Wonder of Magic

When we have relaxed into ourselves more and live life from here, the wonder of magic opens up for us, and we discover a joy and a freedom in life.  As the fabric and dynamic of reality, magic leads us in alchemy's ways, to the greater transformation of ourselves, along both hidden and familiar routes.

Around the turn of the 21st century a detailed map for living a fulfilling life was uncovered and pieced together from the myths and stories across cultures and time.  An alchemical viewing of it identifies three worlds which we travel in life, each representing a stage of transformation in alchemy, each world also comprised of alchemy's three stages:

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.

Below you will find the descriptions of the three worlds along with their stages.  They are presented in their original order with alchemical references accompanying each stage.

Dependent World

1) Dependent World - You are living your life dependent on others or someone else in such a way which limits your chances of living a fulfilling life.
Represents a negative version of alchemy's black stage, where we lose ourselves or become lost for a time.
2) Shining Light - You are given an opportunity to shine and be yourself for once.
We gain valuable knowledge from the experience as in the white stage of alchemy.
3) Beauty - You see and realize your inner beauty in an outer form.
Change manifests itself in the world as in alchemy's stage of change, coded red.


Secret World

4) Secret World - You begin to nurture a secret world in which you are safe and protected as you continue to explore and know yourself apart from others.
We are away from the world, protected, exploring more deeply who we are as in the black stage of alchemy.
5) Open Door - The door to your secret world begins to open with the risk of others discovering who you are.
We continue to learn about ourselves, but now the risk grows that others will gain knowledge of us when we are not ready, both a positive and negative version of alchemy's white stage.
6) Discovery - You are discovered in your secret world and are no longer able to hide in it.
We have changed and now others see this in the world, a manifestation of it as in the red stage of alchemy.


Authentic World

7) Letting Go - You are given the choice of letting go of what has held you back.
As in alchemy's stage coded black, we are presented with an opportunity of letting go, for being more purely who we are.
8) Moving On - You have to choose to be yourself or go back to your dependent world.
With the new self-knowledge we have, that others now know too, we can choose to implement it or forsake it in our lives, a return to the world with knowledge, as in the white stage of alchemy.
9) On the Path - You realize yourself as your path, choosing yourself over any fear or dependency.
We have transformed ourselves with our self-knowledge, living our lives authentically in honor of who we are, as in the red stage of alchemy.

Traveling through the stages becomes varied and repeated across a lifetime.  By clicking on the name of any one stage, you can read more in detail about it.  As a fun and perhaps informative exercise, you may click the link called Stage of Life to compare where you are to any one of the stages, randomly chosen.