This is actually an audition tape for the “Oprah Winfrey Show” when my book The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy for Personal Transformation was being considered for Oprah’s Book Club. Unfortunately, the producers thought it was a bit “over the top” for Oprah’s viewers, and listening to it today, I would have to agree. But it is one of my best efforts to explain the origins and power of the ancient teachings of Hermes and how they evolved in alchemy, literature, religion, and science. Topics include the Emerald Tablet, the history of Balinas (Apollonius of Tyana), the seven operations and the Emerald Formula, the planetary archetypes, and how they apply to personal transformation. There is also an active imagination session with Thoth in which he explains the nature of the universe. However controversial the ideas expressed in this reading are today, they represent the historical view and “One True Philosophy” that inspired the alchemists to so ardently pursue the Great Work. I have continued to research Thoth’s teachings in more recent books, including In the Mind of the Universe: The Monad and You! on Amazon at https://amzn.to/489vk5H

This is a sample reading from Chapter 1 of In the Mind of the Universe: The Monad and You! Order the book from https://amzn.to/489vk5H

Real experiences of the Monad from historical sources, literature, and the personal experiences of the author. The experiences share most of the following ten characteristics:

1) The experience begins in a state of non-duality or Oneness.

2) It seems to take place in a boundless space of pure warm light.

3) Everything is stripped away—no more ego, striving, or worldly attachments.

4) The basic dichotomy of “I” versus “other” is transcended.

5) There is a sense of original self or primal state of being in which just your pure centerless awareness or “default” presence remains.

6) It is “beyond thoughts” or exhibits the inability to have thoughts, and because of this, there is no fear.

7) There is a sense of eternity with no experience of time.

8) There is a feeling of complete knowledge or direct gnosis of reality.

9) The overall feeling is one of infinite security, serenity, and satisfaction.

10) In describing the experience to others, it remains paradoxical and ineffable. For a more information, please refer to my book "The Mind of the Universe: The Monad and You!" This video narrated by Cooper Monroe.

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