“The alchemist must first study the cycles and processes of nature in order to look beyond the surface and understand its qualities and properties. In this way, these processes can be emulated, accelerated and refined in the alchemist’s own opus. This should also be done with devotion where prayer and work go hand in hand. The tradition is at the same time an ancient art and a progressive science that requires self-knowledge. There is a correspondence between the outer and the inner, the above and the below. Everything originates from a primordial matter. A substance can be transformed or transmuted into another when its external and temporal form is broken down and its essence is revealed, purified and united with another principle. Such transformations are constantly occurring through the cycles of birth, life, death and rebirth on both macrocosmic and microcosmic levels. By his work, therefore, the alchemist becomes a co-creator of the process of creation’s refinement, as a true philosopher in love with wisdom.” - Alchemy – the divine work