While alchemy has many diverse birthplaces, ancient Egypt offers an abundance of myth and ritual that have remained an integral part of laboratory and spiritual alchemical practice. In this seminar we will explore seminal myths and magical texts of the “Black Land” that have become part of the perennial lexicon of alchemy. Specifically, we find that particular aspects of the Osiris myth, images and verses from the Book of the Dead and the journey through the Duat, special funerary potions (mumia, natron, liquor hepatis) and magical spells are still relevant to exoteric and personal alchemy. In addition, ancient Egypt provided the archetypal template from which gods and goddesses directly correlate with a "lineage" of major alchemical figures, including Thoth/HermesTrismegistus/Mercurius. Join us in this exciting psychological adventure as we discover the secrets beneath the sand.