Welcome to The Fellowship Chronicles and Episode 2 of our series on Alchemy. Today we consider The Purpose of Your Alchemical Experiment. These episodes build on one another, so if you have not yet listened to Episode 1, I suggest that you pause this one and go back to the first episode so you have the benefit of Saint Germain’s teaching unfolding in the order he gave it.
Now, let’s imagine for a moment. You’re standing in a quiet room, a blank canvas before you, brush in hand. You could paint anything: a sunrise, a storm, a face, a symbol. Whatever image you choose, it will take form.
Saint Germain tells us that this is exactly what alchemy is about — not just experiments in dusty laboratories, but the shaping of life itself. And he asks the question: What is the purpose of your alchemical experiment?
Not Void, Not Vanity
He begins with a warning. “Void,” he says, “is unfruitful energy.” If your life is simply filled with empty motion, without purpose, without communion with your true Self, it creates nothing lasting.
And if your purpose is vanity — chasing wealth, power, or the applause of others — your creations will be as fragile as smoke. That was the mistake of many early alchemists, who sought only gold and personal gain.
Saint Germain is blunt: if you imitate mankind’s vanity, your consciousness will remain pitiable. But if you imitate God, he says, “Well done!” will be spoken of you.
Doesn’t that sound familiar? The Bible warns in Ecclesiastes: “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2). To build on vanity is to build on sand.
Beginning with the Self
So where should an alchemist begin? Not with formulas, but with self-knowledge.
“The true alchemist begins his experiment by communing with himself in order to perceive the inspiring thoughts of the radiant mind of his Creator.”
Isn’t that powerful? Before you try to transform matter, you must be in tune with your inner Divine Source. The Apostle Paul echoes this when he says: “Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you?” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
The alchemical experiment begins, then, not in the outer world, but in the heart — with the soul’s magnetic call back to God.
The True Goal of Alchemy
Saint Germain makes it clear: the goal isn’t wealth or glory, but freedom. Freedom from ignorance, freedom from drudgery, freedom from the prison of the lower self.
“Unless this spiritual science is applied to the freeing of individuals and society from drudgery, confusion, and compromise with the densities of human thought… the purposes to which God ordained it will remain unfulfilled.”
Jesus pointed to this higher goal when he declared: “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32). Alchemy isn’t about magic tricks; it’s about liberation.
Learning from the Masters
Saint Germain compares true alchemy to the quest for the Holy Grail. Just as knights of old sought the chalice that held Christ’s blood, the alchemist seeks the chalice of divine purpose — to transmute life itself into something noble, luminous, and enduring.
He calls us to look at the great examples of history, the saints and sages who patterned their lives after heaven’s design. This is our true mirror. Instead of copying the world’s shallow patterns, we mirror those who walked in the Light. Paul once said: “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.” (1 Corinthians 11:1).
The Humility of the Student
Saint Germain also warns against pride. Many seekers, he says, rush to demand the Philosopher’s Stone, the secret shortcut to wealth and power. But unless we approach the first lessons with humility, he says, we will end the journey “wanting.”
This reminds me of Peter’s own words: “If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1 Peter 4:18). Even for the sincere, the path is narrow. How much more must we tread carefully if our motives are mixed?
The True Experiment
So what is the purpose of your alchemical experiment? It is to bring forth your God-design? To commune with your Higher Self until your purpose is clear? To create not from vanity, but from divine inspiration? To use the science of alchemy not to chain yourself to the world, but to set yourself — and others — free?
This is what Saint Germain calls us to. He says that the Brotherhood of Light released these teachings not to dazzle us with tricks, but to help us avoid the mistakes of the past and to forge an ennobling culture for the future.
The Invitation
The question comes back to you: What are you creating?Is it born of vanity, or born of the Light?Is it an imitation of the world, or an imitation of Christ?
Your life is an alchemical experiment. Choose your purpose well.
📚 Excerpt inspired by Studies in Alchemy: The Science of Self-Transformation by Saint Germain, published by the Summit Lighthouse.
