The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose by Roger, Bernard

The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose

Hidden within age-old classic stories lie the hermetic teachings of alchemy and Freemasonry - Explains how the...
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The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose by Roger, Bernard

The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose

$52.70

The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose

$52.70
Author: Bernard Roger
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Hidden within age-old classic stories lie the hermetic teachings of alchemy and Freemasonry

- Explains how the stages of the Great Work are encoded in both little known and popular stories such as Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood

- Reveals the connection between Mother Goose and important esoteric symbols of the Western Mystery tradition

- Demonstrates the ancient lineage of these stories and how they originated as the trigger to push humanity toward higher levels of consciousness

In his Mystery of the Cathedrals, the great alchemist Fulcanelli revealed the teachings of the hermetic art encoded in the sculpture and stained glass of the great cathedrals of Europe. What he did for churches, his disciple Bernard Roger does here for fairy tales.

Through exhaustive analysis of the stories collected by the Brothers Grimm, Perrault, and others, Roger demonstrates how hermetic ideas, especially those embodied in alchemy and Freemasonry, can be found in fairy tales, including such popular stories as Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Little Red Riding Hood as well as the tales attributed to "Mother Goose." The goose has long been an important esoteric symbol in the Western Mystery tradition. The stories told under the aegis of Mother Goose carry these symbols and secrets, concealed in what hermetic adepts have long called "the language of the birds."

Drawing upon the original versions of fairy tales, not the sanitized accounts made into children's movies, the author reveals how the tales illustrate each stage of the Great Work and the alchemical iterations required to achieve them. He shows how the common motif of a hero or heroine sent in search of a rare object by a sovereign before their wishes can be granted is analogous to the Masonic quest for the lost tomb of Hiram or the alchemist's search for the fire needed to perform the Great Work. He also reveals how the hero is always aided by a green bird, which embodies the hermetic understanding of the seed and the fruit.

By unveiling the secret teachings within fairy tales, Roger demonstrates the truly ancient lineage of these initiatory stories and how they originated as the trigger to push humanity toward higher levels of consciousness.

Author: Bernard Roger
Publisher: Inner Traditions International
Published: 06/21/2015
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781620554036

About the Author
Bernard Roger is the last of the generation of alchemists who worked directly with Eugene Canseliet, Rene Alleau, and other disciples of Fulcanelli. A member of the surrealist group in France, he is the author of A la Découverte d'alchimie and Paris et l'Alchimie. He lives in Paris.

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