TRUE ALCHEMISTS AND PUFFERS

For centuries, ancient masters of Alchemy have written in their books that practitioners of Alchemy always consisted of both true alchemists and puffers.

For those unfamiliar with alchemical terminology, a "puffer" is a depreciative name for people who claim achievement in alchemy, but who deviate from the true way, and undertake operations which are known in our study as "archemic" (i.e. chemistry), which they claim to be true despite the fact that they do not have the suitable depth of knowledge in alchemy.

Over the span of a long life as an alchemist, we become aware of some puffers who are self-proclaimed "masters" - those who write books describing pseudo-alchemy works that the naive buy, read and follow the operations described as being true, thereby wasting their time and money.

As one such alchemist I personally knew one of these "masters" who I visited several times as his disciple. He had a group of students, some of who had practical alchemy knowledge, but also some who had chemical knowledge.

During one of these meetings I advised the "master" about the danger of working with mercury dichloride (mercury sublimated by the dry way from cinnabar) which he called "azoth". Because of this remark, he told me that he would no longer be my "master", and thus he finished our relationship.

In this forum, I have previously written a criticism concerning a text that he wrote about the "Mutus Liber", comparing it with his "path", which in my opinion is nonsensical from an alchemic point of view.

In more recent times, with the Internet and the existence of several alchemic forums, I have seen the emergence of several puffers. I had thought that this "breed" had disappeared, since for a long time, they did not make their presence known in the various forums.

Recently I subscribed to the forum http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/lab_alchemy/ where several practical alchemy subjects are made available for which subscribers can provide comments. Surprisingly, a subscriber appeared, who not only claimed to have made the philosophers stone, but who also claimed that some of the 50 subscribers of his forum had also made it!

In reaction to this incredible boast, I obviously asked him to describe the path that he followed, in order for us to verify whether indeed, it is a true alchemic path.

He explained that it was the zinc acetate path, http://www.ehow.com:80/video_2256105_philosophers-stone.html and that he had made the "entire" range of alchemy paths inclusively, using the antimony dry path, and referred us to his site, where he had described it along with the relevant images. I subsequently visited his site: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Alchemy-Illuminated/ and could not see anything that confirmed his claims. Those who have a minimum amount of alchemy knowledge should also be able to come to the same conclusion.


NDC's zinc acetate distillation in the eHOW web site

We then changed several disagreeable emails in which he frequently used the inappropriate and vulgar language of uncivilized people, as you will see below:

> It is to better you don't write texts like this because the people that have alchemy knowledge don't believed and laugh with you ignorance.<

You're the only asshole laughing at me Rubellus. REAL The alchemists know damn well correct path when they see it. There ploughs 50 members of my forum who would be laughing at YOU will be making such ridiculous statement about my work.
*.NDC. *.

In his site he describes a path which he vehemently affirms to be the dry path, with an antimony martial regulus (see bad image below).

As this was the most nonsensical information about the dry antimony path that I had seen for some time, I replied that this regulus was an aberration. I then sent to the forum the image below of a true antimony regulus star as made by Solazaref in his Filiation in France. I also explained how the true antimony regulus is made and which Fucanelli describes in his book Dwellings of the Philosophers.

There was little delay before his answer arrived, in the same uncivilized language, saying that Fulcanelli was RUBISH.

I was perplexed with this answer, as was the forum owner, who subsequently banned him from the forum for being inconsiderate and very coarse.

I also told him that, in order to confirm what he wrote, he should place images in the text where the operations are described, including an image of a philosophers stone as well as of a transmutation, in order to help dispel any doubts. He sent the answer to me directly (see below) since he was banned from writing to the forum.

I told you some times for the people believe what you made it is the true stone or the transmutation it is true too you need put the images for we see. Like this NCD any people call you charlatan.<

Pictures of metal don't prove anything. Pictures of the chemicals working on the metal is what proves lab work, which is what I post. And the only people to call me a charaltan are the morons. You would have to be born with a brain damage to look at my website and think I put all that up there just for shits & giggles. And I am no longer the only person claiming transmutation. Anyone who has the common sense to try my work will gave gold.
.*.NDC.*.

In response to this answer, and knowing that if he affirmed it in my forum  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-alchemist/ , although he didn’t accept it in his forum, I invited him to subscribe to my forum and to upload the his text The philosopher's stone so that it could be commented on by the true alchemists who subscribe to the forum.

> I invite you subscribe the-alchemist forum and put in Files this text and you will see the comments from the subscribers with alchemy knowledge. It is challenge.<

Your alchemists are morons then, I don't want anything to do with such complete idiots.
.*.NDC.*.

This is certainly the GREATEST PUFFER that I have known in my entire life as an alchemist.

In reaction to the insult that this guy made in front of more than 260 subscribers of my forum, I sent an email to the forum with his answer, and the subsequent range of criticisms that were submitted by the members obviously do not need to be repeated here.

Not satisfied with these insults, this guy wrote the following in his site: NEGATIVITY: http://www.philosophicalmercury.page.tl/Negativity.htm

Rubellus Petriunus (?)
webites: (?)
http://pwp.netcabo.pt/r.petrinus/
http://pissarro.home.sapo.pt/

You may already know this pseudo-alchemist. He's been around a long time. I even offered to fly out and visit him and show him how to make the Stone. For a few days after that he pretended to be friendly. Then after I denied him membership in my forum and I refused to give him the password to my protected files section, he became furious and out of left field called my website a piece of shit because it's not correct alchemy in his opinion. You may have assumed Rubellus was a nice old man, but don't be fooled. He'll be nice to you until the day you report success on making the Stone, and then he will suddenly hate you. And that day will indeed come, because you will eventually make the Stone with my help :-) Make no mistake about it, I've helped people in nearly every major country make the Stone via one on one email correspondence. The time is nearing when people like Rubellus and his friends below will no longer be able to deny that what I write about alchemy is indeed truth.

I advised him to remove this text, noting that he also wrote slanderous remarks about two other alchemists, who are well known in the alchemy forums on account of their extensive knowledge and experience concerning alchemy. 

After I put it in my web site, here is the last mail that this MADMAN sent me and changed what had wrote in his site:

Yes I read it. And it actually doesn't make me look like the bad guy at all, and it makes you look pretty fucking stupid. And guess what I will do now?

I will post the ENTIRE original emails instead of selecting which ones I want to show the public like you have. And they will see what a true piece of shit Rubellus is. And my website will be getting far more visitors than yours, so don't even try and pretend it's the other way around.

I even have a link to your website right on mine so people can see what retard you are. You also posted a photo of my website section about the star regulus, and you claim that I say that is the correct regulus, but even on my website I say it is the WRONG regulus. So you obviously didn't read a single sentence of my website. And you claim I called that the dry path, when right on that page it says its the WET PATH. You are a complete moron Rubellus, and you are an evil piece of shit too. I hope you have fun burning it hell for all the hell you try and cause other people. 

I did NOTHING to you motherfucker! You called my website a piece of shit one day for no reason, and now you pretend I'm the asshole? You are the low-life scum bag. If you have children they should smack the shit out you. lol

I love how you keep pretending I'm the one who has done something wrong to you. Why don't you get a fucking life and leave me the fuck alone old man. Stop pretending you are an alchemist.

YOU ARE THE CHARLATAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rubellus Petrinus <r.petrinus@netcabo.pt> wrote: 

I advise you but you don't believed. So it is the answer that will be reed for many hundreds of people. My site isn't unknown as your. In the future take care I advise again! 

Rubellus Petrinus
http://pwp.netcabo.pt/r.petrinus/
http://pissarro.home.sapo.pt/

Rubellus Petrinus