The Practice of Herbal Alchemy: Interview with Robert Bartlett
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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This special issue of the Plant Path explores the tradition and practice of Herbal Alchemy and Spagyrics with world renowned expert on the subject Robert Bartlett. This episode explores the tradition of Alchemy, it's applications in modern herbal pharmacy, the therapeutic effects of spagyrics, and the overall practice of REAL Alchemy.
Robert Bartlett is the author of two critically important books on the art and practice of Alchemy: Real Alchemy and The Way of the Crucible. He was the chief chemist at the Paracelsus Research Institute and student of the late Frater Albertus. Robert is the founder of the Spagyricus Institute where he teaches plant, mineral, and metallic Alchemy in Washington State. To learn more about his work, go to his website at www.spagyricus.com
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| 0:00.0 | The Plant Path, Your Window into the World of Urban Medicine, with Sejapopham, founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Unit. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey there, everybody, Saja Popham here. founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism and Organic Unity. |
| 0:23.7 | Hey there, everybody. |
| 0:28.2 | Saja Popham here, founder of Organic Unity and the School of Evolutionary Erbilism. And welcome back to the plant path here. |
| 0:31.7 | And we've got a really special issue here on the podcast where I've got one of my most favorite teachers in the whole world |
| 0:41.1 | on the call here with us today. Robert Bartlett. Robert is my main teacher in the art and |
| 0:48.4 | practice of alchemy and Spajirics. And Robert is an alchemist, a chemist, a teacher, an author. He teaches practical |
| 0:58.9 | alchemy at his home in Tulalep, Washington, and has taught all across the world in Germany and Mexico. |
| 1:06.3 | His first book, Real Alchemy, has been translated into German and Spanish. Robert was graduated from |
| 1:13.9 | the Paracelsus Research Institute from their seven-year course in the 1970s, taught by the famous |
| 1:21.3 | alchemist Frater Albertus, who wrote the book, The Alchemist Handbook. Robert is the author of |
| 1:27.0 | Real Alchemy, as well as the way it's usable. |
| 1:31.0 | And just to say, he is one of the most incredible human beings that I've ever had the |
| 1:36.8 | honor to meet and is just incredibly wise and humble and incredibly knowledgeable on the |
| 1:42.9 | subject of alchemy and Spigerics |
| 1:46.0 | and really carrying this tradition, this really rich, sacred, powerful tradition |
| 1:52.8 | into our modern world in a really good way. |
| 1:56.3 | And you can find more out about Robert's work at spigiricus.com. |
| 2:02.7 | That's spigiric us.com. |
| 2:06.0 | And he is the headmaster of the Spigerica School of Alchemy, an owner at Spajiric Solutions LTD. |
| 2:13.4 | Thanks so much, Robert, for being on the call here today. |
| 2:17.1 | Well, thanks for inviting me. |
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