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What is Alchemy? (Ask Teal Episode about Alchemy)
The extra video segment of this video was provided by: Onesize Creative Studio The Subject of today #39;s Ask Teal Episode is: Alchemy Alchemy covers several philosophical traditions spanning some four millennia and several continents, but we can sum it up in this way... Alchemy is the philosophy and practice of liberating a physical substance from its "fixed" physical properties. Like other sciences, early alchemists used scientific processes, in other words techniques that could be replicated in a lab. But unlike other sciences, you cannot separate the scientific process of alchemy from hermetic principals and spirituality. Those principals and spiritual truths are the basis upon which alchemy stands. It was believed that without achieving a form of enlightenment or inner spiritual revelation, the truths of the universe (which would enable you to transcend temporal reality) would not ever be learned and known to the practitioner. There would be no hope of you transcending the fixed properties of the physical dimension so as to transform something like ordinary metal into gold without gaining access to the higher truths of this universe through spiritual practice and mastery. The Great Work of Alchemy is often described as a series of four stages, which are represented by colors: Nigredo- (a blackening or melanosis), which represents a process of putrefaction or decomposition. In this stage, ingredients had to be cleansed and cooked extensively. Internally, this represents a ...From:TheSpiritualCatalystViews:244 44ratingsTime:13:11More inPeople Blogs

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