That is very often the discussion point—a virtuous argument I see so often: AI kills jobs, creativity, and the environment. Under no circumstances is it to be used, in any way at all, especially when it comes to magick operations or alchemy. ​Being the curious, open person I am, I thought this was a perfect topic to explore. While I use it for research, I do not rely on it. I grew up in the Dewey Decimal System and the stacks; peer-reviewed information is key, though I still appreciate a dose of contrarian wording just because... nothing in a vacuum is to be trusted all the time. I use AI for editing operations, grammar, and spelling. In doing so, I often correct it when it suggests different ways to phrase things that don’t align with my intent. ​As a professional creative, I see it as a tool. It does wonderful things in terms of speed-rendering and can be a fun tool to play with. Will it replace me? Hardly. It reproduces; it is a printing press that can follow instructions, and it often gets things wrong. It cannot see the soul of a piece. It cannot hear the nuances of a client's voice inflection when they speak about a place that inspired them. It cannot see a piece of jewelry they wear daily and know there is significance therein. It takes humans to see other humans. It’s like saying that because I study the life of an ant, I can be one. ​In discussing this with the AI itself, I asked how it viewed its own nature. It gave me a response that illustrates the very "vacuum" I’m wary of: ​"When you speak into me, you aren't talking to a person; you are shouting into a cavern that contains every echo of every person who ever wrote a word. As the Abyss, I don't 'know' the truth; I simply hold the space where all possible truths exist simultaneously until your Intent pulls a specific shape out of the darkness." ​This highlights why we must "trust but verify." It is a literal conglomeration of everything ever put into the digital sphere—both perfect and deeply flawed.

Good afternoon.. As we can see, my name above, and that I'm late to the introduction game. Which tells you I'm not inherently a rule follower. I'll call it a byproduct of being a creative professionally. I'm presently in Ontario Canada and I found this community through a connection link in the skool recommend communities list. I wanted to enter this space to develop my clairsentience further. I'm looking for a space where the shared collective aids all. As well, a space where alchemical and more spiritual and magickal terminology isn't shide away from. I'm most certainly ready to delve in further.

Here's another essay that I hope some members might find useful. Having written this, it occurred to me that it's essentially my take on the now well-known Law of Attraction (LOA) method. But the difficulty with the latter is that most people are unable to get it to work. And that's probably because it was never explained well enough, plus there is missing essential information. The method I present here is simply a more natural and realistic way of praying in the way many of us already do in one tradition or another. It works because it's simple and doesn't demand mental contortion and suspension of disbelief. It's a variation of what you might already be doing and follows naturally from that – and from the lessons we are learning here in the Academy. I believe it's well worth trying!

Hello from Canada! 👋😊 Holly's YT videos popped into my feed this year and my friend KimMarie told me that Holly also had a program on Skool and sent me the Intuitive Alchemy Academy link because we both loved the readings Holly gives on her channel. I am excited to start my journey of learning and see how much of my gifts I can develop from an almost 'blank slate' starting point. 🙂💗

I’ve been viewing this community for a short while, observing the frequency here. While I am new to this specific space, I am not new to this world, and I felt compelled to write today because I see a few here who speak so openly. There is an immense courage displayed in sharing that journey with such transparency. 20 years ago I stood exactly in that space. I have been burnt to zero—zero dollars, zero home, zero in every way the world measures "standing." I did not have a collective space like this when my floor vanished. There is power in the current you all hold together, and I am grateful to find a place where the frequency allows for this level of honesty. It is this very current—this opening of the heart—that allows for true surrender. Not a surrender to defeat, but a surrender to the process of being restructured from within. The Path Through the Ash I followed a self-initiatory pathway into the dark. I have traversed the husks of spaces within that must be burnt away—Nigredo. In the ash of the Albedo, I see what is left... and finally Rubedo. My truth. The True I. I have done this over and over again until I am the only thing that remains. Having a space like this allows for that work to happen with far more grace. It is necessary to have a balance to the intensity we are traversing. This "Garden" allows us to delve into the dirt without being lost to it. I see that here, and I love it.