Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 836 The Hermes School
When Liang En explained that the engraving on the wall was "Jade Record", a famous alchemy book, Mary immediately recalled what she had encountered before, which could be said to be a long-planned deception.

One well-known thing is that in the era of Louis 16, French finances had reached a very dangerous situation, so for the royal family at that time, finding a way to get money became a very important thing.

Although Marie Antoinette didn't care much about such things at the time, as the queen of France, someone would always try to open a gap from him.

According to Mary, she was really fooled when she saw the golden liquid appearing in the crucible where the lead had been melted in that deception, and she even planned to hire the liar to serve as a court post.

Fortunately, the Palace of Versailles at that time was indeed full of talents, so an attendant exposed the other party's fraud on the spot, and split the hollow stirring rod with a knife to reveal the remaining gold inside.

"What happened to the liar at the end?" Liang En asked curiously after hearing this, he wanted to know what would happen if he cheated the royal family in France.

"Exile to the Caribbean colony for seven years of hard labor is the highest penalty that can be imposed." Mary said helplessly, "Then there are folk legends that the queen was obsessed with alchemy and was deceived."

"It's really bad. I also encountered similar liars, but no one said anything about me after I ordered that guy to be cut off." Elizabeth said at this time, and then turned to look at Liang En.

"But why does this core alchemy document appear in this place? If I remember correctly, neither the records of the island nor the castle contain anything related to alchemy."

"This is very likely the base of a secret Hermes School." Liang En, who had carefully inspected the cave, said in a low voice.

"That's why we have never seen any records about this island or castle, because places like this had to be hidden in those days, otherwise there was only a dead end."

"You mean this is the base of the Hermes School, how do you know that?" Joan of Arc relaxed her arms, and looked at the carvings on the wall with a puzzled expression.

"The Jade Records carved on the wall can already explain everything." Liang En pointed to the carvings covering the entire wall and said seriously, "If you know the relationship between the Jade Records and the Hermes School, you will not It's weird."

"Cuiyulu" has been passed down to this day as the ultimate guide to alchemy, and its real author may be an Egyptian priest in the third century AD.

He summarized the research results of various schools of Hermes Theosophy spread in Egypt, Greece and other places.Legend has it that he could communicate with Thoth, the moon god, so he was named after Hermestolt, the holy god of the Three Realms.

That is to say, although this book is ostensibly a book about alchemy, it is actually the embodiment of the core philosophy of the famous Hermes Theosophical Theosophical Theory.

Hermestotle is a composite deity name, where Hermes is the son of Zeus in Greek mythology, Hermes is his name in Greek mythology, and his Roman name is Mercury.

Later, because Hermes and Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom, had striking similarities, people gradually regarded the two gods as the same god.

According to legend, this god was also described as the greatest philosopher, greatest priest and greatest king, the so-called triple greatness.

It is said that he wrote 42 books, 36 of which included the entire Egyptian philosophical system, which were in charge of singers, astrologers, scribes, holy belt guardians and prophets.

The other six are medical books, which include body structure, disease treatment methods, various utensils and medicines, etc., and are in charge of the holy object priest.

However, with the invasion of the Romans and the change of religion, the ancient city of Alexandria in Egypt was completely destroyed. For the sake of religious rule, the Romans, that is, later Christians, destroyed 42 books of Hermes at the same time.

The remaining books that were not destroyed by the fire were also buried in the desert, and only a few priests of the secret sect knew the exact location.In order to prevent these mysterious books from falling into the hands of heretics, priests drew them in the form of pictures on cards.

And this kind of card is the predecessor of the Tarot, such as the second major Arcana (Major+Arcana) in the Waite Tarot - the magician.Its prototype is Hermes.

From a certain point of view, there is a close relationship between "Jade Record" and the Golden Dawn, at least the birth of Tarot cards is also related to the Hermes School.

On the other hand, the so-called Philosopher's Stone is among the things that the Rose Cross is looking for, so their research on "Jade Records" has always been the core of each other.
To be precise, today's mystical organizations are more or less related to the Hermes School, and because of this reason, Liang En has also come into contact with a lot of content related to the Hermes School, including this History of the school.
The earliest thought of this school was born in the fusion and innovation school of Alexandria, Egypt in the first century AD. Its core thought emphasizes the change from passive to active in the fields of religious belief and spirituality.

Before the emergence of Hermetic Theosophy, the role of human beings in the universe was regarded as passive in Western thinking.

According to the traditional theory, the gods rule over all the processes between the heaven and the earth, and human beings can only watch from the sidelines.At best, you can only pray and seek changes, but whether you can succeed is completely under God's control.

And Hermes Theosophy allows people to play the role of the real master in the evolution of the world, and try to possess the powerful power that was originally only allowed to the gods.

There is no doubt that this kind of thinking is absolutely intolerable for the Christian church, so all branches of the Hermetic school basically remained hidden for a long time.

Both the Golden Dawn and the Rosicrucians are very interested in these various relics belonging to the Hermes School, and they also have many such relics in their hands, so they have studied this aspect deeply.

It was also because of the internal information of these organizations that Liang En was able to recognize what this cave was at a glance, and according to the information in his hand, it should definitely be a very important meeting place for a Hermes school.

"Okay, everyone, let's go and look for it." After checking the cave, Liang En said with his feet gently stepping on a layer of dust on the ground.

"Pay special attention to the layer under the feet. Although the ground looks flat, some places are obviously padded, so there may be some secrets hidden here."

At this time, he also realized why the metal detector didn't respond just now, because the height from the floor of this cave to the ground is five or six meters, and there is a 3m space in between, so the metal detector can't detect it at all.

Sure enough, within 10 minutes, Elizabeth's metal detector rang.Then Joan's metal detector not far away also rang.

(End of this chapter)