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Spiritual Guidance

Discover Ancient Wisdom & Modern Spirituality:
Your Journey to Inner Transformation

Note: My course books are currently being revised and unavailable for purchase.

The fully revised Nigredo should be available by April.

Albedo and Citrinitas by the end of 2025.

Nigredo

A single tree made of light
Nigredo

The Trees of Consciousness

a meditating monk before a golden circle
Nigredo

The Nature of Reality: An Alchemical and Buddhist Perspective

An alchemist's retort that is growing a wonderful flower.
Nigredo

The Fable of Alchemy

An exploration of consciousness, mystical transformation, and the path to spiritual awakening.
Nigredo

An exploration of consciousness, mystical transformation, and the path to spiritual awakening.

a meditating buddha surrounded by light
Nigredo

Different Worlds and Jhana

Initial Awakening: The Stream-Entry Experience
Nigredo

Initial Awakening: The Stream-Entry Experience

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Albedo

a mysterious and luminous white stone floats above a dais in a moonlit chamber
Albedo

The White Stone

a central meditator is surrounded by complex spheres representing the temptations
Albedo

The Seven Deadly Sins: An Alchemical and Buddhist Perspective

The End of all Things: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Perception
Albedo

The End of all Things: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Perception

Mount Meru, the mythical Buddhist mountain at the centre of the universe
Albedo

Angels and Gods: A Buddhist Cosmological Perspective

A meditating monk surrounded by light.
Albedo

A New Kind of Demon

The Alchemist
Albedo

The Alchemist

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Citrinitas

A holy script surrounded in light and glassware
Citrinitas

The Heart Sutra: A Bridge Between Buddhism and Alchemy

The Diamond Sutra (Part One)
Citrinitas

The Diamond Sutra (Part One)

a meditating buddha
Citrinitas

The Trikāya and Alchemical Transformation

A surreal island of mountains surrounded in ethereal smoke and four circles
Citrinitas

The Bardos: Understanding the Transitional States of Consciousness

a surreal spiral
Citrinitas

The Philosophy of Being

a monk meditates in the sun
Citrinitas

Sudden Methods and Traumatic Enlightenment in Buddhist Practice

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Rubedo

a mirage
Rubedo

Mirage: The Fourth Vajra Point

A veiled figure on top of a pinacle.
Rubedo

The Veils: A Study of Spiritual Obscuration

The Prayer of Samantabhadra: A Commentary
Rubedo

The Prayer of Samantabhadra: A Commentary

The Gravity of Being
Rubedo

The Gravity of Being

No-One
Rubedo

No-One

Enlightenment and Death: Understanding the Bardos
Rubedo

Enlightenment and Death: Understanding the Bardos

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