My special guest tonight is author Mathew Barnes, who is here to discuss his book   The Emerald Tablet 101: A Modern, Practical Guide, Plain and Simple (The Ancient Egyptian Enlightenment Series).        The Emerald Tablet is an Ancient Egyptian work written by Hermes Trismegistus that is believed to represent a step-by-step instruction manual for the Alchemical process of turning ordinary metals like lead into something much more valuable, like gold.  The manual consists of fourteen cryptic, symbolic statements that many have tried to decipher throughout thousands of years.   The fourteen statements of the Emerald Tablet are a symbolic guide to a far greater treasure than the conversion of lead into gold. Instead, it is a symbolic guide to awakening the human soul. I believe it to be a guide to converting a base and petty human being into an awakened soul, the likes of which we have seen in the Jesuses and the Buddhas of our world.   In the Christian Bible, it is said that Adam fell into a deep sleep. Nowhere in that Bible does it say that he woke back up. I believe the Emerald Tablet's purpose is that very awakening.   It's super easy to access our archives!   Here's how:   iPhone Users: Access Mysterious Radio from Apple Podcasts and become a subscriber there, or if you want access to even more exclusive content, join us on Patreon.Support the show