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Step 1

The first step is harvesting, which is precisely timed with the planets that govern the plant being used. In Alchemical tradition, each plant corresponds to a planetary body and zodiacal sign, and thus a specific day of the week and time of the day, offers us the optimal timing to harvest a plant nearest to its most holistic state and when it would be most effective in its uses. Every step in the spagyric process is coordinated using this flexible planetary system of timekeeping. Performing any spagyric actions, be it consuming or creating, in alignment with the cosmic energy of the natural worlds, provides a certain type of energy that just doesn’t come with western medicines. It has to be experienced to be understood.

Step 2

Extract and purify the plants soul. This is done via steam distillation in efforts to isolate the herbs essential oils. In Alchemy, this is referred to as the Sulfur of the plant. The essential oils contain hydrocarbons, oxygenated compounds, aromatics, and more that even just a tiny drop or two of one of these naturally released, active chemical constituents, can have a immediately noticeable affects on the immune system and mood of the user.

Stage 3

The Third step is to release and purify the spirit, from the body of the plant. This is done by fermenting the herb and then distilling its alcohol content multiple times over. Traditionally, 7 times distilled provides the most potentiated spirit, and of course, done in accordance with the planetary system of time. The more distillations, the more powerful the spagyric.

Stage 5

​The Fifth and final step is cohobation, or birthing. With the astronomical alignments in mind, we take our now three separated and purified herbal, alcohols, oils, and crystals, and the three substances are systematically recombined to mark the birth of the medicine. The recombined components will be circulated through application of the Solar force alone. This means a gentle heat is applied to a glass vessel containing the  Spagyric, causing the lighter constituents to rise and condense within the vessel, only to coalesce and fall back down via the pull of gravity into the denser and heavier portions of the medicine. This is cohobation or circulation is the Breath of Life that fully reanimates the spagyric. The medicine is now complete. The longer the spagyric elixir ages, the stronger the spagyric becomes.

Step 4

​The Fourth step is a purification of the body of the plant. Only after the souls oils are released and the spirit is fermented and distilled, can the next step take place. Through calcination of the plants body the unique mineral content can be leeched from the ashes, filtered and made bioavailable via crystallization. The longer the herb is calcined the more potent the spagyric will be.