Where does one learn alchemy?
The answer to this question depends largely on your temperament. There are three usual approaches though. (1) You seek tuition from an experienced alchemist. (2) You join a school which teaches alchemy. (3) You go it alone and try to learn from books and by experience. The above suggestions are arranged in the order of likelihood of gaining most success (in alchemical pursuit). There is little doubt that if one manages to obtain personal one-on-one tuition with an experienced alchemist that it is under those conditions that he will learn the most. Schools can teach a great deal, but the most public ones (which are easiest to join) generally prove to be the least reliable. There are, however, a few good schools that are not public, that are part of some fraternal system usually, that provide an excellent learning environment. Such schools usually describe themselves as being ‘primarily’ alchemical in focus. It should be understood that experience has shown that esoteric colleges (or Ord
