Cindy Beadman – Journal of an Alchemist

The unicorn plays an important role in many ancient texts, including those of alchemy. It is said to symbolise levity and its myth decrees that he can only be tamed by the touch of a woman who has purified her own feminine forces within.

:The hunter stood beside me, who blew the mighty horn;I saw that he was hunting the gentle unicorn-But the unicorn is noble, he knows his gentle birthHe knows that god has chosen him above all beast on earthThe unicorn is noble; he keeps him safe and high…Upon a narrow path and step climbing to the […]

This glittering collage was created as a call from my my overly sensitive anima, as she reached out for her opposite animus to guide her on the journey up to those higher levels of consciousness. His positive presence in my psyche encouraged my spirit to soar above my ailing body to a place of peace and […]

So you see I am not talking about turning base metal into gold in the literal sense, but about actually putting myself in the test tube and transforming all those elements of myself that were out of kilter with the harmony of the whole in order to find the true inner gold. This is known as […]

   I dreamt I saw the dawn of time. It leapt out of the eternal unconscious unknowing like a little silver fish escaping from the reflection of truth in its own eye; a moment of wonder that opened and expanded into a whole perfect universe. This was a dawn unlike any other, and the first […]

 A huge shift of consciousness produced this painting. My outer sun life of success as an international fashion designer was suddenly over and I needed an inner reflective re-balance to make myself well again. It conveys not only how ‘moonstruck’ I was, but also how drawn I was to the ocean and all the secrets hidden […]

This shell sculpture that I created at the start of my journey reflected my unconscious desire to bring my feminine moon energy into balance with the masculine sun. It also represented the on-going process of transformation, ie that suffering produces the pearl of wisdom. Interestingly, I came to notice later, that often the things I […]

First of all let me clear, I am not an academic, though I have read a few academic books in recent years, and neither did I set out in life to become anything as odd as an alchemist, even if I had known what it was. In fact coming from a severely impoverished background, my […]

It was with writer Peter Marshall, author of ‘The Philosopher’s Stone,’ the book in which I first read about the history of alchemy and realized that my own inner journey mirrored that of an archetypal hermetic alchemical quest. http://www.brlsi.org/