UPCOMING APPEARANCES AND CLASSES
HEALING SEED POETRY CLASSES
THE ALCHEMY WORKSHOP --CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION
LOSING DOUBT: TEACHINGS IN ALCHEMY
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An exploration of the lost genre of alchemical writings and their meanings.
Basic Principles of Creative Alchemy
*the seven stages of the alchemical process
*sacred text metaphors for the seven stages
Working the Alchemy
*sacred time and sacred space: adjusting the lens
*perceptions of the unseen through the seen: symbol and song
*sacred geometries: perfect storms, reversals, circle and square, more. . .
*engaging the dialectic of the hierophanies: the real initiation
*destabilization and balance: crossing the flood
*”reading the world” in “sign” language; personal legend
* the Divine Order of Melchisidek and other fascinating Biblical references
Creativity and Alchemy
- thresholds
- limits
- attention
Required Reading: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Laura Hope-Gill is a poet and a teacher. She has explored alchemy for a decade. She will provide handouts and reading lists . Visit www.thehealingseed.com for a list of texts informing her work. Kindly leave all dogma at the door and be open to new ways of seeing and hearing, as well as reading. Alchemy is a quiet and a humble approach to life.
** we will not be changing base metals into gold, except metaphorically**
Fee: $100.00. Full refund if you find anything boring or cliche. Please email to register.
LOSING DOUBT: TEACHINGS IN ALCHEMY
.
An exploration of the lost genre of alchemical writings and their meanings.
Basic Principles of Creative Alchemy
*the seven stages of the alchemical process
*sacred text metaphors for the seven stages
Working the Alchemy
*sacred time and sacred space: adjusting the lens
*perceptions of the unseen through the seen: symbol and song
*sacred geometries: perfect storms, reversals, circle and square, more. . .
*engaging the dialectic of the hierophanies: the real initiation
*destabilization and balance: crossing the flood
*”reading the world” in “sign” language; personal legend
* the Divine Order of Melchisidek and other fascinating Biblical references
Creativity and Alchemy
- thresholds
- limits
- attention
Required Reading: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Laura Hope-Gill is a poet and a teacher. She has explored alchemy for a decade. She will provide handouts and reading lists . Visit www.thehealingseed.com for a list of texts informing her work. Kindly leave all dogma at the door and be open to new ways of seeing and hearing, as well as reading. Alchemy is a quiet and a humble approach to life.
** we will not be changing base metals into gold, except metaphorically**
Fee: $100.00. Full refund if you find anything boring or cliche. Please email to register.
Workshops and Classes and Parties
Have and alchemical birthday party--this stuff is not dull. For your next birthday, make it a rite of passage not just for you but for your friends as well. Alchemy is engaging and eye-opening, and it is has a delightful sense of humor. I'm also very much in celebrating things.
BIRTHDAYS AND RITES OF PASSAGE: $250-500.00 DEPENDING ON SIZE OF GROUP
Laura is available to work with private groups, therapy clients, school students, teachers, therapists, social workers, spiritual organizations, families, recovery groups and individuals on their own path.
READINGS AND TALKS: $500.00
ALL-DAY WORKSHOPS FOR GROUPS: $1000.00
For Booking information: contact Laura Hope-Gill at 828-681-5348 or at laura@thehealingseed.com.
