Lens of Alchemy

Through honoring the mystery of life, we are able to uncover hidden ways of being and knowing, those outside of our conscious awareness but able to be experienced and accessed.  As a lens through which to perceive such knowledge, the processes of alchemy help us unveil esoterica.

Beyond potions and magical elixirs intended to turn lead into gold, alchemy describes three basic processes which illustrate how we reach for wholeness.  Coded with a color from traditional alchemical stages, the processes described below represent steps in transformation.

Black - a distillation of ourselves past the everyday world and mind talk.
White - insights and information gained from the experience as we return.
Red - living our lives changed from the knowledge of our experience.

As we increasingly become aware of our personal joy and freedom along our path, milestones are reached as we experience the numerous wonders of life.  Ultimately, we experience the freedom of ourselves as Mystery.  Here we have come into ourselves, fully transformed.

Gold symbolizes this final destination and transformation.  We come to realize this has been guiding us all along.  The steps of alchemy until then can be applied throughout life.  This is its power in helping us transform.

In Practice

Applying alchemy means to interpret a given situation through the lens of alchemy's processes, or, the steps of personal transformation.  We may identify ourselves in a particular stage of life in alchemy.  Everyday occurrences can be referenced against the steps for guidance.