The Alchemical Mind

Welcome to The Alchemical Mind. This episode is part two of a three part deep dive into The Hermetica, one of the most powerful and influential sacred texts of all times. Its origins are a bit of a mystery, but its influence on Western philosophy, science, alchemy and religion are without question, even being partially responsible for launching the Renaissance in Europe.

For part one, I dove into the creation and nature of god and the universe according to the text. Part two focuses on humanity's purpose in the universe, and part three will dive into a discussion on mystery religions in the context of The Hermetica.

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Welcome to The Alchemical Mind. This episode is part one of a three part deep dive into The Hermetica, one of the most powerful and influential sacred texts of all times. Its origins are a bit of a mystery, but its influence on Western philosophy, science, alchemy and religion are without question, even being partially responsible for launching the Renaissance in Europe. 

For part one, I will dive into the creation and nature of god and the universe according to the text. Part two will focus on humanity's purpose in the universe, and part three will dive into a discussion on mystery religions.

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Welcome back to The Alchemical Mind. This episode focuses on understanding ego death, and more importantly, ego backlash. 

What are these two concepts, how are they related, and how do they relate to mystical experience? I am going to dive deep into this topic, intermingled with a couple of fascinating comments that sparked the idea for this episode. We will talk about how these concepts are expressed in different mystical traditions, wrap it all around the fabulous Ten Ox Herding Pictures story from the Zen Buddhists, and more.

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On this episode of The Alchemical Mind, I finally go in-depth with a psychedelic experience that changed my life and was one of main inspirations for this podcast. Buckle in, buttercup...we're heading to infinity. 

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On this episode of The Alchemical Mind, I finally tell the story of my solo meditation retreat.

I had a fantastic few days in the woods and learned more in that small bit of time than I may have possibly learned over the past twenty years of studying and practicing the things I read about. The experience was profound and so what was originally meant to be a quick 30 minute episode turned into a nearly two hour summary of the experience. I hope you enjoy it.

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Welcome to The Alchemical Mind. On this episode, I will wrap up the three part series on the shadow self with a 20-minute speech by Alan Watts on Carl Jung and the concept of the shadow self. If you listened to the previous two episodes, you may find Watt's understanding of the subject to serve as a nice book-end to the discussion.

On the next episode, I will be discussing the results of my solo meditation retreat so I hope you are looking forward to listening to that, as much as I am about sharing my experiences.

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Welcome to The Alchemical Mind. In part two of our series on the shadow self, I will be discussing how to embrace the shadow self through some simple exercises you can do at home and at your own pace.

Shadow work is not easy, nor is it recommended if you do not understand the basics of personal development. I kick this episode off with some basic guidelines on how to do this type of work, but if you do not understand, go back and listen to previous episodes, or do some research on your own time. Then, I dive into three exercises of varying complexity that will help you integrate the hidden aspects of yourself.

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On this episode of The Alchemical Mind, i dive deep into understanding the shadow self.

Just what is the shadow self? How is it formed? What is its purpose? How can we learn to integrate it into our conscious selves to become better, more complete people? This is part one of two parts in understanding the shadow self. In part two, I'll go over some exercises into how we can learn to integrate the shadow selves in preparation for an episode next week in which I'll finally share an amazing mystical experience.

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For this episode of The Alchemical Mind, I dive a little bit into the history of hemi-sync. 

First developed in the 1950s by Robert Monroe as he experimented with sleep-learning, hemi-sync has been used for decades as an aid to mediation, sleep, and concentration, and interestingly enough, launched the concept of out of body experiences after Monroe's own experience with this technique. After a brief introduction, there is a 20 minute hemi-sync track which you can use in your own practice. 

Warning, hemi-sync tracks are very powerful and you should do your own research before using it. The Monroe Institute has some great material available for purchase as well, so if you want to dive deeper, get more straight from the source.

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I have discussed meditation a lot on the podcast since its inception, but what is true meditation? How can we better understand the process of meditation and become better at it? On this episode of The Alchemical Mind, I go deep into the subject and the importance of focus and concentration in becoming better meditators.

I start off by breaking down the different steps of meditation and how to use simple exercises to improve each aspect of the practice through simple concentration exercises. Then we bring it all together, and flip the practice on its side with a brief introduction to neti-neti. Finally, I wrap things up with a brief announcement about my solo meditation retreat.

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