Baba Rampuri makes some comparisons between European Hermetic Alchemy and Indian Alchemy.
“In 1527, the alchemist Agrippa stressed in a letter that there is a secret interpretation and understanding which cannot be conveyed through the printed word alone, but must be transmitted from the master to the disciple, echoing Pythagoras and Plato.
And he wrote, “Whosoever therefore shall know himself, shall know all things in himself; especially he shall know God… and how all things may be fitted for all things in their time, place, order, measure, proportion and harmony…”
Agrippa was very suspicious of faith. He insisted on direct knowledge of the sacred by its experience.”
