The Art of Distillation : a new School Module

Our latest installment in the free members-only course is a collection of writings, slides, and information focused on the theme of the Art of Distillation, a foundation technique of Alchemy and Spagyrics with endless application in the work. The Art of Distillation is also the new Module we’ve added for the next session of the [...]

The Art of Distillation : Lab Work Photoessay

We’ve just posted a new installment in our free members-only course, with texts from us and a classical source, a lecture, slideshow, and other resources for deeper study, all exploring the Art of Distillation, which is also the new Module in the expanded curriculum for the next session of our School.
The Art of Distillation is [...]

Working Philosophically : Crystals in Nature and our Lab

Our new free members-only course continues to expand, with new writings by us and ancient authors, an audio lecture, slideshow, and more. In this installment, we are focusing on two themes: Qabalah and the Tree of Life, and the Alchemical and Spagyric idea of working philosophically.
Qabalah is a very sophisticated expression of the Hermetic axiom, [...]

Amber : New Spagyrics from Very Old Forests

We have long enjoyed working with the beautiful and powerful fossil resin, Amber. Our Baltic Amber was the first mineral Spagyric we created, over 15 years ago, and it remains a favourite of our customers.
Baltic Amber is protective and calming, creating a sphere of peaceful strength around you, regardless of the energies you move through [...]

New Free Members-Only Course

As we finish one complete cycle of our School and prepare to welcome new students next Spring, we are also expanding our community education offerings, and have created a new course with free membership to anyone interested.
This course is part of our ongoing expansion of the School of Spagyric & Alchemical Arts, and will offer [...]

Maturing a Magistery : Lab Work Photoessay

In late September, our first session of students attended the Advanced Lab intensive, bringing them to the culmination of their 18-month plant Spagyric studies in our School of Spagyric & Alchemical Arts.
In the Basic Lab intensive, earlier this year, students learned the basics of Spagyric creation, practicing distillation, plant extraction and purification hands-on in our [...]

Guiding Wisdom

Guardian angel, higher self, spirit guide, still small voice- all of these concepts share the idea that a higher plane of wisdom exists, accessible from our daily sphere, but also greater than our everyday self and able to help with wisdom outside of our normal consciousness.
Hermetic traditions, of which Alchemy is one, are full of [...]

Sulfur : the Soul of Spagyrics

We wrap up our long-running series on the three levels of Spagyric with Sulfur, the Soul level of being, connecting the previously discussed Salt/Body and Mercury/Spirit levels to the divine realm of archetype and universal energy. As we discussed in our first article on Salt, and our second installment on Mercury, these three levels were [...]

Tools for Transmutation - new Magistery Kit

You may have heard us talk about an interesting way of working with our Magisteries by taking one Magistery each day according to its planetary rulership, bringing insight and balance over the course of several weeks. It is a powerful way to uncover your own personal relationship with each of the planet’s archetypal energies, showing [...]