I am a Wizard and my Art is Alchemy,
the science of transformation.
By skillful use of schemes
and happenstance, I create a ritual
that parallels and guides soul change.
It aligns personal process with
corresponding outer events.
Inner and outer, individual and universal
come to resonate, to reflect each other.
As Wizard, I can then bring cosmic powers
into the innermost mystery unfolding.

In this, my Magnum Opus, I seek to convert
a common, even despised substance
into a wondrous, precious one:
Lead into gold, torment into revelation.
What had seemed worthless affliction
becomes an altar and sublime sacrament.

First, the substance is found as focus for this Opus,
-often revealed by what one loves or fears the most.
I prayerfully guide this substance through a
progression of Procedures that activate
its powers of growth and transformation.

I personify these Procedures
through symbols and images that mirror them,
explore their diverse facets,
and give entry into their mysteries.

Not a series of formulas, but a soul-science,
Alchemy calls for intuitive creativity and skill
in using its implements, formulas and treatments.
I move with high intention, yet am
humbly open to guidance in the moment.

The quest of my Opus is to deliver
this seeker's soul from its captivity
in a dark and hidden place,
to enlighten its confused mind,
to ennoble its lowly state.
The Work's culmination is the sublimation
of this substance into its transmuting state:
The Pearl of Great Price, the Elixir of Life,
The Jewel of Paradox.