The Alchemy Papers · Instrument
The Practitioner Pathway
No practitioner guides a descent they have not made.
- The first door· L1
Alchemy Coach
For coaches, teachers, guides and mentors who want to hold a fuller conversation — one that meets the wound honestly without asking to descend into it clinically.
Gates
- ·Personal Compass · complete once, revisit yearly
- ·30 days of the Daily Peace Pulse
- ·One completed Peace Journal thread on your own primary wound
- ·Basic somatic literacy: coherent breathing, one grounding practice, one release practice
Capacities
- ·Name the six wounds and the eleven families in ordinary language
- ·Hold a client through Movement 0 (Arrival) and Movement I (the wound naming)
- ·Recognise the four warning signs that ask for referral
Imprint depth
Two years of your own regular practice, one wound worked to relative peace.
- The middle door· L2
Integrative Practitioner
For therapists, hypnotherapists, breathwork facilitators and somatic practitioners who want a unifying map for what they already do.
Gates
- ·L1 complete
- ·Trained in at least two of the six modalities (see Matrix)
- ·Fifty logged personal sessions across two modalities
- ·A supervisor and a peer circle
Capacities
- ·Design a personalised path across three of the seven Cycles rings
- ·Use the Modality Matrix to select the right first opening for each wound
- ·Hold a client through Movements 0–III without breaking coherence
Imprint depth
Two wounds worked to integration; regular contact with your own shadow work.
- The third door· L3
Transpersonal Therapist
For seasoned practitioners called to hold the whole arc, including Movements IV–V (the essence and the return).
Gates
- ·L2 complete
- ·Trained in at least four of the six modalities
- ·One hundred and fifty logged sessions; documented supervision throughout
- ·A completed group facilitation — a circle you carried through a full cycle
Capacities
- ·Hold the Movements 0–V arc, including the field and generational layers
- ·Facilitate a Compass circle, a Cycles retreat, a Matrix intensive
- ·Teach and supervise L1 candidates
Imprint depth
Three wounds worked to integration; ongoing personal work with your own teacher; a lived answer to the question: what is mine to hand on?
This pathway is drawn from I AM and works through the Matrix and the Cycles.

