The Mystery of ALCHEMY

Alchemy is obscure and can be off-putting, with it’s enigmatic and strange imagery and odd terms. However, once it becomes clarified, it is powerful system for spiritual development and manifestation. To provide this clarification is one of the goals of Sacred Circuit.

There are two basic types of Alchemy, spiritual and physical. Spiritual alchemy comprises the bulk of what you find when you search the term online, or browse books on the subject. Spiritual alchemy involves a system of personal refinement and growth; it is highly psychological in this way. Physical alchemy is actual lab work and experiments. Both of these systems include seven “operations” which are loosely based on the planetary and chakra systems. True Alchemists of old advised that integrating both spiritual and physical alchemy was necessary if substantial personal transformation was desired.

There is another more rarely used system of twelve operations, which correspond to the Zodiac. The twelve steps can be seen as a more detailed version of the seven steps, in which some of them have been split, but most are added in. For Hermetic purposes, which integrate Qabalah, Tarot and Astrology with Alchemy, and for use with work with the Astrological signs of the Zodiac, the twelve-operation system is highly effective, and it is what we have embraced here at Sacred Circuit.

The twelve alchemical operations can be seen as a Hermetic roadmap of spiritual transmutation — a journey in which the raw matter of the self, or Lead, is refined into the radiant gold of awakened consciousness. Each operation — Calcination, Congelation, Fixation, Dissolution, Digestion, Distillation, Sublimation, Separation, Incineration, Fermentation, Multiplication and Projection — corresponds to an Astrological sign, and mirrors a stage in the initiate’s inner work — dissolving attachments, purifying desires, and reuniting fragmented aspects of the psyche, all in alignment with the celestial Ecliptic.

This Alchemical-Zodiacal journey is not only about personal growth and spiritual enlightenment, it is also about manifestation. As the soul undergoes inner purification, it evolves to become a more receptive vessel for the Divine to enter into the realm of forms. Through these operations, the practitioner does not simply manifest desires — they come to embody them. Alchemy, Qabalah, Tarot and Astrology together teach that manifestation is not control over reality, but harmony with the Great Work —the Magnum Opus of the Soul.

THE ALCHEMY of the sign of LEO

The Alchemical Operation assigned to Leo is Digestion. Digestion is not one of the 7 main Operations that are more commonly known, and many find the term confusing. I like to think of Digestion as ripening, or incubation. Regardless, as Leo is a fire sign, Digestion involves heat, or spiritually, the energetic systems of the body. As Digestion is allocated to Leo and therefore the Strength Card, it involves activating the Chakras, so that heightened awareness, enhanced psychic ability etc., and even kundalini rising or awakening may occur. In short, Digestion is the processing, by the continual and steady breaking down and re-combination (solve et coagula), of clearing or releasing any stagnant energetics held in our chakras, so that ultimately we may bring ourselves to a place that we allow our inner Sun to shine, and the meaning of balanced and purified personal power becomes clear to us.

Physically, Digestion is the actually the first phase of Fermentation. An example of Digestion would be the beginning steps of Fermentation, for example, when certain herbs and plants have been collected, placed in a brine, covered and left in a warm place. Digestion would include the first phase wherein the elements start to break down or “cook” as it were, as the heat and brine do their work.

Qabalistically, the action of performing the operation of Digestion in the material world of Assiah can connect a person more viscerally to the corresponding psychological or energetic work of Yetzirah. In other words, the physical action helps the psyche process the equivalent concept in the subconscious, making the energetic-work more accessible and possibly more effective.

SPIRITUAL DIGESTION EXERCISE

The Microcosmic Orbit by Ömer Melih Aksoy
The cosmic currents are the water in the process Digestion. One of the best ways to roll with the cosmic energies is the effective practice of microcosmic orbit. By running the orbit you can attune yourself to cosmic energies, do energetic readings, provide psychic energy from your environment, planets, the sun and the stars by just concentrating on them. I will provide the basic technique here, and you can learn this technique from Mantak Chia’s video.

There is an energetic reservoir at our navel and our bowels. Look at here for a while and you will sense the release of energy while positioning your tounge at you upper palate. Tongue positioning is like a switch. You can distribute this energy to your body by running the microcosmic orbit. Do send the energy from the navel to your root chakra by passing thorough sperm-ovarian palace and run the energy up to spine to the crown chakra and send it again to navel from the front. Make a steady current by doing circular movements with this microcosmic orbit. You can explore this technique it is pretty much like playing a musical instrument, by engaging your chakras, reversing the flow, concentrating on objects and people.

When you get used to the basic microcosmic orbit, it is very easy to run it anytime you want by just pressing your tongue to your palate.

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https://medium.com/sifagonullusu/digestion-astroalchemy-5ecc74cf38e1