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    The Alchemy of Transformation

    Depiction of Ouroboros from the alchemical treatise Aurora consurgens (15th century), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Switzerland

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    Martin Goodson takes a fascinating look at the parallels between western Alchemy and the Buddhist tradition.

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    The Three Bodies of the Buddha

    Teachings from the Yogacara School
    Do human beings really have access to more than one body? We take a look at what the Yogacara school has to say on the matter.

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    A Solstice Celebration

    The Alchemy of Transformation
    The symbolism of the summer solstice points to our true nature.

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    Curse of the Werewolf

    The Alchemy of Transformation
    Martin takes a look at how spiritual power can turn humans into monsters.

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    Attracting without Asking

    The Hidden Art of Spiritual Transformation 
    If there is ‘no-one’ to realise enlightenment then who are we doing this practice for? The ancient Romans and Greeks may give us a clue.

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    The Power of Non-Intentional Spiritual Relations

    The Hidden Art of Spiritual Transformation
    How do magical ideas around manifesting and attracting the things you want in life relate to Buddhist practice and Bodhisattvas?

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    Bargaining with Spiritual Powers

    The Hidden Art of Spiritual Transformation
    The spiritual world may or may not be real but the way in which humans have bargained with these powers has remained consistent for millennia across many.

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    The Limits of Human Will

    The Hidden Art of Spiritual Transformation
    In the quest to rid the culture of old superstitions, we may have lost an important way of interacting with the unconscious.

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    As Above, So Below

    The Alchemy of Transformation
     The mysterious Emerald tablet is as enigmatic as it is short, but what does it have in common with the Buddha's teachings?

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    The Water of Life

    The Alchemy of Transformation
    Martin examines the mythical imagery of water.

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    The Spirituality of Place

    The Alchemy of Transformation
    The profound effects of 'place' on human consciousness has connected environments to the transcendental since the dawn of history and culture.

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    A Plague on Both Your Houses

    The Alchemy of Transformation
    It has been over a year since the start of the COVID19 pandemic.

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    Epiphany: The Cult of the 3 Magi

    The Alchemy of Transformation
    The Feast of Epiphany in the Christian calendar celebrates the arrival of the 3 Kings to the nativity.

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    William Blake and the Mind-made Worlds of Mahayana Buddhism

    The Alchemy of Transformation
    Parallels to the Yogacara teaching on 'Mind-only' or 'consciousness-only' as the basis of reality exist in the writings of William Blake...

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    The Horror of Bodily Invasion in Folklore and Films

    Themes of bodily invasions or being taken over by an alien intelligence are common in folklore and modern cinema, but there is also a frightening reality to...

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    The Round Table of King Arthur

    Our spiritual and moral values arise from ancestral influences.

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    Atlantis

    The myth of Atlantis, the city that sank beneath the waves, is a tale of pride before a fall.

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    A Crooked Heart Misses the Target

    Zen in the art of Archery demonstrates the difference between a calculating vs non-grasping attitude in the performance of an action.

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    Buddhism & Folklore | The Naive Heart

    We begin a series of articles looking at the transformative process of individual psychology through folk stories and look at how the motifs contained therein.

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    Spiritual Medicine Begins as Poison

    The restraint of behaviour whilst suffering out the energies of the passions in the body leads to a lasting change and old outmoded forms of behaviour are...

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    The Blindness of the Calculating Self

    A classic motif that appears across folkloric stories can help us discover a more open way of being.

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    The Stoppered Vessel

    The transformation of energies from poison to medicine takes place using containment a magical process that is mirrored in the uses of the magic vessel.
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