{"product_id":"alchemy-unlocking-secrets-of-an-ancient-mystical-science-hardcover","title":"Alchemy — A Beginner's Guide to the Mystical Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eA first book on alchemy that does not assume you already read Latin. Mari Silva lays out what alchemy is and the principles that govern it, then walks through the machinery: four elements and their symbols, seven metals and their planets, the mundane elements, and the twelve alchemical operations one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second half turns practical. Herbal alchemy, the plants and herbs held to contain specific planetary metals, the spagyric process, and detailed recipes written to be followed at a kitchen table rather than admired from a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e, 142 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mari Silva\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCovers:\u003c\/strong\u003e the four alchemical elements and their symbols, the seven metals and their planets, the mundane elements, the twelve operations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePractical sections\u003c\/strong\u003e on herbal alchemy, planetary correspondences of plants, and the spagyric process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes\u003c\/strong\u003e detailed and easy herbal alchemy recipes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eHow to work with it\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRead the principles chapters first.\u003c\/strong\u003e The recipes make far more sense once the twelve operations are familiar.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLearn the symbols.\u003c\/strong\u003e Elements, metals and planets share a notation you will meet everywhere else in esoteric reading.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStart with one herbal recipe\u003c\/strong\u003e rather than reading all of them — the book is explicit about self-transformation being the point of modern alchemy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKeep the correspondence lists to hand.\u003c\/strong\u003e Which plants carry which planetary metals is the reference you will return to.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,#000D0B,#40514E); color:#f3f3f3; padding:20px 24px; border-radius:8px; margin:28px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#c9a96e; margin-top:0;\"\u003e✨ Temple Tip — modern alchemy points inward\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"\u003eSilva is clear that the modern practice focuses on self-transformation rather than on transmuting metals. Read the twelve operations twice — once as chemistry, once as a description of what happens to a person — and the tradition opens up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eQuestions we get asked\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer; padding:10px 0; font-weight:600; color:#2c3a37;\"\u003eIs this for complete beginners?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"padding:0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eYes. 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