The Philosophy of Fire

About this book

Fire can destroy a house or sustain a life. In occult philosophy it also becomes a symbol for vitality, purification and forces thought to operate within the human being.

The Philosophy of Fire develops these associations through the symbolic language of its spiritual tradition. Its cosmic explanations should be approached as metaphysical claims, with the practical properties of flame kept distinct from the meanings attributed to it. The subject gives the author unusually vivid material: heat, light and transformation are experiences anyone knows, even if the invisible systems built from them remain speculative.