C. MacCoun - On Becoming an Alchemist (Ch. 11: Fermentation)

This is my fifth audiobook recording. I'll be reading Catherine MacCoun's "On Becoming an Alchemist - A Guide for the Modern Magician". I am doing this for three reasons:

1. I was inspired by the recorded readings of Josh Reeves (http://www.theglobalreality.com/) and Dale Brunsvold (http://www.rudolfsteineraudio.com/).
2. Being of a silent and introspective nature, I'm hoping these readings will help strengthen and steady my voice which has become rather weak from lack of use.
3. Commitment to transmute the consumptive impulse into something creative.

This torrent contains chapter 11, "Fermentation." I'll be recording and uploading the other chapters as time becomes available.

Chapter 11 - Fermentation - Sections
* Abet with Care
* Fermentation or Depression?
* Resurrection
* Flower Power

Other Sections of the Book:
* Chapter 01: In Quest of the Philosopher's Stone ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27045&hit=1 )
* Chapter 02: Unlocking the Secret Codes ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27056&hit=1 )
* Chapter 03: Separate the Subtle from the Gross ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27142&hit=1 )
* Chapter 04: Levity and Gravity ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27277&hit=1 )
* Chapter 05: Living Backward ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27489&hit=1 )
* Chapter 06: Commencing the Great Work ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27497&hit=1 )
* Chapter 07: Calcination ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27516&hit=1 )
* Chapter 08: Dissolution ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27619&hit=1 )
* Chapter 09: Separation ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=27621&hit=1 )
* Chapter 10: Conjunction ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=28667&hit=1 )

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Other Recordings:
* Rudolf Steiner - Secret Brotherhoods ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=26993&hit=1 )
* Rudolf Steiner - The Four Temperaments ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=26746&hit=1 )
* Rudolf Steiner - How to Cure Nervousness ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=26648&hit=1 )
* Rudolf Steiner - The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman ( http://concen.org/tracker/torrents-details.php?id=26638&hit=1 )

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On Becoming an Alchemist
A Guide for the Modern Magician
Catherine MacCoun
ISBN: 9781590306871
Trumpeter Books
http://www.catherinemaccoun.com/hermeticist/book.html

Many regard alchemy as a metaphor for inner transformation. But this is only half the story. According to Catherine MacCoun, alchemy is no mere metaphor. It's real magic. Transforming the inner world is, for the alchemist, a way to transform the outer world. Through studying the principles of alchemy, we can achieve extraordinary effects from ordinary actions by understanding how the world really works. We can perceive the hidden connections between the spiritual and the material worlds. Knowledge of these connections enables us to influence external phenomena through the powers of heart and mind alone. Yet alchemy is not, like some forms of magic, the exercise of mind over matter. It is the art of taking what already exists - whatever presents itself - and transmuting the harmful into the helpful, the useless into the valuable.

On Becoming an Alchemist initiates us into these secrets, showing us how to think, perceive, and operate as an alchemist. It offers practical advice and exercises that will help the modern magician to:

* Understand and apply basic principles of alchemy
* Transmute setbacks, failures, and losses into sources of magical power
* Navigate one's inner world with poise, confidence, and common sense
* Intuitively show up in the right place at the right time to benefit from magical coincidences
* Discover the potentials latent in any situation by awakening subtle perception