FIVE TYPES of ALCHEMISTS There are many aspects to the study of and practice of alchemy. We have. 1- The strictly laboratory alchemists. They maintain that Philosopher’s Stone is an external material stone that can be made in the lab which will transform baser metals to gold, and through their elixirs and medicines, eliminate disease, and rejuvenate one physically, mentally and spiritually. The laboratory techniques and works reveal to them the mysteries of nature and the wonders of creation. 2 - There are also the strictly spiritual alchemists. They believe in the regeneration of the soul and consciousness through the attunement with that which is the higher and the divine in themselves. Inner states are transmuted through the elevation of the vibrations of spiritual and metaphysical energies. Such works lead them to inner mystical experiences, spiritual attainment and cosmic consciousness 3- Then there are the spiritual laboratory alchemists. They see the whole beauty of alchemy as being in the holistic world. They understand the Glory of the whole world as is related by Hermes. They know the secret behind the embodiment of the Spirit, and the spiritualization of the body as it expresses itself in a new spiritual body of light. To them the alchemical process occurs simultaneously with the inner and the outer worlds. They are always in the crucible with their experiments. 4- There are also the Jungian psychological alchemists. To the Jungians the Philosopher’s Stone is the Integration of the Self, which is arrived at through the union and reconciliation of the opposites, the feminine and the masculine natures of the soul and consciousness. 5- There are also the purely philosophically intellectual alchemists. They are lovers of the most beautiful Hermetic literatures. To them, alchemy is a Philosophy and can be seen expressed in mythology, religion, the bible, and in philosophical works that speak universally through all epochs and civilization. Steve Kalec
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