ALCHEMY COURSES

HERBAL ALCHEMY AL110

This course is designed to guide the student into the practical laboratory works of herbal alchemy. Starting with an overview of alchemical principles, you will learn both the why and how of laboratory operations applied to the herbal realm. Learn to set up an alchemical laboratory of your own with hints and tips to keep within anyone's budget. Progress from simple Spagyric Elixirs, which begin the process of cleansing and balancing the physical and subtle bodies, to the summit of vegetable works, the “Herbal Stone”. By the end of this course you will have developed both the skill and confidence to continue your own alchemical investigations for many years to come.

HERBAL ALCHEMY COURSE SYLLABUS

1. Introduction

 

2. Theory

•   The One

•   Polarity

•   4 Elements

•   3 Essentials

•   Quintessence

•   Secrets of the Fire

•   Determining your Constitution

3. Safety

 

4. Setting up the Alchemical Laboratory

•   Place

•   Sources of materials

•   Labware

•   Heat sources

5. Basic Operations

•   Grinding

•   Digestion

•   Maceration

•   Circulation

•   Distillation

•   Extraction

•   Calcination

•   Sublimation

•   Crystallization

6. Getting Started

•   Herbs and Stars

•   The Oratory

•   Timing

7. The 7 Basics

 

8. Working with the 3 Essentials of Herbs

•   Separation of the Volatile Sulfur

•   Fermentation

•   Distillation of the Vegetable Mercury

•   Obtaining the Fixed Sulfur

•   The Vegetable Salt

9. The Ens

• Preparation of the Menstruum

• The Extraction

10. The Circulatum

 

11. The Vegetable Stone

 

12. Charging Elixirs

 

13. Future Works and Suggested Reading

This course is taught by noted spagyricist and author Robert Allen Bartlett. In 1974, he began an intensive course of alchemical study at Paracelsus College under the guidance of Dr. Albert Reidel (Frater Albertus). During this time, Robert lived in central Idaho where he performed personal research on botanical materials and worked underground mining antimony (an important alchemical resource). By 1976, at the prompting of Frater Albertus, Robert returned to college at Boise State University to complete his degree in chemistry with the view of working at the newly formed Paralab, a commercial offshoot of Paracelsus College. During this time Robert was employed as a geochemical assayer for the mining industry. In 1979, he received his degree in chemistry and immediately began work at Paralab as Chief Chemist. Working closely with Frater Albertus, Robert researched and developed a wide range of mineral and metallic preparations following Western and Eastern alchemical traditions for applications in alternative health care. Later, Robert was selected by Frater Albertus to become a Director of Research at Tristar, a new vision of modern alchemy organized by Frater Albertus which unfortunately died with him in 1984. Robert’s pursuit of alchemical research never diminished, as he continued his chemistry career as a research scientist for new ceramic materials, then later as the Chemistry Department Manager for a large materials testing laboratory. Tuition $125.

ALCHEMY HOME STUDY PROGRAM

Each of the Seven Modules in this program contains experiments that demonstrate the ideas presented. Some of these experiments are alchemistic meditations and others are experimental demonstrations. A portfolio of alchemical mandalas and drawings plus meditation CDs are provided for the spiritual alchemy exercises. A Student Laboratory (with basic glassware, chemicals, metals, tools, and supplies) is provided for the practical demonstrations. Foreign students welcome! View Course Syllabus.

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The Alchemy Home Study Program Forum is a resource for students in the Alchemy Home Study Program and others interested in alchemy. Instructors and students answer your questions on specific modules in the program, as well as general questions on practical and spiritual alchemy. Hundreds of students and instructors from around the world take part. Because of privacy issues and disruptions caused by hackers, we no longer publish the forum address on the Internet. You will receive your log-in information with Module 1 or if you are a registered student at Flamel College, you may obtain the location from your instructor at any time.

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