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The Alchemy Papers · Instrument

The Practitioner Pathway

No practitioner guides a descent they have not made.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.