Online back in 2018, while researching a piece of writing on an unrelated topic, I stumbled across a little book published way back in 1908 under the pseudonym of ‘The Three Initates’, entitled ‘The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece’.
Not only was I amazed by its seven great Hermetic principles attributed to the ancient Egyptian - said to be half-man, half-God - Hermes Trismegistus, but one of its many intriguing assertions was ‘when the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh the lips to fill them with wisdom’. This was followed by ‘And likewise, when the pupil is ready to receive the truth, then will this little book come to him, or her’. I seriously wondered if I was meant to do something here!
This was a few years before my wife Emma Wertheim came up with her idea for Yoga Mudra Oracle (YMO), a project I would collaborate on with her on from 2020 to 2025. So at the time, I simply wrote seven sonnets (below), each inspired by one of the principles, forming a septet of poems I dubbed ‘Keys to the Kingdom’.
During the latter stages of YMO, the ‘light bulb’ moment arrived when I realised these ancient principles could form the basis of an Oracle deck. With seven suits of seven, the symmetry was breathtaking - 49 cards in all. Unable to hold myself back, I went to work (even while working on YMO) checking in with Emma here and there for her feedback and ‘big picture’ thoughts and feelings.
In surprisingly quick time, the guidebook and paintings for the card imagery were finished. I sent off the artwork and text as a proposal to our wonderful editor, Tania Ahsan of UK publisher Arcturus. She loved it, and the rest is history!
Egyptian Alchemy Oracle is available here.
‘Egyptian Alchemy Oracle’ presents the timeless wisdom of the seven great Hermetic principles from ancient Egypt - a tool of divination, a way of tapping into the wellspring of your intuitive nature as a source of decision-making and life guidance.
Open your mind
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Attract your life
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To receive, let go
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From the lower, glimpse the higher
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Invite spirit in
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Become a creator
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Come to stillness
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Shoot for the stars
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Transcend the laws
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Polarise up on your bootstraps
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See it's a matter of degrees
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Thread the spectrum
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Understand the pendulum
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Change your rhythm
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Within law, become free
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Become a mover
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Will to be free
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Release your soul
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Attract mateship of soul
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Separate 'I' from 'me'
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Know it's all about energy
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Embrace the light unknown
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Focus your mind
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Simply believe
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Feel the universe yoiu are
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Expand your being
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Discover your answer within
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Open to your cosmic destiny
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Lift your chemistry
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Move into flow
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Exist finite, rise eternal
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Move toward spirit
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Visualise and transform
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Connect, lift, ascend
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Know the sound of truth
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Master momentum
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To begin, stop
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Take the high road
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Allow for cause
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Trek the Holy
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Be servant and master
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Know it's meant to be
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Balance masculine and feminine
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Ignite the creative
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Unify opposites
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Become your true self
Open your mind 〰️ Attract your life 〰️ To receive, let go 〰️ From the lower, glimpse the higher 〰️ Invite spirit in 〰️ Become a creator 〰️ Come to stillness 〰️ Shoot for the stars 〰️ Transcend the laws 〰️ Polarise up on your bootstraps 〰️ See it's a matter of degrees 〰️ Thread the spectrum 〰️ Understand the pendulum 〰️ Change your rhythm 〰️ Within law, become free 〰️ Become a mover 〰️ Will to be free 〰️ Release your soul 〰️ Attract mateship of soul 〰️ Separate 'I' from 'me' 〰️ Know it's all about energy 〰️ Embrace the light unknown 〰️ Focus your mind 〰️ Simply believe 〰️ Feel the universe yoiu are 〰️ Expand your being 〰️ Discover your answer within 〰️ Open to your cosmic destiny 〰️ Lift your chemistry 〰️ Move into flow 〰️ Exist finite, rise eternal 〰️ Move toward spirit 〰️ Visualise and transform 〰️ Connect, lift, ascend 〰️ Know the sound of truth 〰️ Master momentum 〰️ To begin, stop 〰️ Take the high road 〰️ Allow for cause 〰️ Trek the Holy 〰️ Be servant and master 〰️ Know it's meant to be 〰️ Balance masculine and feminine 〰️ Ignite the creative 〰️ Unify opposites 〰️ Become your true self
Enneagram Wisdom Book & Card Deck will released in late 2026. Order here