The Alchemy Workbook: A Six-Month Course Using Kitchen Ingredients

218 Pages·2014·2.47 MB·English

by  Marcus Katz

THE ALCHEMY WORKBOOK
A 6-Month Course in Alchemy Using Kitchen
Ingredients.
By Marcus Katz
Previously Only Available in print as The Alchemical Amphitheatre
This version modified and updated for Kindle publication.
Copyright © Marcus Katz, 2014
Published by Forge Press, Keswick
All rights reserved.
About the Author
Marcus Katz is author of the ground-breaking Tarot book and teaching system,
Tarosophy, and is the co-founder of Tarosophy Tarot Associations (Worldwide).
In addition to #1 top-selling and award-winning Tarot books with Tali Goodwin,
such as Around the Tarot in 78 Days, he is the author of The Magister, a
forthcoming 11-volume opus on the Western Esoteric Initiatory System, The
Magician’s Kabbalah, and the forthcoming Path of the Seasons. He has also
written on his NLP and hypnotherapy client work in NLP Magick. He teaches
students privately in the Crucible Club, available by application.
Contents
About the Author Contents An Alchemical Blessing Chapter 1: Structure
of the Alchemy Course Chapter 2: Introduction: A New Perspective on
Alchemy Chapter 3: Module 1: Calcination Chapter 4: Module 2:
Solution Chapter 5: Module 3: Separation Chapter 6: Module 4:
Conjunction Chapter 7: Module 5: Putrefaction Chapter 8: Module 6:
Coagulation Bibliography Kindle Tarot Books & Series Websites &
Resources
An Alchemical Blessing
Cabala and Alchemy
Give thee the medicine most high.
Also the Stone of the Wise,
In which alone the foundation lies, As is plain before thine eyes
Betimes in these effigies.

O God help us to be grateful
For this gift sublime and pure
The man whose heart and mind Thou openest, Who is perfect herein
To prepare here this Work
To him may all strength be given. …

Steffan Michelspacher, Cabala (1616), Cabala, mirror of Art and
Nature: in Alchemy
Structure of the Alchemy
Course
This six-module course is designed to give you an introduction to the art and
science of magical alchemy. Each module has been structured to give you a
variety of activities, to ensure that whatever your learning style you’ll get the
most opportunity to experience the teachings of Alchemy and use them to enrich
your daily life.
The content of each module is sufficient for a month of study, meditation
and practice, although further reading is provided if you wish to extend your
studies at any stage during or after the course.
Each of the six modules has six sections, which relate to the overall subject
of the module. There are three readings; these provide background material and
specific information on alchemical subjects, such as an element like Sulpher, or
a character like Paracelsus. These begin with general subjects to introduce you
to Alchemy, and progress to deeper issues as you become more comfortable with
the material. The three readings of each module are one of each; general;
academic; and an extract from source material; so that you can choose which - or
all - suit your interest.
Each module has also three further elements; Techne, Praxis and Theoria.
These are three different ways to learn more about the subject of the module.
You can try one, two or all three of the approaches!
The first, techne, is a productive approach - you will try an alchemical
experiment to learn about the relationship of alchemy to your real life!
The second, praxis, is a meditative approach - by working with your
imagination and the powerful symbolism of alchemy you will enrich your