Essentials In Practical Alchemy

Posted on by Aubrey Forest "The Modern Alchemist"

Greetings Alchemists!

 

Last year I had the privilege of being able to share with the community of Olympia, Washington, some essential basics of Alchemy; what it is, and how to approach it.  It proved to be a wonderful experience!    You will find that I have added additional text and materials to some of the videos produced for each class to facilitate a better transmission of the material at hand, when I felt it appropriate.

Thanks again to Dan of the Druid’s Knook in downtown Olympia for offering to provide space where we could begin our study of the Language, Science, and Art of Alchemy!  As I mentioned in a previous post, I plan to offer many more such classes over the course of 2016, and am very excited to see where we go from here!

So, without further adieu, enjoy Essentials of Practical Alchemy, class 1 “Getting the Lay of the Land.”   Each class builds upon the last in a paced, incremental fashion; the goal, to provide the student a first exposure to the esoteric, its beauty and complexity, and the fact that these principles are so completely interwoven into everything we do, that we are as oblivious to it as we are to the content of the air we move through and breathe.

I have no doubt that there is not an edifice built; a law or government created; a play, script, or book written; which does not incorporate these principles in one form or another.   Whether this is a fully conscious process, a by-product of collective consciousness, or the means by which those who govern execute the course of their governance, I can not say.  But it is an intrinsic part of who and what we were, and who and what we are today.  Learning this material opens vast vistas of comprehension and understanding, and empowers the possessor of this knowledge in ways which are nothing short of extraordinary.

Enjoy the class(es)!  Many more to follow in the coming days, weeks, and months!

— Aubrey Forest, “The Modern Alchemist”

 

 

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I began my Esoteric Journey as a youth of thirteen when my mother decided I needed to attend Catechism to aid me in cleansing myself of "Impure Thoughts." To me, Catechism was amazing because it opened my young mind to an entire new world and I was blessed to have several competent nuns and priests on hand to aid me in my more difficult existential questions. I had a lot of time on my hands as an unsupervised only child, and so I used that time to explore religion, it's very roots and history. Now, I know what you're probably thinking, "But you were only 13," and you're right; I was a very unusual child. By fourteen I had decided that I wanted to go to Divinity School, and by fifteen I had learned enough about early and medieval Christian history to decide that Catholicism was not for me. And so my existential and esoteric journey began! Since a "Christian-like" religion was the most familiar, I started there and quickly made friends among the Mormons. And so most of high school was spent either with my Mormon friends or in academic pursuits, as that life at home was often uncertain; my mother being quite a volatile woman. By 17 I left home, joined the Navy as a Reservist, and used that money to attend the University of Washington and pursue a degree in Speech Communications. While in Boot Camp ("Great Mistakes, IL"), I had time to give Mormonism a critical look and by the time I was finished with training I was pretty comfortable with the idea of joining "The Church;" having been among their community for three years as a teen. A year later I met the woman who would become my wife, and we were Sealed in the Seattle Temple together as part of our marriage. We're still married, and have three amazing children and one grandchild together. Later I attended Utah Valley State College, now Utah Valley University, completing a degree in Business and receiving two certifications from "The Church" attesting to my prowess and knowledge, relative to Church Doctrine and World Religions. Because of who I am, I found myself regularly being "Called" to teaching positions within "The Church." I love to teach and I love to share things of beauty with others, regardless of age, and as such I've taught the full range - children to adults - and loved every minute of it. It is my sincerest hope that my love for teaching and expressing beauty is evident in each of my videos here on The Modern Alchemist Channel; they are a reflection of who I am, what I know, and what I believe. Over a period of years (this was during "The Salamander Letters Scandal"), I learned of the esoteric roots of "The Church" and its ties to Freemasonry. In very real terms one might consider the Mormon Temple Endowment as "Freemasonry Lite." In addition to this, I discovered that the Prophet, Joseph Smith, had quite the esoteric background himself, he being a man of his times, as it were. This knowledge lead me on a journey toward understanding what all this esoteric stuff was about until at last I discovered the 20th century esoteric tradition as found in The Golden Dawn, the O.T.O. and other fraternal esoteric orders and communities. Eventually I simply left "The Church" having outgrown such notions and in 2010 I began my Journey in earnest. On June of 2013 I started "Zen Master Hubba Bubba" in an effort to share what I had come to discover. Over time, my focus narrowed even further until in January of 2015 I created "The Modern Alchemist Channel" on YouTube, in an effort to fill what I perceived to be a vacuum and add some light through clear and simple instruction. Later, at the prodding of many friends and students, opened up The Modern Alchemist Channel - Patreon, so that I could explore even deeper ideas and concepts, and teach on a global level with LIVE content. Your support of The Modern Alchemist Channel is what makes all of this possible, because it supports the real world effort and time required to bring it all together. So thank you for joining me, and THANK YOU for your continued support of The Modern Alchemist Channel! ^_^ You can find A LOT more videos, articles, and LIVE classes and content on Patreon. Please take a moment and check it out! Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/TheModernAlchemistChannel ^_^