Shamanic Alchemy

Acknowledgments < BR> < BR> Introduction: Alchemy and Shamanism--Tools of Transformation < BR> < BR> PART ONE< BR> HISTORY, TERMS, AND THEORY OF ALCHEMY < BR> 1 The Dawn of Alchemy < BR> 2 A Distilled Lexicon of Alchemy < BR> 3 Shamanic and Alchemical Cosmologies< BR> < BR> PART TWO < BR> PRAXIS FUNDAMENTALS < BR> 4 Initiation and Theurgy < BR> Praxis 1: Developing an Integrated State of Consciousness < BR> Praxis 2: Phase-Conjugate Mirrors of the Mind < BR> Praxis 3: Direct Shamanic Viewing--Targets Other Than People< BR> Praxis 4: Bringing Forth the Sacred Fire < BR> < BR> 5 Shamanic Spagyrics < BR> Praxis 5: Dissolution and Separation < BR> Praxis 6: Calcination < BR> Praxis 7: Conjunction--Unifying the Whole < BR> Praxis 8: Fermentation < BR> Praxis 9: Distillation for Purification< BR> Praxis 10: Charging Shamanic Water < BR> Praxis 11: Herbal Distillation for a Shamanic Elixir< BR> < BR> PART THREE < BR> THE SEVEN STAGES OF SHAMANIC ALCHEMY TRANSFORMATION < BR> The Azoth of Basil Valentine< BR> < BR> 6 Stage One: Calcination--Fire< BR> Praxis 12: Sacred Fire Ceremony---Death of the Profane < BR> < BR> 7 Stage Two: Dissolution---Water < BR> Praxis 13: Sacred Water Ceremony--Dissolving the Chains < BR> < BR> 8 Stage Three: Separation< BR> Praxis 14: Separation--Counterpractice< BR> < BR> 9 Stage Four: Conjunction< BR> Praxis 15: Pilgrimage to Sacred Sites < BR> < BR> 10 Stage Five: Fermentation< BR> Praxis 16: Shamanic Fermentation by Solitary Quest< BR> < BR> 11 Stage Six: Distillation < BR> Praxis 17: Shamanic Alchemy Distillation Bath < BR> < BR> 12 Stage Seven: Coagulation < BR> Praxis 18: Coagulation of the Astral Body--The Alchemic Altar of Center < BR> < BR> Epilogue: What’ s Next? < BR> < BR> Notes < BR> < BR> Bibliography < BR> < BR> Index