This week, at the behest of Helios Epicence, we read The Emerald Tablet of Hermes: Multiple Translations.

WITH a few pages from The Alchemy Reader: 27-28, “Hermes Trismegistus,” and 246-247, Isaac Newton’s commentary on the Tablet. Please also take a look at the images at the beginning of the book, Figures 1-14.

A word from Helios:

The Emerald Tablet may be the beating heart within the body of Western/Middle Eastern Alchemy writings devoted to the cultivation of a Philosopher’s Stone. Many hold the Tablet, the source of the Hermetic adage “As Above, So Below”, to be a rubric of instruction for the Great Work, both physically and spiritually. However, the exploration of the Tablet’s history tends to terminate at its earliest Latin translations during the Renaissance, while this literary comparison will take us further back, to a less recognizable version of the piece.

Another week with the real John Frawley’s The Real Astrology! Dare we make so bold as to confess, we stan? We blush to stan so, Bestie.

Please read “The Planets and Their Essences,” pp.73-83 (39-44 of the PDF), “Electional Astrology,” and “Natal Astrology,” pp.106-126 (55-66 of the PDF).

This week – Fra. Grangle’s favorite book on astrology: The Real Astrology, written by the conservative, crotchety, vituperative, and quite wonderful John Frawley.

Please read the initial chapter, pages 1-16 (3-11 of the PDF), and the chapters on Horary and The Nature of Time, pages 30-50 (18-28 of the PDF).

This week – a suggestion from ANAPHANDAO: this online guide to some fundamentals of astrology. The main page is fairly comprehensive; read what you can!

This week – the Really Quite Interesting Soror Hector descends upon us to officiate a second experiment in Remote Viewing. This second session will be administered with TWICE the competence, by a practitioner who has used the method extensively and had a hand in developing some of its permutations.

No prep necessary; bring yr brainz.

No reading this week! Just bring your brain and your ineffable Mind. We’re going to plumb the depths of the cosmos in search of $200 or so. What could go wrong?

In response to overwhelming demand that we read something practical, AVDIERVNT offers Alison Chicosky’s The Secrets of Helios: Unlocking the Practical Uses of PGM IV1956-1715. I take it he has gotten some traction with this book, and may be induced to comment upon it. It isn’t long, so we’ll discuss the whole text.

This coming Wednesday, we discuss the 1935 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Please watch the film in advance, and come in with a few notes and questions for the group.

Here is the text of the play, in case you’re one of those peculiar individuals who like to read and watch simultaneously.

This week – the exciting conclusion of Georges Bataille’s Story of the Eye. Please read chapters 9 through to the end (pages 53-103).

Alternate version, if you have woes with the PDF: https://supervert.com/translations/georges-bataille/story-of-the-eye

In honor of Sorcerix Helios’ birthday, we’ll be reading a piece – just the appendices – of the sprawling Illuminatus Trilogy. Pages 708-774 in the PDF.

Helios’ word on the text:

Dear Readers, If you have not previously been able to read or enjoy the Illuminatus trilogy, do not despair that you shall not understand these appendices. The only appendix that relies heavily on the text is the last, which I have not included in our reading. Additionally, I believe those who have read the trilogy agree with me that this prior reading does not fully assist in understanding the glorious nonsense we are to read and comment on this week. Learning may, after all, be quite aside the point the authors intended by including these occult musings. Nevertheless, I found reading them to be extraordinarily helpful in understanding occult reasoning, paradigm construction, and Discordianism in general. I look forward to picking apart these pages with you; I could think of few greater enjoyments I might have on my birthday.