Фламель, Николя

Nicolas Flamel aka Nicolas Flammel France 1330 - 1418 Teachers: Jewish converso on the road to Santiago de Compostela taught him alchemy; Abraham Von Worms, author of Abramelin; Students: Isaac Newton; Albert Pike; Fulcanelli; Manly P. Hall; Antoine Joseph Pernety; Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers; Robert H. Fryar; Friends: Perenelle , wife; Enemies: Organizations: inspired the Academy of True Masons in France, 1778 by Dom Pernety. Consisted of these degrees: 1. The True Mason, 2. The True Mason in the Right Way, 3. Knight of the Golden Key, 4. Knight of Iris, 5. Knight of the Argonauts, 6. Knight of the Golden Fleece. Concerned with Alchemy, it later became the Russo-Swedish Academy; Author: (?) Livre des figures hiéroglypiques AKA Exposition of the Hieroglyphical Figures , published 1624; De la transformation métallique AKA Le sommaire philosophique (The Philosophical summary, 1561; Le Livre des laveures (The Book of washing); Le Bréviaire de Flamel (Flamel's breviary); Comments: Important in Alchemy; the philosopher's stone; immortality through the "Elixir of Life"; may have translated Book of Abramelin the Mage; owned a copy titled the Book of Abraham the Jew and practiced the Abramelin system his whole life, painting many of the talismans in his house; VERY INTERESTING practitioner; Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Flamel; read him at http://www.alchemylab.com/flameldwgs.htm; Encyclopedia of Freemasonry by Albert Mackey; Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall