Soul Exercises
This is a partial transcription of the workshop’s first lecture. To listen to the entire workshop, visit the lecture page. — For students of Dennis who have an interest in prayer, this partial transcription of his Healing Meditations workshop describes a form of hygienic prayer that Dennis taught as a ritual of healing. Unlike some…
[Ed: Dennis taught this material in full over a weekend in Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 2009. The four lectures are available as Alchemy of Consciousness: Imagination as a Path of Healing.] If we think about it most of our trials come out of the inner experience that we seem to have two contrasting modes of consciousness…
Finding it difficult to lug your suitcase upstairs? Work out a few times a week at the gym and your suitcase soon begins to feel lighter! Likewise, going to the “soul gym” every day develops your capacity to remain peaceful amidst the pressures of life. Just as workouts at the “Y” build muscular strength and…
[Ed: Dennis taught this material in full over a weekend in Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 2009. The four lectures are available as Alchemy of Consciousness: Imagination as a Path of Healing.] The image shows the retort of our sleeping consciousness with the birds of thought arising out of the neck in clouds of steam. These birds…
[Ed: Dennis taught this material in full over a weekend in Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 2009. The four lectures are available as Alchemy of Consciousness: Imagination as a Path of Healing.] In the beginning, all transformation of the consciousness involves grounding the psyche in a concentrated form. This is represented by the earth stage of the…
[Ed: Dennis taught this material in full over a weekend in Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 2009. The four lectures are available as Alchemy of Consciousness: Imagination as a Path of Healing.] This picture is an adaptation of an old alchemical image that shows the flowing and generous nature of the goddess of the waters. The Sun…
[Ed: Dennis taught this material in full over a weekend in Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 2009. The four lectures are available as Alchemy of Consciousness: Imagination as a Path of Healing.] The picture is an image of stars falling out of the sky as snow and then falling to earth as crystals. From the point of…
Learn about the alchemical concept of “dew” and how that may be understood as the becoming of our organs of perception.
This course on Inner Work techniques is designed to help gain access to the life of the soul through imaginative exercises and esoteric games.
We’re pleased to announce the publication of a book that has been many years in the making, The Alchemical Wedding – Christian Rosenkreutz, the Initiate of Misunderstanding. From the back of the book: Filled with alchemical metaphors, coded words, and images, Dennis Klocek describes—in his inimitable style—much of the profound meaning behind the colorful and…