Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2019 Aspire Mag FINAL | Page 24

LIVING a
Soul-Hearted
LIFE
Spiritual Alchemy:
Transmitting Pain
into the Gold of
Transformation
BY DR. DEBRA REBLE
S
piritual alchemy is transmuting our pain
into soul level transformation. Traditional
alchemy during the Middle Ages centered
around the attempt to burn away the “dross”
of an ordinary material (such as lead) and
transform it into a refined substance (such
as gold). Yet, true alchemists of the time
understood this process to be spiritual—
transmuting the “dross” of our heavier
physical processes into the more refined
essences of mind and spirit—the gold of our
true being.
A trauma, loss, or crisis is an energetic
gateway to soul level transformation. It may
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