Article: Force Fields, Fulcanelli and Flamel
As published in The Stone, Issue #12

by Russ House © Copyright 1995, 2000, Russ House.

There is something mysterious that happens to books and manuscripts when they are not being read. It is difficult to say precisely how it happens, but the words are seemingly being rearranged on the page when the text is apparently idle on the shelf.

It is true, of course, that a document studied at one time has a different message, or a different level of importance when read at a later date. This most recently occurred when I picked up The Fulcanelli Phenomenon by Kenneth Rayner Johnson. It is not one of my favorite texts, so I have not studied it particularly well.

As I flipped through the book, I came upon some selections that were taken from the best-selling The Morning of the Magicians by Pauwels and Bergier, a book that I had read when beginning high school. I later came to regard much of Bergier's writing as somewhat less than scholarly, but good entertainment. Johnson quoted from Bergier's account of a visit he received from a mysterious alchemist, whom he concluded to be Fulcanelli. Although this meeting was several years after Fulcanelli's disappearance, Bergier was convinced regarding the stranger's identity.

One afternoon in the summer of 1937, Bergier was visited by the stranger, in the Parisian laboratory where he was working. Bergier was working on projects with Andre Helbronner, a brilliant physicist, researching nuclear physics. Without introduction, the visitor identified himself as an alchemist, and indicated that Helbronner's experiments were on the brink of liberating nuclear energy, which could potentially be disastrous for the planet. His revelation was accompanied by certain technical information for Helbronner, which would, I think, have convinced him of the knowledge of the alchemist, and perhaps have shortened his research. The alleged Fulcanelli indicated that his warnings were out of a sense of duty, of ethics, and that he doubted that his cautions would be heeded.

Bergier asked his visitor for an explanation of alchemy.

"You are asking me to summarize in four minutes four thousand years of philosophy and my whole life's work. Furthermore, you are asking me to translate into plain words concepts for which such a language is not intended. All the same, I can say this: you will not be unaware that in present-day official science the part played by the observer becomes more and more important. Relativity, the principle of indeterminacy, demonstrate the extent to which the observer today intervenes in all these phenomena. The secret of alchemy is this: there is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to create what modern science calls a force-field. This force-field acts upon the observer and puts him in a privileged position in relation to the universe. From this privileged position, he has access to the realities which are normally concealed from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work."

What then of the Philosophers Stone? asked Bergier.

"The vital thing is not the transmutation of metals. but that of the experimenter himself. It is an ancient secret that a few people rediscover each century." [Italics mine]

I have read these words more than once over the years, but without much effect. Relatively recently certain experiences have made these statements rather persuasive. I can think of many reasons not to speak about the details of the experiment that was a stimulus to this change in my thinking, and yet I think that there is a certain obligation to state facts that may be of benefit to others working along similar lines.

The idea that alchemy, like operative qabala, is a means of creating a condition which permits access to different levels of energy has been stated by Jean Dubuis at nearly every lecture. Alchemy has benefits in that self-deception is less likely because of the laboratory setting. (I will say that there are careful qabalists and sloppy alchemists, but I take the statement to be relatively true).

As an idea it was attractive enough, and interesting enough. I did not make the connection between this idea and the experience which I had, until after some months of reflection. It is not necessary to say what the experience was, but the setting should be revealed, and that setting has to do with the Flamel path, so called.

This path makes use of the metallic life of antimony to animate metallic mercury. In the course of the process, one makes amalgams which are distilled. A friend in France knowing that I was 'flying eagles' or making these distillations, suggested that I 'pay attention' to how I felt during the distillations. I did so, in spite of the heat, the work, and periods of intense concentration that the distillations required. We compared our experiences at some time, and I recall nothing about the exchange, except that it was not of any real significance to me.

In the fall of 1993, during a seminar at St. Charles, IL, a distillation of an amalgam was demonstrated out of doors, using an electrically heated distilling apparatus. For reasons of safety, the large group observing the process was seated at some distance from the equipment.

At that time, I had an experience which was both physical and 'subtle' which convinced me that the distillation of amalgams can create a force field of significant proportions. Further, I was satisfied by certain facts of the experiment that there was no self-delusion nor expectation of an experience on my part, and that the force field induces chemical changes within the operator. "The secret of alchemy is this: there is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to create what modern science calls a force-field...The vital thing is not the transmutation of metals. but that of the experimenter himself.".

I could enter into speculation about the exact causes of the field and what is taking place during the distillation, but that only leads to further speculation, and not to real knowledge. A friend of mine has had similar experiences in work on the vegetable kingdom. It is my hope that sharing the experience will encourage others to discuss the circumstances of changes in themselves that have come from their work.

As a caution, I do not suggest that anyone enter into the 'Flamel' work without taking all of the precautions for safety that are necessary. Mercury is a toxic material which deserves respect and tremendous care to avoid poisoning the experimenter and others. Further, there is evidence that experiments in the vegetable kingdom, which is much more forgiving, can induce similar results.

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