The Secret Fire
Ignis Secretus
the Secret Fire (Ignis Secretus), an invisible, transformative energy that alchemists believed was the key to transmutation. This fire is not physical but spiritual—a divine spark that animates all life and drives the process of inner and outer transformation. The Secret Fire is often described as the "fire of the soul," the force that purifies and elevates the alchemist's consciousness.
The Secret Fire by Steve Kalec
Seek ye the Secret Fire, for without it we can attain nothing in our work, even if the Matter be known". Once set , it will do all the work for us that is in its nature. Its nature is one of light, warmth, purification, elevating, and comforting. It is a constructive energy, creative, positive, healing, life giving and transforming. The setting of this fire is achieved through a “path of the breath and the blood”, to arrive at a concentration and purification of the Vital Life Force in us. Also through an inward way, the metaphysical force is then directed through aspiration, visualization, concentration, mystical zeal, inspiration, and love for that which is the divine in us. Mary Ann Atwood has said, "And this is the Grand Hermetic Secret, that there is a Universal Subject in nature and that subject is susceptible of nourishment in Man; and this is the greatest mystery, of all mysteries the most wonderful, that man should be able not only to find the Divine Nature, but to effect it."