Western Mysteries

Evolutionary Powers & Alchemical Process
The conscious mind is not a singularity—it is a complex of functions and forces which ebb and flow within each other, and their movement creates thoughts and impressions that we believe to be our i...
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Gnosis in Context is Understanding
My entire life I've never been satisfied with the vast majority of answers I was ever given on traditional spiritual matters, much less anything beyond the superficial norm. Questions that were ...
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Plant Alchemy: Hollandus Pyrolytic Distillation
This was nearly an 18-hour process with setup and breakdown, and about 15 hours of process itself. The results seen at the end are what Hollandus called the White Fume and Red Fume. Raymond Lully c...
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About My Theurgical Path of Gnosis
Spiritual training in deep core Western Mystery disciplines of ascension, seership, theurgy, and alchemy has been my primary focus since 1988. Though at times my training concentrated more in one a...
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The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus
The Emerald Tablet of Hermes is the single most famous artifact of the entire Alchemical Tradition, though only translations are available to us today.
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Illuminatory Seership & Initiation
Illuminatory Seership is a profound and truly Western theurgical initiatory practice, though little understood. It clears the channels of spiritual vision while gently awakening the Dragon of the W...
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Hidden in the depths of every sentient being is the impulse for evolution. In the soul of a human being this impulse, after refinement where the qualities of perception become more rarefied, begin...
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Ascension Meditation: A Practical Tool for Consciousness Expansion
This form of meditation is particularly suited to the Western Mind. It does not require suppression of thought, but rather harnesses the natural thinking tendency of the lower mind and turns it inw...
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The Moon Goddess and her soft glow in the night sky has been equated with power for thousands of years. Her rulership of many aspects of magic and the lunar powers within theurgy practices, along w...
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Alchemy 101 Lectures: Intro to High Alchemical Arts
As the first lecture/workshop in this series, Alchemy 101 lays solid groundwork to approach the subject, gives a path of practical understanding, and enables deeper levels of knowledge in the realm...
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