SIDDHA SYSTEM OF KALPA - Part 2
The transmutation of base metals into gold was but a secondary aim of the Siddhas. The Siddha system of Alchemy considers the turning of base metals into gold as the higher eternal bliss for ever is regarded as the highest form of alchemy.
Art of Alchemy is intended only for attaining salvation, it should not be indiscriminately broadcast to all or be practised by all for material gains or advantages, Siddhars therefore found it necessary to veil the alchemical formulae relating to kalpa drugs in figurative language.
The secret technique adopted by Siddhas is the combination of alkaline (Male-Sivam) drug with acid (Female-Sakti) substance, without which no fruitful result would be feasible. Take, for instance, an egg-the white albumen of which is alkaline and its counterpart yellow, This combination is the basic principle of life in nature. Similarly in the preparation of Kalpa drugs also this basic principle is adopted by Siddhas to evolve a new born beneficial drug (Child) as a result of the conjugal affection and union of a male and a female drug. As for a mad elephant that could be controlled and neutralized by the union of its counterpart, a female drugh viz., Sakthi of acid origin, like Sulphur. This process is referred to in Siddha system as Nadha Bindu union on drugs. Further to increase its potency, a third substance is also added. Similarly almost all the drugs are classified in Siddha works as alkaline (Bindu) and acid (Nadha) origin. As a matter of interest a few of such important drugs classified in Ugimuni works and Bogar Vocabulary are given below:-
ALKALINE SUBSTANCE ACID SUBSTANCE
1. Mercury : Sulphur
2. Potassium Nitrate : Alum
3. Camphor : Copper Sulphate
4. Magnet : Vinegar
5. Vermilion : Rock salt
6. Gold : Realgar
7. Borax : Salammoniac
Before using the metals or metaleic compounds they are always subjected to processes called `Suddhi Muraiâ. `Suddhiâ is usually carried out by heating thin sheets of metal repeatedly and plunging them into various vegetable juices, decoctions etc.
These preparations are absorbed very slowly and in this way minute concentration having stimulant action on the tissues are obtained and higher toxic concentrations are avoided.
It is free from evil pungent. Great virtue is attributed to such calcinated powder which will conquer all degenerated cancer and heart disease including coronary thromboises and other maladies in older people and rejuvenate the entire system.
The role of Siddhars (water) `Amuri, in the preparation of `Universal Salt of Muppu is worth mentioning here. One may wonder how it is that mere water has such a miraculous power as to contribute in the preparation of Muppu. A bath in the waters of Cauvery, Thamparapani, Ganges, Yamuna, Godhavari, Krishna and other holy rivers of India was regarded as a sacred religious ceremony as well as cure for certain diseases since the great virtues of these river water have been mentioned in the ancient religious and philosophical text books of India. Why should they have so much curative powers? Because they had medicinal properties derived from herbs and minerals from the bountiful rich soil of the vast hilly tracts.
Pooneeru : Andakkals Certain Species of lime stones composed of globules, are said to be found underneath the fullers earth soil. A white substance that bubbles out from these lime stones during the full moon night attracted the Siddhas. It was collected on a full moon night once in a particular month of a year and purified with a juice of Kalpa plant. A special water by name `Amuri was also used in the purification process.
Kalluppu : It literally means hard salt or stone salt. The correct interpretation of the term or its identification would be very difficult as the same is referred to in some texts either as rock salt dug out from the mines under the earth or as the saline deposits formed underneath the sea or consolidated nonvolatile salt specially prepared by Siddhar or the froth of the sea floating on the water.
Vediyuppu : It is first subjected to a cleaning process for seven times and further purification by its unfriendly substance alum. It is an active agent in alchemy. The salts mentioned above, if correctly understood and identified, are three in number which are considered to be the main ingredients in the process Muppu. These are purified with the sacred water Amuri and also with the juice of certain rare Kalpa plants. These salts are also subjected to purification by the nitric acid specially prepared with friendly and unfriendly salts. Finally, these salts are calcinated.
It has powerful action on any metal like gold, copper, magnet and iron. It has got the power to conquer everything and can penetrate every solid. The glory of preparing Siddhar Kalpa from Muppu, mercury, sulphur, gold, magnet, iron etc., to be used as a panacea for degenerative diseases like cancer etc., will then be achieved with the aid of this powerful Muppu. The Calcination of gold leaves is easily performed. The calcined oxide of high potency (prepared from the three super salts and the nonvolatile substances like mercury, sulphur and gold leaves) is now highly regarded as the Elixir of life which can be safely administered to the system to rejuvenate the degenerated cellular organisms for living longer and useful life.
It is sought by Siddha adepts for prolonging life. It is a constructive agent that could arrest the decay, and degenerating cellular organisms. It is Siddhar Kayakalpam serving as a panacea.
It is clear therefore that Mercury is an integral part of the ancient Kalpa medicine of South India -a system that is closely associated with ancient religion of India. The use of mercury, sulphur and salt is as old as alchemy itself. The secret use of it is said to have been revealed by the Supreme Siva to Siddhas like Tirumular in the preparation of Kalpa drug before 3000 B.C. Mercury means life; it is Siva; it is Bindu; the very seeds of life. It is Ambrosia. It is the Philosophers stone. It is kalpa. It is alchemy. There is no alchemy without the primordial `Muppu.
There is no alchemy without Mercury. No Kalpa without mercury. This is a divine art.
Salt (Sodium chloride) is one of the most essential things that is widely used by mankind from time immemorial as a comestible obtained from salt deposits from mines or sea water. It is used in cooking as a preservative and taken at meals to taste to give food. It promotes appetite and digestion.
It has also been proved that “Sodium salts occur abundantly in the blood and other fluids of the animal body and in much lower concentration in the tissues”. For the effective functioning of the cells its irons are essential. Since irons involved in metabolism is regulated by the kidneys which excrete in the urine the chloride that is not absorbed in the body they must be constantly replenished. But Siddhars do not advocate the use of ordinary common salt in the diet during the Kaya Kalpa treatment.
Accordingly, they prescribe a salt of special kind that devoid of pungency and other evil effects. This is called `Kattuppu in Tamil-which is a consolidating salt made by a special process. It plays an important role in Kalpa drugs. This is also the basic salt in the preparation of Kalpa drugs. The peculiar characteristic of this salt is that it withstands the action of fire and water and it is capable of transmuting baser metals into gold. There is no alchemy without this consolidated salt. Therefore the recipe is kept as a secret. This consolidated salt is described to be hard as ivory. It does not absorb moisture nor is it soluble. It is capable of melting in fire. In Kalpa drugs, this super salt serves to invigorate the system making the body invulnerable to decay and rejuvenates the system by casting off the epidermis (skin) like that of a serpent.
Siddhars also used to make strings of beads out of this consolidated salt to be won by them to invigorate the system. A dining plate made out of this consolidated salt was used by Siddhars for purposes of rejuvenation. Similarly, bowels made out of consolidated mercury, mica, sulphur, magnet etc., were used by them for rejuvenating the system. It seems therefore that the art of consolidating the salt is the most difficult one and it is known only to Siddhars.
Siddhars remark that he who takes consolidated salt in his food, excretes little salt in his urine. It seems that, in the opinion of Siddhars the intake of salt should fully be utilized by the system and not exereted in sweat or urine. The salt thus absorbed in the system recuperates the cellular organisms and makes them invulnerable to decay.
A close study of Siddhars theory reveals that the process of excretion of salts in the urine deteriorates the system and renders it vulnerable to decay and death in the long run.
“All salt used with food which has not been digested by the stomach, which also on being expelled has passed down into the intestine, unless it makes a thorough transit, generates colic and suffering in the bowels which are very difficult to cure.
“Nature produces from the bowels of the earth a certain kind of salt, named vitriol, possessed of such virtues and powers as can scarcely be described to the full by any.”
This suggests that the salt also now obtained from the sea water is more contaminated and pungent in its characteristic taste etc. than three hundred million years ago and that its use in its crude from vitiate the cells and thus induce the formation of cancerous cells and other complicated maladies in the human system. The fact why animals on earth are not much prone to such degenerated diseases shows that they are free from the extra sodium chloride obtained from sea. It seems therefore that the living conditions of animals adapted according to natural environment are better than that of the civilized mankind whose life is artificial defying the natural laws.
Siddhars refrain from taking ordinary sodium chloride in their diet and in its place, a substitute which seems to be a right type of salt suitable to the good functioning of the cells has been specially prepared by them. The medicinal plants grown along the sea shores up to a distance of thirty miles inland will not be effective for medicinal use due to the influence of sea salt. This suggests that Siddhars preferred Kalpa plants of mountain origin only.
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