Laboratory
Alchemy is a holistic art & science that encompasses both the physical and spiritual worlds.
Many have argued as to if alchemy is a science of psychology and spiritual transformation, or one of practical laboratory works and the transformations of physical materials. In all honesty, it is both.
Alchemy is the study and understanding of the relationship between consciousness and matter. It is found that by working with physical materials - plants, animals, mineral, & metals - alchemists could explore the myriad ways in which consciousness manifests itself into the physical cosmos. Working within the laboratory is a spiritual practice in its own right.
Through the exploration of the separation of the 3 principles of all matter -Sulfur, Mercury, & Salt - or - Soul, Spirit, & Body (read more on the 3 principles) - the alchemist could begin to commune with different forms of consciousness throughout the world. When the consciousness of plants, metals, or other materials were procured, it was intended to then be used by the artist as a 'medicine' so that the alchemist could expand his consciousness, commune with all forms of matter, and remove veils of ignorance bound up within his or her self. (read more on consciousness within matter)
This laboratory work, and isolation of the basic principles of life then became the tools for the alchemist's personal evolution within the endless dream-scape of consciousness. It is here, in alchemy, that physical science and spiritual science meet.
Many have argued as to if alchemy is a science of psychology and spiritual transformation, or one of practical laboratory works and the transformations of physical materials. In all honesty, it is both.
Alchemy is the study and understanding of the relationship between consciousness and matter. It is found that by working with physical materials - plants, animals, mineral, & metals - alchemists could explore the myriad ways in which consciousness manifests itself into the physical cosmos. Working within the laboratory is a spiritual practice in its own right.
Through the exploration of the separation of the 3 principles of all matter -Sulfur, Mercury, & Salt - or - Soul, Spirit, & Body (read more on the 3 principles) - the alchemist could begin to commune with different forms of consciousness throughout the world. When the consciousness of plants, metals, or other materials were procured, it was intended to then be used by the artist as a 'medicine' so that the alchemist could expand his consciousness, commune with all forms of matter, and remove veils of ignorance bound up within his or her self. (read more on consciousness within matter)
This laboratory work, and isolation of the basic principles of life then became the tools for the alchemist's personal evolution within the endless dream-scape of consciousness. It is here, in alchemy, that physical science and spiritual science meet.
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Kymia Arts is a platform and practice for both external, physical, laboratory operations as well as the associated internal, philosophical, and spiritual reflections that these processes stand to unravel. Knowing the inside and the outside to be intimately woven together, it is found that the laboratory work of Kymia Arts helps point to truths bigger than the perceived transmutations or creations made on the physical plane and featured here in our apothecary.
Seeing this work as a unique artistic expression, it is our aim to make available the laboratory processes and associated alchemical philosophies that give meaning to these physical operations. The products we feature here utilize various laboratory operations which, when employed properly, bring to the present creations known to the alchemists of the past - giving us access to their knowings and experiences. |
Many tools, interesting pieces of equipment, and materials were employed in alchemy to explore these different forms of consciousness and the evolution of matter and self. Some of these materials and equipments have become harder to track down or expensive to buy so Kymia Arts has done its best to try and localize many of the harder to find products used within alchemy.
By making more materials, medicines, and information available to the public, we hope to be able to share the power of knowledge with all interested so that we together can transmute physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual limitations helping to make the truth - a wholeness of being - more easily realized.
By making more materials, medicines, and information available to the public, we hope to be able to share the power of knowledge with all interested so that we together can transmute physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual limitations helping to make the truth - a wholeness of being - more easily realized.
Explore out blog to learn more about some of our laboratory operations
