Complete works / Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov

Spiritual Alchemy

True Alchemy does not consist in the spectacular transmutation of base metals
into gold, but in the spiritual transmutation of man’s own matter.

Grains of sand are transformed into pearls; summer sees twisted, blackened
vine-stocks burst into leaf and bow beneath the weight of their grapes;
caterpillars are metamorphosed into butterflies; galvanoplasty transforms a
drab piece of base metal into a golden ornament... All these different ways of
transforming things are familiar to us but we have never studied them
sufficiently closely to realize that they contain the secret of our own inner
metamorphosis.

If a tree, for instance, is capable of transforming the raw mineral nutrients
it draws from the soil into the sugar-sap which enables it to produce flowers
and fruits, why should man not do likewise? Why should we not be capable of
transforming the raw juices of our instincts and passions so that they produce
a rich harvest of flowers and fruit, in the form of vitality in our physical
bodies, love and joy in our hearts and understanding and wisdom in our minds?