Writing · Video · A Course in Modern Alchemy

Dr Simon Robinson

Essays, conversations and learning resources exploring consciousness, spiritual development, mysticism and the structures through which reality becomes meaningful.

Begin with a question. Follow what draws your attention.

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Browse the written archive by its central questions and traditions.

The foundation

A Course in Modern Alchemy

Begin with the structured course through Nigredo, Albedo and Citrinitas: a progressive exploration of suffering, perception, consciousness and transformation.

From the video archive

Two collections to explore

Long-form conversations, accompanied by chapter guides, glossaries and source notes. Follow a series, or choose a question that interests you.

Dialogues III · 18 episodes

The Constructed World

Love, language, identity and perception: how experience takes shape, and how even spiritual understanding can become something we hold too tightly.

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Dialogues IV · 18 episodes + bonus

The Architecture of Release

How suffering is organised, and what begins to change when identity, effort, measurement and even goodness are held more lightly.

Explore Dialogues IV Or begin with Episode 1

Alchemical books

The written foundations and principal volumes of the project.

The Way In · The Way Out

Mental-health series

Books and visual resources exploring anxiety, depression, psychosis, identity, dementia and addiction through reflection and careful psychological cartography.

The Way In. The Way Out. book series