Shamanic Alchemy

James Endredy is a practicing shaman of Hungarian descent who learned his craft from formal initiations with the peyote shamans of Mexico and through 30 years of living with and learning from shamanic cultures in North and South America. He is actively involved in preserving historic alchemy texts as well as the world’s indigenous cultures and sacred sites. The award-winning author of several books, including Advanced Shamanism, Teachings of the Peyote Shamans, Ecoshamanism, and Earthwalks for Body and Spirit, he lives in California.

A hands-on guide to advanced spiritual transformation through the combined sacred arts of alchemy and shamanism

Acknowledgments Introduction: Alchemy and Shamanism--Tools of Transformation PART ONEHISTORY, TERMS, AND THEORY OF ALCHEMY 1 The Dawn of Alchemy 2 A Distilled Lexicon of Alchemy 3 Shamanic and Alchemical CosmologiesPART TWO PRAXIS FUNDAMENTALS 4 Initiation and Theurgy Praxis 1: Developing an Integrated State of Consciousness Praxis 2: Phase-Conjugate Mirrors of the Mind Praxis 3: Direct Shamanic Viewing--Targets Other Than PeoplePraxis 4: Bringing Forth the Sacred Fire 5 Shamanic Spagyrics Praxis 5: Dissolution and Separation Praxis 6: Calcination Praxis 7: Conjunction--Unifying the Whole Praxis 8: Fermentation Praxis 9: Distillation for PurificationPraxis 10: Charging Shamanic Water Praxis 11: Herbal Distillation for a Shamanic ElixirPART THREE THE SEVEN STAGES OF SHAMANIC ALCHEMY TRANSFORMATION The Azoth of Basil Valentine6 Stage One: Calcination--FirePraxis 12: Sacred Fire Ceremony---Death of the Profane 7 Stage Two: Dissolution---Water Praxis 13: Sacred Water Ceremony--Dissolving the Chains 8 Stage Three: SeparationPraxis 14: Separation--Counterpractice9 Stage Four: ConjunctionPraxis 15: Pilgrimage to Sacred Sites 10 Stage Five: FermentationPraxis 16: Shamanic Fermentation by Solitary Quest11 Stage Six: Distillation Praxis 17: Shamanic Alchemy Distillation Bath 12 Stage Seven: Coagulation Praxis 18: Coagulation of the Astral Body--The Alchemic Altar of Center Epilogue: What’s Next? Notes Bibliography Index