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What is Alchemy?
Hello, everyone
given the amount of questions I've received
over the past few months relative to the subject
I think it is a good topic for today would be alchemy
Alchemy is a term which covers many philosophical traditions
which span over four Millennia
across several continents.
Simply alchemy is the art form
of liberating something from its fixed physical properties
Those of you who have been watching my segment
understand that by `fixed`
we are just using a term to explain something which is got finite properties
In reality there is nothing in this physical dimension that is fixed.
These physical laws which we see
are an agreed-upon set of perceptions.
Many of us who have heard of alchemy
are familiar with the concept of turning an ordinary metal such as lead or such as
Iron into gold
That is really only the surface of alchemy
That is taking something which you would think
has fixed properties, it can't be anything other than what it is,
and turning it into another substance.
Like other sciences early alchemists use scientific processes techniques
that could be replicated in a lab
But unlike other sciences you cannot separate the scientific process of alchemy
from the hermetic principles and from spirituality.
Those principles and spiritual truths are the basis upon which alchemy stands.
It was believed that without learning
the non-physical spiritual principles and truths,
there would be no way of understanding the physical truths
and physical properties and thus transcending them
so as to turn something like an ordinary metal into a precious metal like gold.
This is why it is impossible to separate alchemy
from spiritual principle.
In other words
there would be no hope of you transcending the fixed properties of the physical dimension
so as to transform an ordinary metal into gold
without gaining access to the higher truths of this universe through spiritual practice and mastery.
Alchemy can not so easily be written off as primitive science
when you realize that the practical applications of alchemy
has made a wide array of contributions to medicine and the physical sciences.
In fact it is the origin of modern science.
For example
alchemists sought to arrange information on substances
so as to clarify and anticipate the products of their chemical reactions.
This classification and organizing of substances
resulted in the early conceptions of chemical elements
and the first rudimentary periodic table.
The alchemists Robert Boyle is credited as being the father of Chemistry.
I attract chemistry emphasizes# the medical application of alchemy
And it was the study of alchemy that influenced Isaac Newton's theory of gravity.
Alchemists make contributions to the chemical industries of the day as well
or testing and refining finds its roots in alchemy
metalworking, production of gunpowder, ink, dyes, paints, cosmetics, leather, tanning, ceramics,
glass manufacture, preparation of extracts, liquors, etc
All of these things I've just listed find their roots in alchemy
Modern day enthusiasts of alchemy have split alchemy into two parts
the practical physical application
and the esoteric philosophical Portion of alchemy
Herein lies the very problem
you cannot be practicing true alchemy
unless both of these aspects are fused.
Herein lies the lesson not only for alchemists, but for all sciences.
You cannot truly master anything
if all you are addressing is the physical, chemical,
molecular particle aspect of an object.
If you truly wish to master that aspect
you must also master the non-physical,
what we call the spiritual aspect of anything.
It is after all the non-physical,
the spiritual aspect which the chemicals
molecules and particles,
which we associate with physical reality
are an extension of.
When you do this you understand the physical laws are not fixed.
Physical properties are not fixed instead
they are agreed-upon tendencies
The physical reality must follow the blueprint of the higher realities
A blueprint,
such as a thought
is what defines what something in the physical dimension will become,
it must follow suit.
So if you are able to access the higher dimensions
and alter the blueprint,
the physical reality must change to fit the blueprint.
This is what we're doing anytime we use energy healing
Energy healing is a healing modality
which belongs to the class of alchemy.
Because when you shift something
because you have shift your mind about that something
you have shifted the blueprint
and the body must follow suit.
When a healer walks into the realm
and they visualize the state which they want the body to line up with,
the body must line up with that visualized state.
The great work of alchemy is usually characterized by four stages
Each of these stages is represented by a color
Negredo
is the first, which means a blackening
or melanosis.
It is representative of putrification and decomposition
Where ingredients had to be cleansed and cooked extensively?
Internally this represents a kind of spiritual death
and the confronting of one's own shadow aspect.
Albedo,
which means a whitening or leucosis.
It represents the washing away of impurities
where the physical objects such as an ingredient is to be purified
and divided into two opposing principles.
Internally this represents regaining the original purity
and receptivity of the soul.
Washing away the Ashes
to find the soul
The third principle:
Citrateous, a yellowing or xanthosis,
this refers to transmutation the actual turning of a subject
such as an ingredient into its highest state,
such as silver into gold.
Internally this represents awakening.
Becoming a manifestation of the soul.
Becoming a walking embodiment of the soul rather than a muted reflection of it.
This is a process of turning.
The fourth and final principle:
Rubedo,
a reddening or iosys
Rubedo refers to the end state.
Alchemical success, the achievement of the perfect state
The final state of perfection of any subject such as an ingredient
into its exalted state.
It can be interpreted as achieving enlightened consciousness
and the total fusion of spirit and matter.
This stage is often represented by the symbol of the Phoenix
As you can see, based on these four principles which I've just shared with you
alchemy goes much much further than just the physical process of transforming something
from it's fixed physical properties
into another physical attribute,
into another physical substance.
Alchemy also applies to the process of you turning yourself into the perfected state.
Each one of these processes which you would take to create something chemically
from one thing into another,
is representative of what you would do in your own life
if you are trying to transform yourself from your ordinary fixed physical self
into your exalted state an enlightened being.
So you see the practice of alchemy goes much much further
than just transforming ordinary metals into precious metals.
It goes much further than trying to find the elixir
which is the healer of all ailments.
It goes much further than trying to find immortality.
It is the practice of creating your entire reality.
The alchemists in the distant past were very hesitant to share
the number one highest esoteric principle in alchemy
but the world is ready to hear it now,
it is that thought creates reality.
It is that the mind is the thing which limits a physical object to its fixed properties.
And so
liberating the mind through spiritual practice, means
liberating all of the mind perceives.
And so you see the ultimate alchemists
were being such as jesus,
who could turn water into wine
and walk on the surface of the water.
But for them it was not about turning water into wine
or walking on water
or turning an ordinary metal into gold.
Alchemy was the practical application of the truth that you create all of it.
Your entire reality and even the perception that your reality is reality.
All people are alchemists most are just unaware that they are doing it.
Your mind is creating the construct of this reality.
Your physical brain is perceiving that construct.
Your organs of perception
are arranging this reality for you,
it is a learning hologram.
Alchemy is much much more
than the process of turning something like water into wine.
It is the process of understanding that your mind is doing all of this.
If you change what you're thinking about your reality must also follow suit.
When this becomes a conscious type of process
then you will be creating the reality you live in,
then you are free.
And so again
I want to leave you this week
with something to think about
it is one of the oldest alchemical philosophies and principles of all time.
Alchemy can be defined as the conscious
intentional process of transmutation,
purification
and Perfection of
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The principle I want to leave you with, is this
There can be no external alchemy
without their first being internal alchemy.
Have a good week