History of Alchemy - Part 2

Chapter 3 of 6

The Alchemyst Earth Journey

Six chapters on who we are, how every product is made and what we promise you and the Earth.

  1. 1 Our Story
  2. 2 The Magic of Alchemy
  3. 3 Isis and the Ancient Healers
  4. 4 Our Bioenergized Process
  5. 5 Our Commitment
  6. 6 How to Use Your Products
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Alchemy and Ancient Egypt

Queen Nefertari and Isis, tomb painting in the Valley of the Queens

The Goddess of 10,000 Names

“How can a perfume smell dreamy and grounding at the same time?” Eileen L.

That question has roots in Egypt, where scent, magic and medicine belonged to one Goddess.

Isis “of ten thousand names” was Egypt's supreme Goddess, Mother Creator of Magic, Miracles and Alchemy. Her worship became the world's first universal religion and spread faster than any faith that followed.

Ancient teachings praise her power, cunning, limitless compassion and polymathic knowledge of medicine, alchemy, science and magic. As the Lady of Magic, she is the most potent wielder of heka.

Ancient texts name her the teacher of Thoth in magic, medicine and alchemy, and Thoth named her Mistress of Magic, Creatrix of the Universe. “There is nothing that Isis does not know in heaven or earth.”

Practitioners chanted her name to channel her HeKa into their elixirs and rituals.

Priests and priestesses in the rites of Isis

The Alchemy of Ritual

Ritual /ˈrɪtʃʊəl/: a ceremony of actions performed in a prescribed order

Rituals carry tradition, purpose and passion. They connect us to the divine and call in the heart's deepest desires.

In Egypt, ritual shaped every action, from cleansing the face and applying wigs, creams and makeup to eating, working and drinking.

Egyptian doctors were magicians, priests and alchemists with encyclopedic knowledge of the body, surgery, herbs, oils and teas. Through ritual, they channeled the HeKa of Isis into their practice.

Ancient Egyptian physician illustration

The Ancient World's Most Powerful Physicians

Egyptian physicians held a holistic view of mind, body and spirit. More than 5,000 years ago they prepared alchemical formulas and worked with vibration, light, bathing, massage, herbs and aromatherapy, with an advanced grasp of sanitation, anatomy and surgery.

Women and men practiced medicine in equal regard. Merit-Ptah and Peseshet were priestess physicians, Queen Hatshepsut founded medical schools, and Egyptian women held authority in medicine and the sciences until the 4th century CE.

This lineage of scent, intention and care lives in every bottle we make. Chapter 4 shows how.

Continue to Chapter 4

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