On yellow

[Bekah]

On Apr 27, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Ian Livingston wrote:

> Look into alchemy.  The four colors of transmutation: black, white,  
> yellow and red.  See Eliade,  The Forge and the Crucible.

Interesting.  So I Googled the definition of "transmutation" and was  
sent to Wiki which gave me "sexual transmutation" among others.  So I  
clicked the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_sublimation

Sexual sublimation, also known as sexual transmutation, is the  
attempt among some religious traditions to transform sexual energy  
into creativity, thereby facilitating a mystical awakening.
In psychology, sublimation is the transference of sexual energy, or  
libido, into a physical act or a different emotion in order to avoid  
confrontation with the sexual urge. It is based on the belief that  
sexual energy, the creative function of the human being, can be used  
to create a spiritual nature instead of being let out in hopes of  
creating physically or sensually.[1][2][3]
The term itself means to transform the crude sexual energy into a  
carrier of spiritual essence. Different schools that describe this  
energy as vital energy, vital winds (prana), spiritual energy, ojas,  
shakti, tummo, or kundalini.[4][5][6]

"The Yellow Book: Gnosis, the Divine Mother Kundalini and Jinn  
Science"  is about sexual transmutation.  It's yellow.

Btw,  the author of "The Forge and the Crucible" is Romanian - just  
north of the Balkan area. Do they know about this sort of thing?   
(paranoid mysticism)
***

Good point and interesting but I still see the Austrian connection as  
the most realistic meaning behind Cyprian's cryptic comment.

Another idea might be that yellow could mean cowardly and that could  
possibly be relevant to a meeting with the Prince.   (I still like  
the Austrian connection best.)

Bekah


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