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From Norse Mythology to Newton's Alchemy - Ostronomos - Sep 9, 2026
The ancient Scandinavians believed that a great serpent gnawed away at the roots of a tree uniting heaven and earth, the Yggdrasil. Mythology was ancient man's way of explaining the world. The cognitive practices of science had to disregard mythology in order to set up an independent existence, or so Jordan B. Peterson believes. They also believed that Skoll and Hati, two great wolves or "cosmic forces", chased the sun and moon and caused them to have an eclipse when caught.
Newton was convinced that "God had imparted the secrets of natural philosphy and true religion to a select few".
The prima materia was seen as the chaos preceding creation. And it was the job of the alchemist to release Mercurius, the spirit, from matter. In doing so, matter would "transmute" into gold.
Alchemy is now dismissed as mere primitive science, specifically chemistry. But what if Newton's Alchemy possessed true secrets that could advance humankind? I would like to follow in Newton's footsteps and see what Alchemy could bring.
Newton said that many of his alchemical experiments were "crowned with success".
By releasing the spirit Mercurius from matter, matter would revert from its corrupt state into a perfect and ideal state which was associated with gold.
Newton's forces were doubted by his contemporaries as "occult" qualities.
There is something I find appealing about alchemy. In order to acheive perfection of matter the alchemist had to become perfect himself. I will report to you my findings.
I wrote the following in an elevated state of consciousness....
God is in all things
Psalm 23 (New International Version) New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society [NIV at IBS] [International Bible Society] [NIV at Zondervan] [Zondervan]
Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, [a] I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 1 - New International Version 23
"I" existeth not in nor out but throughout
I am the love that is one in things throughout
I am good and evil none
Look inside me and you will not find me
Look within me and you will not find me
Nor will I be foundeth in you.
I am He who knows only truth
I am the wiseness inbound in all things
I am the love who knowest not in concepts nor words
but in one thing, which become self-stratified to all things.
As words are only concept they have grammar
Reality is isomorphic to a description but what description it takes is
determined by one reality, however syntax creates meaning of that information
discovered to be the fabric of reality, where cognition processes information to
become infocognition.
Reality is like America, a freedom to configure itself without constraint. Anything else by any other name would still be the same, and the freedom and constraint we experience in spirit and in material is found to be a 2-stage process. This 2-stage process is merged into one and that one then configures itself through unbound telesis (a state-recognition syntax).