THEJTONE 1.I.lUE lOt JAN-FEB.
1997
Preparation of a Powerful Spagyric devices) and which resists all kinds of acids.
Elixir Without a Laboratory After some two years of work, the elixir was almost
by Jean Dubuis ready and it performed miracles, but not on the Druid
who had died in the meantime.
The tradition says that France was, in the pre-Christian
era, inhabited by people called the Gaulois. These Since oak mistletoe could not be readily found, I have
Gaulois had priest-magi-healers called Druids. tried to make the elixir with mistletoe from other trees,
such as that from apple trees and poplars, since this is
It is said that in these ancient times,
very connnon in France. But none of them has the
serious epidemic illnesses would
remarkable properties of oak mistletoe.
decimate the Gaulois. But one day, a
druid prepared a remedy using oak One day when I was looking at the front page of the
mistletoe and this elixir was able to book of the Alchemist Urbigerus, the image presenting
miraculously heal the populace of the "spring of life" issuing from the trunk of an oak
that time. This was later celebrated provided a revelation -- It is not the mistletoe that heals,
in feasts known as "Au gui, l' An but the vital energies of the oak, accumulated by the
Neuf' that could be translated as mistletoe as a parasite of this tree. Thus:
"New Year by the Mistletoe".
Making the Elixir
One day, after I had given a lecture on Spagyrics in
If the vital energies that heal come from the oak, these
which I had mentioned mistletoe, a man of respectable
are abundant in the fruits, in the seeds of the tree.
appearance came to see" me and said: "Since you are an
alchemist, if you were given mistletoe, could you During the gathering, the oak acorns are ripe and fallon
prepare its elixir? Our Druid is very sick, but he doesn't the ground. They should be gathered preferably before
know how to make the elixir any more." My answer they have stayed a night on the ground and before any
was: "I think that I have some chance to succeed." rain. These are to be wiped dry. Place these in a glass
flask and cover them with an alcohol of the best
On Christmas eve, two people showed up at my place.
possible quality, 90 percent minimum, but more is
They were carrying a big parcel wrapped in a white
better. Seal the flask innnediately. Place the flask on a
sheet, containing about 200 liters of branches, leaves,
source of gentle heat. The incubator at 40 degrees
and fruits of oak mistletoe. They would not tell me
Celsius is ideal, but above a refrigerator is enough. If
where this mistletoe came from.
the source of heat is not continuous, things will still
Oak mistletoe cannot be found in the French forests, and happen, but more slowly. Still, never exceed 50 degrees
at the turn of the century, Celsius. Carefully avoid lunar
botanical books stated that not light on the flask. After a few
In a Druid Wood
more than 12 oaks were known days, the tincture becomes
to bear mistletoe in the entire Once in the stillness of a druid wood green-yellow, then yellow, then
French territory. I thought Where ancient oaks retained primordial night, slowly turns to Red.
afterwards that the oak this Within a ring of phallic stones I stood
mistletoe came from was located And heard the ravens calling in their flight. For a nice bright red, it takes
in a private park of a renowned Then from the altar table rude and gray between 6 to 18 months,
French family. There rose a solemn word more sad than death, depending on the conditions of
And something lunar tinged the light of day, heat. When the bright red is
I started working, but oak A female power, s sighing, chilly breath. reached, the elixir is ready. The
IIFir is to yew as si lver is to lead, dosage of the elixir is of 10 to
mistletoe is very hard to work
on, especially because it My newly bom sweet child and lover king, 20 drops in a glass of water the
generates a gum that clogs the
o burden of my tears, my newly dead, fIrst thing in the morning for 1
Crown of the oak and feather of the wing. 1I
tubing (in soxhlets and other month. Do not eat before.
This spoke the holy presence in the gloom
Not with Her lips but from Her ageless womb.
-- Victor H. Anderson
