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1. John 11 Alchemical Hermeticism taught the imperative: “Transmutemini de lapidibus mortuis in vivos lapides philosophicos”—calling for the transformation of man from a "dead stone" (base material existence) into a "living philosophical stone" (a perfected, immortal being). The "stone" symbolized the human body, but not in its crude form—rather, its glorified, incorruptible state. As the alchemist Peter Bonus wrote (Theatrum Chemicum, 1602), the Hermetic work leads to the resurrection of the dead: the soul reunites with its original, eternal body, now subtle, incorruptible, and capable of penetrating all matter—a fusion of spirit and matter in transcendent perfection. This process mirrors the Last Judgment, where the "stone’s" germination signifies the final transfiguration of man into divine immortality. The transmutation of man from a passive, material state ("dead stone") into an active, transcendent being ("living philosophical stone") —a process of spiritual and metaphysical regeneration. The "philosophical stone" represents not mere physical immortality but the achievement of an incorruptible, divine state, where spirit and matter are unified in a higher, sovereign form of existence. This reflects the Traditional doctrine of the "resurrection of the body"—not the physical corpse, but the glorified, subtle body (corpus glorificatum), capable of transcending material limitations. The alchemical process parallels initiatic realization, where the adept overcomes the dissolution of the profane self and attains the "Solar Body"—a symbol of immortality and absolute power, as taught in the 1/2

2. Mithraic and Hermetic mysteries. The Last Judgment is thus an inner event, the final separation of the eternal from the perishable, marking the ascension of the true Self beyond cosmic cycles. This is the warrior’s path—not salvation through faith, but victory through knowledge and will, the heroic conquest of immortality. 2/2