Summer Sale : Energy Tonics

Shaking off the cold of winter, digging in the garden, going to the beach and camping- we need more energy to do all the things we enjoy as the warmer weather comes. And sometimes, we need a little extra help to get going- so we’re having a 20% off sale on some of our favourite [...]

New Spagyric : Green Coffee Bean

We’re pretty sure most of you are familiar with this plant in its more common form- roasted and brewed. But green, unroasted coffee has some interesting healing and tonic properties that we wanted to explore.
Green coffee has caffeine in it, sometimes more than roasted, and so it is a pick-me-up and energy booster, also increasing [...]

New Spagyrics : Solomon’s Seal & Goat’s Rue

We’ve been busy in our lab the last few months, creating new Spagyrics of some herbs we’ve long wanted to explore and share with you. There’s a new Vervain Initiatic, which has its own article here, and Spiritualized Essences of Solomon’s Seal and Goat’s Rue.
Solomon’s Seal is a beautiful plant of the deep forests of [...]

Spring Sale : Old World Initiatics (ended 5/5/12)

Note that this sale has expired; we’re leaving the post up so that the information about these Spagyrics is available. To see what’s currently on sale, click here.
Inspired by our new Vervain Alchymical Initiatic, we decided to have a 20% off sale on Old World initiatic [...]

What are Spagyrics?

To many of you, knowing and supporting our work for so long, that may seem like a very basic and easy to answer question. If so, thanks for paying attention all this time! But, if you’re new to our work, or would just like a better understanding of what we do, this question is a [...]

Shroomtastic : new Somalixir Formula for Immunity

Shroomtastic is our newest Somalixir formula, and was inspired by my own struggle with seasonal allergies. In my research, I discovered that several medicinal mushrooms have shown the ability to balance the immune system’s mode of operation in a way that can reduce allergies, and Paul’s genius at formulation created this formula to help me [...]

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 [...]

Vintages

You have probably heard of vintages in the context of wine, on a label or in wine guides. Grapes, like any other crop, are subject to the changes of Nature and her processes, from rainfall fluctuations to soil life to the heat and cold of a given year.
As they grow, grapes take in the story [...]

Choices in Healing

When we first started this work, back in 1991, we made only a few Spagyrics, and had only a few customers. After those first few sales, we noticed a strange phenomena, in which we would suddenly be overtaken by a strange sensation of connection to another person, like being in deep conversation or closeness to [...]

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