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The origins of Alchemy transcend time since they encompass both the spiritually etheric, encircling sea of non-time, as well as, the material space-time continuum. The nascence of the alchemical tradition in recorded history can be traced as far back as Egypt, beyond that lies the speculative shrouded mists of lost Cultures and starlore. The life stories of the alchemists suggest that theirs was more of a quest for spiritual enlightenment, immortality, and ascendant transcendence than the quest for a specific linear formula for either a philosophers stone or the material riches of silver and gold. Alchemy then can be viewed as not only an ancestral science to chemistry, medicine, philosophy, psychology, and quantum physics; it is also an integral part of many religious, spiritual, and magical traditions.
Since Alchemy focuses on the
multiplicity of manifest creation as well as the matrix of interpenetrating,
unmanifest latencies, no linear, one dimensional definition will suffice. There
is a synergy about Alchemy that is more than just the sum of its parts.
There are a myriad of alchemical approaches: lab work, symbolic meditation, essential oils, allegorical journeys, spiritual pursuit, esoteric, philosophical, flower essences, mystical explorations, archetypal, metaphysical, psychological, crystal elixirs, semiotic, astrological, and anthropological to name a few. Much of Alchemical knowledge and many Alchemical principles were transcribed and encoded for transmission in the form of hieroglyphs, symbols, paintings, icons, poems, pictorial languages, ciphers, songs, coded alphabets, and sacred architecture.
This process of dissemination not
only protected spiritual knowledge from being profaned but also acted like a
powerful impetus to push beyond the envelope, to transcend the boundaries of
normalcy and to truely reach for the starry heights twinkling Above, beckoning
the seeker of understanding Below to strive to become the Sage Mage with the
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