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The Alchemist
Most famously associated with the esoteric practice of turning metals into gold, Alchemists seeks spiritual Unity, blessings, atonement, and alignment through the practice of rituals, spells, and ceremonies. Often, these rituals, spells and ceremonies include the invocation of non-physical beings such as spirits and elemental forces through the careful arrangement, manipulation or construction of physical objects. Alchemists are devotional and down-to-earth people who enjoy expressing their faith through sincere religious, cultural or self-designed rituals. To an Alchemist, service, sacred rites of passage, and everyday acts of faith aid in strengthening their connection to the Divine.
An Alchemist’s daily rituals may be aesthetically rich and simple (as can be seen in Wiccan spells) or rigid, repetitive, and complicated (such as in orthodox Christian sects).
Through patient daily invocations, prayer, ceremonies, experiments, spells or rituals, Alchemists seek empowerment and the achievement of their highest potential above all else.
Shadow Side:
It can be easy for those with the Alchemist archetype to easily lapse into boredom, dry rituals, intellectualized offerings, and emotionally empty rituals. Rituals rely on habits, and habits can easily become a source of spiritual constriction, especially when they’re not allowed to flow and transform. For the Alchemist to receive the most benefit from his/her spiritual power, he/she must become fluid in his/her daily practice.
For Alchemists who are drawn to the practice of Magick or Shamanism, the casting of spells or creation of rituals may lapse into bitter, angry or jealous forms of “black magic†that are designed to harm others. Inevitably, the practice of black magic leads to negative karmic consequences.
Finally, one of the greatest pitfalls for the Alchemist archetype is to use ritual and spiritual practice as a way of unconsciously avoiding direct spiritual experience. When too much emphasis, importance, and trust is put on daily practice rather than the inner integration of spiritual wisdom, disempowerment is the result. While rituals, spells, prayers, and ceremonies are a beautiful and powerful way to connect with Divinity, don’t mistake them for the experience of Spirit itself.
Strengths:
These strengths are developed when you’re open, aware, and internally balanced.
Perceptive
Devotional
Methodical
Disciplined
Curious
Imaginative
Artistic
Self-Expressive
Weaknesses:
These weaknesses arise when you become unmindful, imbalanced, and spiritually stagnant.
Rigid
Obsessive-compulsive
Superficial
Traditionalistic
Morally aberrant
Self-disempowering
Spiritual Purpose: Finding harmony in life through Divine action.
Existential Fear: Losing your connection to the Whole through inaction.
Lesson to Learn: Fluid self-expression, devotional harmony, empowerment is in the intent not the practice.
Alchemist Totem: Butterfly; metamorphosis and transformation.
Alchemist Crystal: Nuummite; ancient crystal known as the “Sorcerer’s Stone†used for spiritual transmutation, magic, and grounding.
Alchemist Herb: Burdock; purifies and cleanses.
Alchemist Mantra: By transforming the inner, I transform the outer.
Famous Alchemists: Hermes Trismegistus, Paracelsus, Madame Curie, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Angéle de la Barthe, Aleister Crowley, Isaac Newton, Eliphas Levi, Arnold Crowther, Dame Alice Kyteler.
Alchemists in Fiction: Albus Dumbledore & Hermione Granger (Harry Potter), Merlin & Morgan le Fay (Arthurian Legend), Helena Markos (Suspiria).
Most famously associated with the esoteric practice of turning metals into gold, Alchemists seeks spiritual Unity, blessings, atonement, and alignment through the practice of rituals, spells, and ceremonies. Often, these rituals, spells and ceremonies include the invocation of non-physical beings such as spirits and elemental forces through the careful arrangement, manipulation or construction of physical objects. Alchemists are devotional and down-to-earth people who enjoy expressing their faith through sincere religious, cultural or self-designed rituals. To an Alchemist, service, sacred rites of passage, and everyday acts of faith aid in strengthening their connection to the Divine.
An Alchemist’s daily rituals may be aesthetically rich and simple (as can be seen in Wiccan spells) or rigid, repetitive, and complicated (such as in orthodox Christian sects).
Through patient daily invocations, prayer, ceremonies, experiments, spells or rituals, Alchemists seek empowerment and the achievement of their highest potential above all else.
Shadow Side:
It can be easy for those with the Alchemist archetype to easily lapse into boredom, dry rituals, intellectualized offerings, and emotionally empty rituals. Rituals rely on habits, and habits can easily become a source of spiritual constriction, especially when they’re not allowed to flow and transform. For the Alchemist to receive the most benefit from his/her spiritual power, he/she must become fluid in his/her daily practice.
For Alchemists who are drawn to the practice of Magick or Shamanism, the casting of spells or creation of rituals may lapse into bitter, angry or jealous forms of “black magic†that are designed to harm others. Inevitably, the practice of black magic leads to negative karmic consequences.
Finally, one of the greatest pitfalls for the Alchemist archetype is to use ritual and spiritual practice as a way of unconsciously avoiding direct spiritual experience. When too much emphasis, importance, and trust is put on daily practice rather than the inner integration of spiritual wisdom, disempowerment is the result. While rituals, spells, prayers, and ceremonies are a beautiful and powerful way to connect with Divinity, don’t mistake them for the experience of Spirit itself.
Strengths:
These strengths are developed when you’re open, aware, and internally balanced.
Perceptive
Devotional
Methodical
Disciplined
Curious
Imaginative
Artistic
Self-Expressive
Weaknesses:
These weaknesses arise when you become unmindful, imbalanced, and spiritually stagnant.
Rigid
Obsessive-compulsive
Superficial
Traditionalistic
Morally aberrant
Self-disempowering
Spiritual Purpose: Finding harmony in life through Divine action.
Existential Fear: Losing your connection to the Whole through inaction.
Lesson to Learn: Fluid self-expression, devotional harmony, empowerment is in the intent not the practice.
Alchemist Totem: Butterfly; metamorphosis and transformation.
Alchemist Crystal: Nuummite; ancient crystal known as the “Sorcerer’s Stone†used for spiritual transmutation, magic, and grounding.
Alchemist Herb: Burdock; purifies and cleanses.
Alchemist Mantra: By transforming the inner, I transform the outer.
Famous Alchemists: Hermes Trismegistus, Paracelsus, Madame Curie, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Angéle de la Barthe, Aleister Crowley, Isaac Newton, Eliphas Levi, Arnold Crowther, Dame Alice Kyteler.
Alchemists in Fiction: Albus Dumbledore & Hermione Granger (Harry Potter), Merlin & Morgan le Fay (Arthurian Legend), Helena Markos (Suspiria).