I saw an FMA thread on /a/, and someone mentioned the Magnum

>>18160586
google?

Goddamn, trolls are getting lazy.

>>18160586
magnum: large or important
opus: a project

Alchemists were looking to perfect themselves into a higher form of being, which would be immortal and superhumanly wise.

Don't take fictional works seriously.

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The Magnum Opus is the soul's quest for self-improvement. It is, as the psychologist C.J.Jung would call it, a process of individuation, in the highest possible sense.

One of the central historical or mythical figures in Alchemy is Hermes Trismegistus. If you are interested on the Great Work, I would recommend some books on Hermeticism. A good starting point is the Kybalion. Also Initiation into Hermetics, by Franz Bardon.

I think if you do the exercises described in the beginning of the second part of the last book, you will really get a hang of what doing the Great Work really means. Take care.

>>18161266
>>18161664
>the self improvement meme

The Magnum Opus was both internal and external. Here, read real books for a change https://www.mediafire.com/folder/uldbxpm2nyw7a

>>18161664
>Kybalion and Bardon

Thanks for the good chuckle.

>>18161670
I get the lolz for the Kybalion. It is a 'Secret'-tier book, useful only for introductory reasons. But I really don't get the flame on Bardon. I would be glad if you could explain your views on him and recommend a much better and way more practical author on the occult.

>>18161666
nice trips man!

all those books and still the mystery remains a mystery and the reader gains no wisdom... boohoo... kekpl

>>18161266
I've heard that completing the MO bestows the alchemist with some form of enlightenment and makes them a physical piece of God. Is that true at all, or just a different interpretation?