is why it forms and sustains itself as a distinct species. Intelligence – as an attribute of Spirit – and is itself non material, therefore no material substance has intelligence out of itself. The life of all material substance comes out of that which is non-material that it contains or is attached to it. This spirit substance is its actual essence.

These intelligences that are ordained to be attached and accumulated by a plant are specific to that plant. The Angelic beings that impart order to the physical world that are in charge of this, see to this. There are several different types of intelligences in every plant (ultimate material thing). There is one for every characteristic that a plant or material may have. One for fragrance, one for each color, one for each flavor, for each part of the plant, for the structure and shape the plant may have, and so on, and so on.

The intelligences together build the plant from living materials they gather (primarily from the air – believe it or not) and cooperatively compile them into an orderliness and structure that makes the plant a living thing.

If you can accept this explanation, then every plant is a container of accumulated material substances ordered by specific spiritual intelligences by their unseen spiritual activity. The total finished product (plant, mineral, animal) will have a specific geometry, color, fragrance, proportion that identify the characteristics of the intelligences that assembled them and the materials (and their content) they used. This finished form is consistent and identifiable with every species uniquely yielding what is called a “signature.” This signature is specific to the species and is the species, thereby, an apple tree can always be identified as such, a horse can always be recognized as a horse, and so on and so forth. This signature tells the person with the proper spiritual maturity what is spiritually contained within the external structure, whether it is clean or unclean, the purpose the form is serving within creation, for what it might be used and much more. This is true of all living things without exception. In Creation all things must identify themselves externally. What God creates is identifiable only to the Godly – the ungodly are excluded from access by their own presumption or what has been aptly called pride. (What an ingenious safeguard to protect against defilement!) Rather than Gods light, they are impressed by their own intelligence a.k.a. “false light.” In the darkness of their strictly material view they are blinded - trapped by their own pride and they live accordingly.

When plants, minerals, metals, or animal components are combined into remedies it is their living spiritual intelligences with their corresponding activities that actually meet, combine and work with or against one another; the material substance itself being merely their physical container or abode; it is what they are physically “bound” to. Their individual activity and attributes do not change but the combination of different spiritual intelligences change the character of the overall combination. It is like mixing colors. Once mixed you loose the colors you started with and a totally new color is born; once mixed they cannot be separated. At times the combinations are sympathetic to one another and at times antagonistic; sometimes complimentary and at times not. This is the anatomy of a remedy; good or bad. The art of combining is less a function of learning and more born out of maturity.

It is difficult for the average person to imagine the unseen activities of the vital forces that govern life. In the past those who were capable of seeing this activity were called insane by the learned of the world; among these where the Alchemists. Many Alchemists were persecuted for daring to talk of sound to those who could not hear and light to those who could not see – they described a different world view – a spiritual view. “The light shineth into the darkness, but the darkness comprehendeth it not.”  To this day modern science has no clue as to this actual activity or its purpose. They permitted to see only the gross materiality. As a result they cannot guide their processes, they force them. The result is unsettled spirit substance ie. a poison. Because this poison is very reactive it is mistaken as a remedy.

Life Elixirs were exclusively produced by the alchemists and some of their formulas still survive. Without having a clear view of the unseen spiritual activity around us no one could knowingly combine the ingredients to produce a true Life Elixir.

The "Quintessence" is another much finer ingredient that is a part of this category of remedy. The "Quintessence" is much talked about among would be Alchemists yet these often offer a long winded explanation of this most sublime of substances while having no clear concept of it. The Quintessence is literally translated as the "fifth essence." In Hermetic or Christian Mystical theory the fifth essence is preceded by the first, second, third and forth essences which are the element of Fire, the element of Water, the element of Air and the element of Earth respectively. The Fifth element is the "Akasha," which is known also as the Quintessence. The Quintessence is "God," a substance out of which such things as belief are born out of. This substance can be used to impregnate such things as foods, or remedies with thoughts or desires in the same manner as when people say a prayer over their food before eating it.  With conscious effort this can be used to guide the unseen spiritual activity within all things, including remedies or foods, towards a predetermined or noble outcome. A prayer said at a very high level if you will.

To put this into perspective one can view the Quintessence in the hands of the common person as "belief." Having a strong belief will aid any remedy in its effect. However, should someone have an absolute, unshakable belief and a very complete understanding of the invisible workings of physical matter, this person is then capable of actively and consciously working within God's creation to deliberately produce effects within it.

Most peoples belief is not this plastic or workable.

Life Elixirs have another very important property. If they are knowingly combined because of their specific spiritual properties then they are also conductors or attractors of similar spiritual properties and activities. Just like copper is an excellent conductor of heat or electricity so can these Elixirs be made to conduct or accumulate spiritual energies in addition to those already contained from the constituent plant ingredients through consecration (Blessing – beneficial mental impregnation).

As “woolly” as all this may sound the concept is actually quite simple. Based on the “misery likes company” principle, like attracts like. Good attracts good and evil attracts evil. If someone has a negative disposition, they will seek out like reinforcement. Even if the negativity is very passive it can be strengthened inadvertently through the ingestion of other similar “unclean spirits” ie toxins and poisons. Today they are ubiquitous and attracted by the personality of an individual these accumulation through disease actually kill their host. This is the result of the emotional component of an ailment which is actually the impetus of all ailments.

When used for strictly physical purposes Life Elixirs are excellent healing remedies because they expel the accumulated wastes where the ailment has its seat. Or, to put it more accurately; the remedy is carried to the soul which, finding its strength through the remedy, assists the physical body to heal the physical body and expel the toxins.

When Life Elixirs are used spiritually they are called Fluid Condensers. To put it more accurately, since the spiritual has precedence over the physical – Life Elixirs are actually well combined Fluid Condensers that have practical ceremonial spiritual applications. They are also very conducive and useful for specific spiritual activities, which is why they are excellent healing remedies.

It must also be mentioned that an essential part of producing a Life Elixir is the Biblical Old Testament concept of a thing being “clean or unclean.” An unclean spirit mentioned in the Old Testament is translated into today’s jargon as a “poison.” “Clean” does not mean its physical appearance, but its spiritual content. Some plants, animals, minerals and at times people are considered unclean and therefore detrimental and should be avoided. Others are considered clean and are beneficial and life sustaining. Plants that are clean have a fresh and “clearing” quality about them. They do not smell bad either before ingestion or after digestion – they have a fragrance. A Life Elixir begins with “clean” ingredients.

Once a formula is known it must be prepared. The preparation method is deceptively simple; using very simple implements. A few clean pots, sealable glass or glazed earthenware, water, fruit alcohol, clean tightly woven cloth for filtering, a stove and a clean and pure mind/heart are all that is needed.

Since the activity within all living things is spiritual, it must be captured/accumulated and held once extracted within a suitable medium. If you want to capture fish and artificially preserve them outside of their natural environment you must create their environment in miniature to keep them – an aquarium. The same thing is done to keep natural “essences.” Alcohol is liquid fire element who’s heat is capable of extracting and, being a “spirit” itself, becomes the ideal medium to hold and preserve the spirits extracted in the proposed remedy. Simple Life Elixirs are therefore made with alcohol (brandy or any fruit derived alcohol will do grape alcohol is best).

Life elixirs are used in very small quantities; usually by the teaspoonful, sometimes by the drop.

We have a Life Elixir formula that is not our own. It was formulated by the legendary Swiss physician and Alchemist Paracelsus. It contains 18 ingredients; all of which are herbal; one of which is a herbal combination compounded with honey to form what is called a “Theriac” or “Electuary.” In our formula we have used the formula for Theriac Venetian which was used by only two other people – one of course, was Paracelsus, the other was Nostradamus. Nostradamus in Europe is known more as a physician than for his prophetic quatrains.

There are many versions and variations derived from this 460 years old formula which has been in constant use ever since. One lesser, shorter version of the Paracelsus Elixir formula was found in Sweden and became known as Swedish Bitters. Present day Swedish Bitters act as exceptional stomach bitters but are not a Life Elixir. We have the original complete formula from the actual medical writings of Paracelsus, and are sure that it is authentic.

Paracelsus Elixir is very easy to prepare. Just empty the contents of the jar it comes in into a large bottle add 1.5 liters of brandy and keep it a window for 28 days, strain it and it is ready for use.

For those who are concerned about alcohol we have an alcohol free formula in capsules called Paracelsus Anti-Toxin. This is not however an elixir, but is about 70 per cent effective when taken with hot water.

According to the book HEALTH THROUGH GOD’S PHARMACY by Maria Treben it has the following uses:

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