About the ⚚emple
"Be Mercurial..." These were the words spoken from a master to a pupil that encapsulated a journey: to have a mind that is like mercury, both a solid and a liquid. A mind that can change shape, that can become anything, that can apprehend and resolve opposites.
The ⚚emple of Mercury was ritually consecrated on the 24th May, 2020 when the sun, moon and the planet mercury were all in Gemini (the star-sign astrologically ruled by Mercury).
In the tradition of Hermetic laboratory alchemy, Mercury is the master archetype that rules the whole art. The symbol for the planet is found in many texts and is used to denote many things. But most commonly Mercury in alchemy refers to the universal life force, the Prima Materia or One Thing that everything in the cosmos is made out of. Mercury or Hermes as a God is a perfect embodiment of this energy because just like this energy he is extremely swift, cunning, embracing of polarities and can travel beneath, within and far above the earth.
The ⚚emple of Mercury is a real physical location, housing an alchemical laboratory and a ritual space. It follows in the footsteps of the western occult tradition by confecting alchemically prepared products and teaching the Hermetic arts to the general public. It is only physically viewable through attending training on site, or virtually through the online school.