Lorie Eve Dechar is an acupuncturist, consciousness explorer and change-maker, committed to bringing the art of alchemy and soul healing back to the modern world. She has practiced Chinese medicine for over three decades and is the author of Five Spirits: Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing; Kigo: Exploring the Spiritual Essence of Acupuncture Points Through the Changing Seasons; and her most recently published book, The Alchemy of Inner Work: A Guide for Turning Illness & Suffering into True Health & Well-Being. With her husband, astrologer and community builder Benjamin Fox, she co-founded A New Possibility, a global healing and learning community committed to the belief that inner work is a prerequisite to any lasting outer change.
THE ALCHEMY OF INNER WORK: A Guide for Turning Illness and Suffering into True Health and Well-being
“Everyone should read this treasure trove of essential inner knowledge. This book is a magnificent accomplishment.”
—Caroline Myss, author of Anatomy of the Spirit and The Power of Prayer
Written with Benjamin Fox, THE ALCHEMY OF INNER WORK is a hands-on guide for practitioners and patients as well as a journey of discovery, a meditation on what it means to heal and live a truly health-filled life. It helps readers understand and apply, each in his or her own way, the principles, tools, and practices of alchemy and to discover how doing so can help turn things around in our inner and outer worlds. The book includes information drawn from traditional Chinese medicine and Taoist alchemy, medieval European alchemy, Kabbalah, Vedic Tantric traditions, and modern depth psychology. But it’s also a personal story, rooted in insights from Lorie’s own life challenges and study of alchemy during thirty years of practice as an acupuncturist, therapist, and healer.
The book’s ultimate aim is to open a doorway that has been closed by modern Western consciousness, between our current physically-oriented reality and the realms of the intangible—the space of magic, myth, and the imaginal world of the soul. Whether a practitioner, student, patient, or person on a path, engaging with the concepts, tools, and practices presented in THE ALCHEMY OF INNER WORK will bring the reader closer to the light of the authentic Self, which is the true goal and gold of the alchemical quest.
Benjamin Fox is a co-founder with Lorie and the director of A New Possibility. He is also a professional counseling astrologer, a licensed massage therapist with 20 years of experience, and has been involved in men’s healing work for the past two decades.