The Secret Diaries Of An Alchemist: Egyptian Mysteries Revealed
Occultism Antiquarian Collectible Alchemy Egyptian Mysteries Knights Templar Nostradamus Studies Mindfulness & Ritual
The Secret Diaries of an Alchemist: Egyptian Mysteries Revealed is a profusely illustrated 2005 chronicle that invites readers into the hidden workshops of the ancient adepts. Lewis Da Costa stitches together first-person diary fragments, temple wall scenes, cartouches and rare engravings to recreate the day-to-day experiments of an anonymous alchemist who served the priesthood of Karnak. Rather than dry theory, the book reads like a field report: the smell of sulphur in the crucible, moonlit pilgrimages to the Dead Sea, coded letters smuggled to Knights Templar commanderies, and frantic attempts to decode Nostradamus-style quatrains before the Romans sealed the libraries. The result is a tactile time-capsule that shows how magic, chemistry and spirituality were once a single discipline.
Collectors prize this paperback because it is one of the few mainstream titles to map the overlap between Egyptian occult science and medieval European mystery schools. Da Costa overlays Coptic symbols on Templar seals, compares the weight of Dead Sea salts to those described in Qumran scrolls, and reproduces temple star-charts that echo Nostradamus’ astrological notebooks—all laid out in a clean, high-contrast design that makes the illustrations pop on every page. Because the original 2005 print run was modest, very-good copies with smooth spines and unmarked pages—like the copy offered here—have already entered the antiquarian tier and seldom surface for under list price.
For modern seekers the book is a practical grimoire disguised as history. Each chapter ends with “laboratory notes” that translate the alchemist’s metaphors into contemporary mindfulness exercises: breathing patterns keyed to planetary hours, crystal grids based on temple floor plans, and journaling templates that replicate the diary’s own transformation from lead to gold. Whether you are a ceremonial magician, a yoga teacher looking for authentic lineage stories, or a collector hunting the next升值 occult sleeper, The Secret Diaries of an Alchemist delivers a pristine, unread copy that feels as if it has just emerged from a sealed storeroom in the Valley of the Kings.
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