INTRO TO ALCHEMY & SPAGYRICS
MARCH 23RD
DAMIANA

This month inside Mystica, we enter the living art of Alchemy.

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Our first class is an introduction to alchemy and the foundations of spagyric medicine. We will explore the philosophical roots of Western alchemy, the principles of separation, purification, and recombination, and how these processes mirror both plant transformation and human evolution. You will learn what makes a spagyric preparation distinct, why mineral salts matter, and how the Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt principles reveal the deeper architecture of plant intelligence. This class lays the groundwork for understanding alchemy not as abstract mysticism, but as a practical, embodied path of medicine-making and self-initiation.

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Our second gathering is devotional and experiential. We will sit in tea meditation with Damiana and open into a guided plant spirit journey, followed by a shared reflection circle. Damiana, a plant of pleasure, warmth, and relational softening, becomes our ally as we explore cosmology — the greater map of how spirit becomes matter, how above reflects below, and how the human body mirrors the architecture of the cosmos. This session weaves heart, mind, and mystery together, inviting you to remember that alchemy is not only something we do in glassware… it is something we live.