On Becoming an Alchemist

MacCoun, a modern-day alchemist, teaches that alchemy involves connecting with the spiritual world and she shows us how to do that - through stories and examples, and even diagrams. MacCoun shows how applying information from intuition, dreams, meditation, and even unconscious actions can bring the changes we want to make, not just in our wishes, but in the real world. Alchemists don't recite incantations or spells. They don't cause things to appear or disappear. Instead, they take what already exists and try to improve on it, transmuting the harmful into the helpful, the useless into the valuable.'Many discussions of alchemy are hopelessly dense and opaque; this one is full of light and life. With admirable clarity, MacCoun shows how alchemy can benefit one's life here and now. This is uncluttered, everyday wisdom; the most accessible discussion of the psychospiritual dimensions of alchemy to appear in years' - Larry Dossey, MD, author of "The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things". 'A richly gratifying exploration of alchemy. MacCoun represents this ancient art as a kind of spiritual graduate school' - "Publishers Weekly" (starred review).