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@ready1fire1aim12 жыл бұрын
Pretty neat that Humanity has roughly 5000 years of recorded history and there's supposed to be a 1000 years of mega-happy ending, right? I bet we're cool with Alpha-predators. 😎
@alfredozambrano76412 жыл бұрын
Aesh mesarep?
@joannefisher3281 Жыл бұрын
I didn't realise Nicolas Flamel was a real historical figure until I saw the horror film As Above, So Below (2014) in which the main character, who is a scholar of Flamel, is searching for the Philosopher's Stone in the catacombs of Paris. While not the best of films, I found the history of Flamel and alchemy recounted in it quite interesting.
@stankatbarrell9878 Жыл бұрын
Yeah i didn't know that either. I heard the name in harry potter
@Kombatech5045 ай бұрын
I thought the movie was pretty good
@mellie4174 Жыл бұрын
Elvis sightings, flamel sightings, it's amazing how humans don't change!
@jackpayne46582 жыл бұрын
Flamel reminds me of the Druids. They probably did exist, but 90% of what we 'know' about them was concocted many centuries later, from a wide variety of motives.
@wintermute7378 Жыл бұрын
They have text records for Flamel and his house is a restruaunt. They have a confirned copy of his will. he existed. Now, the matter of his immortality...thats a whole other thing. ...this is literally the whole point and content of this video.
@manuelsosa73972 жыл бұрын
The idea of a creative continuation from an invented text like the Necronomicon towards "real" editions and iconographies, all stitched together in small winks of legitimacy, makes my hair stand on end with emotion. As a teenager, I wanted to believe that the Necronomicon was indeed real. Even the "fact" that there was a reference from the original author to the existence of a copy of the book in a city in my country filled my imagination with creative incentives!
@kalesyvers31752 жыл бұрын
You don't now?
@Duchess_Van_Hoof2 жыл бұрын
Ah, that one. The original in the stories was written in Arabic right? Not Sumerian or Aklo or R'lyethi. Still, I like the silly thing.
@Tom-S1981 Жыл бұрын
Anything that can be created in our imagination exists somewhere in the cosmos. Sit on that thought.
@L3N0R4L4N32 жыл бұрын
You really have to wonder who wrote that text. But, I kind of love the idea it was written as a prank, because that would mean it's one of the most successful pranks in history!
@SonicPVC2 жыл бұрын
St. Germain is also known to have usurped mortality.
@josegregoriodiazvasquez18712 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video about the Count of St Germain?
@TheDanharms2 жыл бұрын
I went to that restaurant! They played a lot of Motown. I'm not sure why.
@SameAsAnyOtherStranger2 жыл бұрын
Funeral goer viewing Flamel's interned body: "So how's that immortality thing working out?"
@SeekerJacob2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for being part of my journey for truth
@9digitNo2 жыл бұрын
Please look for "prayer for logos" on youtube. It's a surprising analysis of the Sigrdrifa prayer. The prayer is a system that predates religions as we know them. You might find it interesting.
@The10mmcure2 жыл бұрын
Good on you for clearing up all the Robert Duval confusion before it started Justin, that would have caused who knows what had it a mere moment to take hold. I myself totally knew you weren't talking about Tom Hagen from The Godfather...
@jackalope23022 жыл бұрын
I love the smell of Azoth in the morning
@BcClarity2 жыл бұрын
Dr. S, could you please pod up your gain next podcast? Your voice was not coming through at full volume. Thank You! You're the best Wayne Prof I know since my old roommates dad (O'Brien) passed in late 2021
@SuperArt72 жыл бұрын
Have you covered the Count of St.Germain?
@Shoop...2 жыл бұрын
In order to cover the Count of Saint Germaine one must first uncover him
@bloglivethehighve2 жыл бұрын
Boring History vs Romantic Legend Flamixed on a Friday... I ll wach again on Monday to see if I get a different understanding of the 2 dragons :) Thk thee, Doc.❣️
@ThisUnifiedField2 жыл бұрын
We are the Philosopher's Stone... 😉
@luxinvictus90182 жыл бұрын
Excellent video as always. Keep up the Great Work :)
@alastairmorleyjaques66382 жыл бұрын
Just tickled that you referenced the SNL Who's More Grizzled sketch from 1997. This is why you're the best, Dr Sledge.
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
My fav!
@LonaPua_Pouliuli-Popoki2 жыл бұрын
🤙Aloha Dr. Sledge mahalo Wonderful observations & explanations
@dylanclark99034 ай бұрын
I always smile when you break character from being “professor,” and we see some of your personality- u seem like an interesting dude to have a beer with!
@Plippito2 жыл бұрын
The restaurant is excellent and I can highly recommend it to anyone visiting Paris. If you ask the waiters, they’ll show you the (wine) cellar in which Flamel supposedly was “cooking”.
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
Gonna have to go there though flamel never lived there - it was a poor house he had built.
@Plippito2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel Yes, now that you mention it, that is correct. The cellar was just a normal French wine cellar anyway, not the tiniest speck of red powder anywhere. However, when I visited Jean Julien Champagnes grave, I actually did find a red stone amongst the rubble of the then dilapidated tomb. Probably just a red glass bead someone had put there for fun, but it was a beautiful experience. His tomb has been restored now btw.
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
@@Plippito still super neat though!
@geraldmeehan89422 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr. Sledge for yet another wonderful episode. So happy I have found your channel, you're content is great!
@scottmiller25912 жыл бұрын
"Not that Robert Duvall" You crack me up, Doc.
@chromepixel10442 жыл бұрын
I listened to this a couple of times while working on my car. I’ll listen to it a couple more! There is so much good info! 👍🏽
@THATGuy56542 жыл бұрын
This isn't a particularly deep comment on all this, but there's something that pleases me about the fact that I don't think I have ever seen a "pretty" philosopher's stone depicted in media. It's always just a lump of rock, with maybe a slightly unusual color. But nothing that you would look at and say it was legendary. It's rare for comic books, shows, or movies to show that much restraint. Though I suspect I may have simply missed/forgotten a treasure trove of glitzy stones in culture.
@kevintaunt43852 жыл бұрын
I must say, you grew on me as I watched further. 👍😎
@eljefeamericano43082 жыл бұрын
I've been curious about something since I've started watching your videos. Are there many options for a career in these fields for one with your level of knowledge? Or, to put it differently, is there a conceivable way to make a living out of investing seriously in pursuing this knowledge academically? I really hope these questions don't come across as condescending. That is entirely contrary to my sentiment. I love the subjects you talk about, and my interest comes from wondering just how far one could go with an education in this area of study. Edit: I just finished listening to the excellent episode of the What Magic Is This? podcast that you made a guest appearance on, and you pretty much answered my question there. So, thanks! You're certainly welcome to expand on the matter, if you have the time and desire!
@whit3rabb3t292 жыл бұрын
There are two ways to study it One is to study it historically and factually. The other is to study the actual subject the alchemists themselves sought. But even to be of any worth in studying it only historically youd be required to actually study it to be knowledgeable. Also it will never open to you if your intention is worldly gain for oneself.
@hedgehog31808 ай бұрын
Dr. Sledge is a scholar of religion so if you're interested in doing this kind of thing for a living you should pursue a degree in religious studies. As with most humanities work is somewhat precarious and you're likely going to end up working as a teacher somewhere, either in high school or as a lecturer at a univetsity, pure research positions are somewhat rare. But if you're really interested and love studying these kinds of things then it is absolutely worth getting a degree in religious studies and you'll probably make it work, it's just not quite as easy to find jobs or as profitable as say getting an engineering degree.
@hedgehog31808 ай бұрын
@@whit3rabb3t29 I don't think the OP is interested in becoming a chemist.
@M-CH_2 жыл бұрын
Will we get a lecture on Fulcanelli as a sequel to this?
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
At some point, got a lot more historical alchemists to cover
@M-CH_2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel What I meant by sequel is that I think there are parallels in the polemical cultural context within which both the texts ascribed to Flamel and to Fulcanelli have emmerged, suo tempore, so to speak. More broadly speaking, I think that political history of modern occultism is a fainating topic, which hasn't received the love it deserves. From the top of my head I can name but a few authors who took that angle: K. Paul Johnson in his works on possible figuers the ascended masters of Theosophical Society were modelled on, Julian Strube on early socialist milieau out of which Eliphas Levi has emmerged, Richard Spence on the possible entanglements of Aliester Crowley with British intelligence - and subsequent elaboration on those hints by Tobias Churton, Markus Osterrieder with his writings on martinist and synarchist movement in Russia - and that's about it. It's interesting to see how often those persons and movements originate on the left and with time gravitate towards the right - starting from Levi himself, a radical during the Revolution of February, but a later an objector to the Paris Commune, through egiptian freemasonry, the Italian lines of which come through Garibaldi to reach some of the veterans of Salo, up to the French alchemical revival from Francois Jollivet-Castelot to R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz. It would also be interesting to try to trace the involvment of those movements with the "powers that be" - like the trajectory of the geopolitical involvement of Theosophical Society - from indiscriminate anti-British stance of the Russian Blavatsky, through promoting Indian independence under Olcott and Bessant, until it was effectively ruled by Leadbeater - a man with ostensible British imperialist leanings. Or the ways in which organizations like AMORC have served as a cover for the US intelligence, or the entanglement of African politicians with the neocolonialist politics of Françafrique. Sorry, tangent over.
@FraterRC2 жыл бұрын
i loved this episode, thank you!
@inef852 жыл бұрын
Dr. Sledge *Hammer* ... breaking down barriers for understanding
@aislynnmari2 жыл бұрын
One of my all time fave channels, thanks for your content, Friend!
@redluv1232 жыл бұрын
I’m a huge Harry Potter fan and also a subscriber to this channel, I was so thrilled to see this notification! 😊
@jakekarr97332 жыл бұрын
Can you do a follow up on the “ Masonic Royal Arch “? ( the symbol itself ) Also any work on the study of “Geodesy”, very old transits and gromas for the use of surveying in operative masonry? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
@TheMurray19222 жыл бұрын
That was incredibly fascinating! Thank you for the fine work.
@StevenSchoolAlchemy Жыл бұрын
Flamel is interesting.
@aislynnmari2 жыл бұрын
I love the idea that "upwards social mobility" wasn't common, so people were more likely to make up stories of secret alchemists making themselves rich by strange and accelerated means. Being a merchant and making your own fortune wasn't easily understood by both the upper and lower classes. It's also a good excuse if you actually just stole all your wealth from Jews or other peoples and you need a better explanation for your progeny. Enter, alchemy! PS I love alchemy and hermeticism to be clear
@mellie4174 Жыл бұрын
@@Wolffanghurricane exactly. Stealing from jews was totally acceptable.
@hedgehog31808 ай бұрын
Medieval society also generally saw land as being the ultimate source of all wealth so someone becoming wealthy without owning vast tracts of land would have seemed to defy reason. The modern conception of profit and markets weren't really a thing yet and of course you couldn't go look at tax statements or other public documents like we can today to figure out where someone's wealth came from.
@academy9711 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@waskerbasket96012 жыл бұрын
Just so happened to watch this on March 22-23. I can’t help but laugh when I see your thumbnail pic.
@phillipjordan30132 жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered doing a video on esoteric hindu tantra occultism, like the Aghori sect. I know you mainly cover Western esoteric subjects but just a thought
@HeavenlyEchoVirus2 жыл бұрын
Something is tickling my brain so I’ll inquire, did Marx use alchemy metaphors in his writings ever? Because the description of Flamel’s acquiring wealth made me think I may recall that and if not, that there’s definitely some way of coming up with some good metaphors.
@dabrainlessone Жыл бұрын
I think so
@traderknightzbitcoinuniver8168 Жыл бұрын
Find the secret to alchemy, then the secret to life will find you 😉
@hedgehog31808 ай бұрын
Marx uses the metaphor of transmutation a few times but I think Das Capital largely avoids using metaphor. Though the names he gives things are usually metaphors.
@brandonlamontcooper8141 Жыл бұрын
thank you for your information.
@mellie4174 Жыл бұрын
Loved the video!
@mellie4174 Жыл бұрын
Also so fascinating to me that misinformation, not just as rumor but as mass printed information, was a thing back then just as it is now. Humans really gonna human.
@whit3rabb3t292 жыл бұрын
While correctly identifying the circulating and intermingling of sulfur and mercury symbol in your assessment of the tympanum , you omitted the slaughter of the innocents which was one of the author of Flamels texts almost exclusive veiled allusions to the process.
@markherron1407 Жыл бұрын
Nicholas Flamel IS related to Zatanna Zatara Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
@LailokenScathach2 жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you so much for doing this.
@flowerpt Жыл бұрын
First video of yours I've seen and your low-key sass earned a sub. Hilarious. I look forward to exploring your catalog.
@violetdragonflame70552 жыл бұрын
Hello Justin.Just wanted to say I really enjoy your work and and all the great videos on esoteric knowledge greatly appreciated..from Saint Louis mo
@nathanielkingsbury63552 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video! Quite strange how the figure of the Jew seems so central to the work. I'm guessing the second "l" in "hieroglyphicall" in the title is a typo? If so I figured I'd mention it so you can edit before the video goes live.
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
Nah, it's just the early modern English spelling (which is an orthographic nightmare)
@nathanielkingsbury63552 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel Fun times! Thanks for the info.
@ritemindbeats31162 жыл бұрын
Should make an episode on The Great White Brotherhood
@therealmorty71582 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@frobeuszoinks74292 жыл бұрын
Would it be far fetched to consider that someone may have tried to paint him as a Rosicrucian?
@jackalope23022 жыл бұрын
4:40 Maybe they should serve as dessert, The Philosopher's Scone!
@jbaquinones2 жыл бұрын
So much history of the stepping and killing of Spanish Jews. History is so depressing.
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
Yep, Jews function in medieval lit not unlike the "women in refrigerators" trope - reveal secret knowledge then killed off to propel the plot.
@nocantry Жыл бұрын
@@tharealisrael1447 The evil do the stepping.
@StevenSchoolAlchemy Жыл бұрын
Flamel! Famous.
@susiefairfield7218 Жыл бұрын
I know it's a work of fiction; but I recently read a great book about John Dee called The Alchemist's Door by Lisa Goldstein; with my kid and he really liked it; it made him want to know more about Alchemy and other esoteric writings. Are there any fictional books about Alchemy, that you know about, that would be good for young people to read?
@rubennieto5311 Жыл бұрын
15:59 did he say "Boyle"? As in Robert Boyle? What he has todo with all this?
@patricianehemy70062 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@Ratnoseterry2 жыл бұрын
Are you going to do episodes for Cosimo Ruggeri and his brother who is sometimes mentioned? Or perhaps Antoine Caron? I feel theres more behind these characters and their benefactor than I've yet to be seen told, and you might know something I don't. Thanks!
@rubennieto5311 Жыл бұрын
5:11 what language is that on the stone tablet
@BucurEST19892 жыл бұрын
nice!
@StevenSchoolAlchemy2 жыл бұрын
Flamel is a legend.
@TheBlueWizardOfWestVirginia Жыл бұрын
Where might I acquire versions of these alchemical texts?
@TheEsotericaChannel Жыл бұрын
Did you watch to the end ?
@TheBlueWizardOfWestVirginia Жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel thank you, brain fart moment my bad
@jasonmorello13742 жыл бұрын
It appears that Flamel may have been one of the most well documented urban legends ever created, as I don't see much reason to say otherwise from what you present here. Sure, there could be something out there, but the idea that it is Flamel would be suspect if attached to it, at least. Names changed to mask a true master would be a better approach, but that I doubt as well.
@whit3rabb3t292 жыл бұрын
Except if Flamel is actually the author of the texts attributed to him , he without a doubt knew the "art" very well , his symbolisms, descriptions and his interpretations of other "artists" are sound and consistent with, as well as expanded upon . If he indeed was the author he was without a doubt an alchemist and an adept.
@hibiki77222 жыл бұрын
i love when fanfics become canon
@LisaFladager2 жыл бұрын
Curious about the boxes behind you to your right. They look like the wooden puzzle boxes made in Hakone, Japan. Are they?
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@StevenSchoolAlchemy2 жыл бұрын
Flamel was the king!
@animelover48682 жыл бұрын
Dude, you get a like and sub just for that dry ass joke. Great lecture though. So many talk about the mysticism of it all, but you give cold facts which is hella cool. I really like your style too.
@johnnewton80172 жыл бұрын
January 17th ???? Interesting.
@gerryjamesedwards12272 жыл бұрын
More symbols equals more betterer.
@tishainess93392 жыл бұрын
"flummoxed Flamel" 😂😂😂I'm dead
@dendennis90602 жыл бұрын
Thank U, infinite intelligence. ♾
@tomnaughadie Жыл бұрын
In the time of Sir Nigel.
@godkingcthulhu1382 жыл бұрын
🐙
@joluoto2 жыл бұрын
base metals into GOLD, now we are talking
@christopherthompson70622 жыл бұрын
I was still late, a true pelican 😅
@jerrymdanowski98252 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️….
@iiiwwwooo41682 жыл бұрын
He lived in early 14th century France, right?
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
Kinda
@megagay59372 жыл бұрын
Argent vive to you
@bloke13482 жыл бұрын
I met Flamel in Venice last week.... I told him he was a phoney ...
@sunchild_stealth9 ай бұрын
im here from assassin's creed unity
@glendanison30642 жыл бұрын
Well he did become immortal....kind of.
@guilledcf15472 жыл бұрын
charlie don't de veritate et antiquitate artis chemicae
@theylive55752 жыл бұрын
heheh .... his-story is not the real story !=]
@corticallarvae2 жыл бұрын
flamel has an islamic equivalent as far as demystification ....Hassan Ibna Sabbah (ali to ths nizari cloaked imamate )
@edwardbittner57272 жыл бұрын
Eh, thanks; ruined that for me. How about the Count St Germain, tell us more about him Justin. Scant reputable info.
@TheEsotericaChannel2 жыл бұрын
How so ruined?
@edwardbittner57272 жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel My romantic notions of the Flamels immortally living in some Himalayan paradise. 😉
@edwardbittner57272 жыл бұрын
How about that St Germain?
@ziloj-perezivat2 жыл бұрын
Сказать что кто-то что-то испортил для вас не лучший способ отблагодарить их...
@wintermute7378 Жыл бұрын
You know...im not saying this was done by Flemel but it seems to me that alchemy is an amazing money laundering scheme.
@TheEsotericaChannel Жыл бұрын
If alchemy worked it seems to me you'd have the opposite problem
@wintermute7378 Жыл бұрын
@@TheEsotericaChannel Indeed...also I would think the ol "Raziel told me where to find it in a hole" approach may be a better way to explain away a bunch of ill-gotten gold. Btw, your channel is wonderful. Your content has helped open up several branches of history, anthropology, and religious studies for me. I may have alreafy saud this in a previous exchange but regardless. Thank you.