In this episode I am once again joined by Katarina Falkenberg & Tommy Westlund, alchemists, practitioners of Western Esotericism, and authors of ‘Alchemy, The Divine Work’.

Katarina and Tommy detail the stages and methods of the spiritual path of Western alchemy. They explain the movement through four phases, describe the operations employed during each, and reveal the signs of progress that indicate success.

Katarina and Tommy reveal how to pray to the Madonna, how to purify karma, how to work with fire and emotions such as anger and sadness, the role of tinctures and elixirs, and methods of astral travel and archetypal work.

Katarina and Tommy also consider the power of the imagination, the interaction with external alchemical operations and inner personal refinement, and recount stories of entity encounters and reality creation.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep300-the-spiritual-practice-of-alchemy-katarina-falkenberg-tommy-westlund

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro

01:04 - “Alchemy, The Divine Work”

02:30 - Practices of the alchemical path

03:38 - Prima materia and meditation

05:42 - Meditating on alchemical emblems

06:43 - The metaphysics of prima materia consciousness

07:30 - Praying to Black Madonna

08:38 - How to pray

10:07 - Use of the imagination

11:42 - Signs of contact with the Black Madonna

13:44 - Purifying karma and releasing traumas

15:08 - Inhaling suffering and exhaling love

16:50 - Purification and divine providence

19:09 - The Nigredo phase

20:50 - The seven planets and chakras

21:49 - Theosophical ideas about seven governing forces

26:15 - Moving into the Albedo phase

27:11 - Mercurial consciousness

28:22 - Nigredo vs Albedo phases

29:43 - Working with the astral body

30:17 - Work with herbs and creating tinctures

34:18 - An alchemical elixir toast

36:39 - The Citrinitas phase

38:27 - Working with fire

40:16 - Using anger and sadness

41:48 - Death is not the end

43:33 - Reintegrating the Dark Angel

44:04 - The magic of imagination

48:14 - Fourfold processes and the quintessence

49:37 - Making the soul bigger

51:22 - Working with the Egyptian and Gnostic traditions

52:24 - Projecting the four elements

53:53 - Pilgrimages to magical locations

55:19 - Visitations from giants and other beings

57:42 - Meeting inner archetypes in the outer world

59:37 - The Rubedo phase

01:01:41 - Microcosm and macrocosm

1:04:109 - Fasting and insight into the shadow

01:07:51 - Signs of process on the path

01:10:14 - Working at a deeper level

01:11:31 - Katarina’s novel manifesting into real life

01:13:41 - Creating your own universe

01:15:25 - Life as a creative project

01:17:23 - Working with the ego

01:19:40 - Death and resurrection

01:20:27 - Bad gurus with siddhi powers

01:22:11 - The power of partnership

01:23:34 - Humility and the flaming heart

01:24:40 - Practice advice for the eager student

01:30:36 - Balance vs obsession

01:33:50 - 10-15 years to a successful white wedding

01:36:32 - Working for the next life

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Previous episode with Katarina Falkenberg & Tommy Westlund:

- https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep238-alchemy-the-divine-work-katarina-falkenberg-tommy-westlund

To find out more about Katarina Falkenberg & Tommy Westlund, visit:

- https://www.alkemiskaakademin.se/eng/about-us/

For more interviews, videos, and more visit:

- www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James