Introduction to Alchemy
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Description: Tap into the teachings
of a spiritual tradition that harkens back to ancient
Date: Saturday, August 19
Time / Location: Meet
at the
Price: $10.00
Teacher Bio:
Michael Dugger has been a student of alchemy for over 10 years, when he
discovered some books about alchemy. He
sought a true and reliable teacher of alchemy, and discovered
Question: Is your workshop about turning physical
objects into gold (such as lead) or transforming the lead parts of our soul
into gold?
Answer: The gold of alchemy, according to this deeper tradition,
is simply hastened perfection, inner and outer – the
divinization of matter and of human beings. The goal or
Great Work of alchemy has always been to speed up the
natural process of perfection and resurrect the spiritual
essences that are trapped in matter. Every human being
participates in alchemy, whether in a conscious manner
(through the intentional transformation and manifesting of
one's higher nature) or through the tumult and suffering of
worldly experiences that finally lead to increased spiritual
awareness. So alchemy is really a Science of Soul, a
unique discipline that is not merely an intellectual but also
a spiritual science.
That is not to say that alchemy does not deal with material things, for the alchemists saw
spirit and matter as two opposite poles of the eternal One. Yet, it is a grave mistake to confuse
alchemy with chemistry. Chemistry is an artificial science that deals only with the external forms
in which the elements manifest. It never produces anything truly new to creation; it can only
recombine atoms and molecules into different substances. Alchemy, on the other hand, causes
that which already pre-exists in a latent state to become active and grow. Alchemy is perhaps
more comparable to biology than to chemistry, for the growth of a plant, tree, animal, or the
evolution of whole species are alchemical processes going on in the laboratory of nature.