Everyone knows the famous and often quoted statement that you can’t judge a book by its cover. This generally means that you shouldn’t overlook something of potential value due to an outer appearance or presentation that may appear to be lacking. In other words, the outer packaging may not be ... VIEW POST
Sacred Sites: Serpent Mound
Nestled within a picturesque rural community in southern Ohio lies an easily overlooked treasure called the Serpent Mound. The Serpent Mount is an effigy mound located in Peebles, Ohio that is available for viewing for the casual traveler. According to Wikipedia: An effigy mound is a raised pile of ... VIEW POST
How to Purposefully Direct the Life Force Part 3
In the previous articles How to Purposefully Direct the Life Force Part 1 and How to Purposefully Direct the Life Force Part 2, I had provided a basic description of the life force that pervades all things and described the basics of the simple plant alchemy experiment to be carried ... VIEW POST
How to Purposefully Direct the Life Force Part 1
A key tenet underlying alchemy is that there is a life force that pervades all things. This concept is not specific to alchemy but pervades many spiritual traditions. Different traditions refer to this life force as varying names - spirit, prana, chi, nous, azoth, to name a few, but they all refer ... VIEW POST
The White Phase of Alchemy
In my previous article The Alchemical Transformation Process1 I described how alchemy consists of three phases - the Black Phase, the White Phase, and the Red Phase. These three phases consist of seven operations, the first two operations - Calcination and Dissolution, occur within the Black Phase ... VIEW POST
