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Black Metal AlchemistCraft Your Ethics, Become your own masterPatreon link: https://www.patreon.com/carlosmk
Welcome to the Black Metal Alchemist podcast, I am Carlos MK (AKA Ødemark ) in which I talk about personal transformation (alchemy)
2023-07-0343 minBlack Metal Alchemist#49 - Emotional Alchemy - How to understand and take controll over them."Know Thyself"
In the first part of this episo, I explain the origins, the function, and the mechanics of what we reffer as "Emotions".
Just understanding this, will clarify by itself some of the greatest misconceptions an toxic or not so usefull ways wich "common knowledge" preaches, that leads to self-hatred, hopelennes and even fisical problems.
Modern Alchemy
In the second part of this Episode, I give you a process you can use to transform any emotional state, into another Emotional state of your choosing.
I explain why it...2023-05-0334 minBlack Metal Alchemist#48 - Breaking from a jail of our own makingHow can we feel to be "stuck in life" and at the same time live in a world of possibilities?
How do we create the belief structures that, when out of hands, can make us miserable, and even, killing ourselves?
In this episode I discus how this mental jail gets created since we where todlers, untill our adulthood. but most importantly, I end the episode with notes on how to begin tearing down the walls of your cognitive prison. Solve et Coagula.
If you want to support me, patreon is the way https...2023-04-2558 minBlack Metal Alchemist#47 - Introduction to Modern AlchemyIn this episode I discuss the education system as a context to explain what modern alchemy is and what are the basics of this actualized framework to achieve the ultimate goal, a life absolutely worth dying for.
if you want to support me, you can go to https://www.patreon.com/carlosmk2023-04-111h 09
Black Metal Alchemist#46 - Beyond Re-Birth: Updates on The Black Metal Alchemist PodcastI am back, in this episode I talk about my inactivity in The podcast, a bit of what has been happening in my life since I stopped, and some of my vision about the future of Black Metal Alchemist, with hopefully, an episode every Monday.
If you want to support this vision, you can do so by Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/carlosmk or buying merch whenever I set it up.
Thanks for your time!2023-04-0341 minBlack Metal Alchemist#45 - We are not afraid of what we shouldSupport me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/carlosmk
Would you be open to the possibility of most of your fears being a smart way for your ego not to have to confront the cold truth, an even greater fear?
Whatever I say, reflects ONLY my personal point of view (Which is also kind of the point in BM). I do not talk in the name of any community. Supporting me in Patreon would have an incredibly meaningful impact on my life so if you decide to do so I am already thankful beforehand.
...2021-03-3126 minBlack Metal Alchemist#44 - The Challenge (and the death of a forest)Welcome to the "Second season" of The Black Metal Alchemist podcast. Yes, I am turning it into a Vlog from now on.
You also will have the audio version in your favorite podcast app. in this episode, I talk about a challenge/experiment I am putting myself through, and I also explain to you why I do so, get excited to follow along, the results of this will be of benefit to all! I also show you how they cut the forest I used to record the episodes in, such a pity.
Heads up to D...2020-12-2229 minBlack Metal Alchemist#43 - "I want to Die"Friday is the day you chose what I talk about by going to the black metal alchemist group and choosing in our Friday Topic Open Poll post what do you want me to talk about.
This time, the "winner" is Σέρχιο Μπέλφεγκορ (send him slimy hugs) so let's talk about "I want to Die," or:
What is it in ourselves that sometimes can get to de conclusion that the experience we are experiencing is not worth to be experienced any longer; even at the cost of not experiencing every other possible experience that could be experienced in the future.2020-05-2241 minBlack Metal Alchemist#42 - The path of least thought.Do you indulge in taking the option of the least amount of thought?
Many times I catch myself doing this and it leads to personal chaos. Come with me and my dog today and let's dig into this!2020-05-2033 minBlack Metal Alchemist#41 - About beauty, death and now.Today I bring to the table a more intimate episode, in which I talk about some of my internal thoughts and reflections and words appear as they come, as I observe around me and philosophize them with some personal reflections and thought explorations about the nature of everything.
I hope you will enjoy this more "poetic" approach.2020-05-1823 minBlack Metal Alchemist40- Hypnosis and the parasympathetic nervous system.In this episode, I talk about hypnosis, what is it, how it works and how it can help2020-05-1545 minBlack Metal Alchemist#39 - How your thinking creates your reality.The way you think has a much more proactive role in how your reality is than you can realize. Today I scratch the surface of this awareness rabbit hole.2020-05-1340 minBlack Metal Alchemist#38 - Reframe yourself!Every experience has a frame around, learn how you make these frames, and you'll soon be able to change the way you frame your daily situations.2020-05-1128 minBlack Metal Alchemist#37 Micro dosing vs macro dosing.Psychedelics! Yeah, today I get lost in the forest while talking about the ins and outs, the pros and cons of micro dosage and normal dosage of psychedelics. Of course, the episode ended up being long, once I start getting into the rabbit hole...2020-05-081h 15Black Metal Alchemist#36 Can people change?In this extended episode, I talk about one o fthe questions that have bugged me for a very long time, so much so, that I dedicated myself to learn how to make people change. It happens to be more complex than I anticipated.2020-05-061h 10Black Metal Alchemist35- Reflections about death, fear, action and life.As I walked into the forest for contemplation, a realization about how we spend our time fearing what is ultimately unavoidable opened my eyes to a greater perspective of our emotions.2020-05-0424 minBlack Metal Alchemist#34- How overated is stability.In this episode I go in depth into the myth of life stability. Is it what we call stability true stability or is actually something else?2020-05-0143 minBlack Metal Alchemist#33 - The law of implied connectionEverything around and within us is connected; the matter is whether you see how or not. This law is some of my philosophical reflections and tools to approach the exponential nature of the complexity of our reality.
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Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook, each Sunday at 13:00 there is a live video episode in which we can interact.2020-04-2939 minBlack Metal Alchemist#32 - Our existence is sourounded by impossibles.This time I go into a bit of a dark alley, not dark as in macabre, but as in unknown. This is a metaphysical reflection of mine about the fact that you can elucubrate whatever you want, in reality, you will arrive at the conclusion that your existence is surrounded by a "cannot be known" everywhere you look. Pretty much the same way that the limits of open space videogames and simulations are played out. You simply cannot go there.
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Check on the blog of my site, Mindwork/s - Coaching, and Self-empowerment; if...2020-04-2731 minBlack Metal Alchemist#31 Drugs in Black metalIn this episode, I talk a bit about what I might know about black metal and drugs, personal experiences and what do I think in general about how I have seen people confront this topic.
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Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook, each Sunday at 13:00 there is a live video episode in which we can interact.
...2020-04-2436 minBlack Metal Alchemist#30 Rebel, god damn it!I believe that rebellion is not to be negative, is not to be violent, is not to be aggressive or punk-like, rebellion can be the very fuel that changes a life, and pushes societies forward, what to revel from and how to revel from it, that is what I discuss today.
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Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook, each Sunday at 13:00...2020-04-2034 minBlack Metal Alchemist#29 - Isolation, the universal human punishment.In this episode I explore the depths and connections of the concept of isolation.
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Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook, each Sunday at 13:00 there is a live video episode in which we can interact.
Join the Facebook Group and share your opinions, questions, and ideas2020-04-1744 minBlack Metal Alchemist#28 Misteries hide within the obvious.Today I talk about a side effect of our natural reason making, and how sometimes, explaining the unknown can lead to cognitive distortions that pile up in our global understanding of reality.
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Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook, each Sunday at 13:00 there is a live video episode in which we can interact.
Join the Facebook G...2020-04-1531 minBlack Metal AlchemistLet's talk a bit about the pastThe past is not there to become dependent on it but to learn and let go. The past is not a resource, is not who we are, is perhaps an addon, not to be dependent on, in this episode, I talk a bit about how the past affects us in sneaky ways and what we can do about it.
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Find what's new...2020-04-1328 minBlack Metal AlchemistThe limits that constrict our lifeToday I want to talk about the things that limit our range of actions and therefore limit our lives, below our conscious awareness. And we end with a compelling question for your journal.
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Check on the blog of my site, Mindwork/s - Coaching and Self-empowerment if this interests you, there are more content freebies, videos, downloadable, and programs to take part in.
Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook , each Sunday 13:00 there is a live video episode in which we can interact.
Join...2020-04-1033 minBlack Metal AlchemistThe dimension I found- Deep inquiry challenge.Today I challenge you to make a commitment with yourself. I challenge younto take a road of self-understanding, self-dedication, and attention to the detail that your life is made of. Do you have what's needed?2020-04-0839 minBlack Metal AlchemistWith all due respect, fu**ck you!This is a statement that I believe we could allow ourselves to say a bit more often than we do, moreover when it comes to those virtual images of people in our heads, creeping in our daily lives in shapes of memories that makes us no suitable. And some neighbors of course
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Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist...2020-04-0626 minBlack Metal AlchemistThe great scope of self destructive behaviour.Self-destructive behavior is not a problem of few, in fact, most people indulge or have some of these traits deep in their personalities. The question is whether you see your patterns or not.
Check on the blog of my site, Mindwork/s - Coaching and Self-empowerment if this interests you, there are more content freebies, videos, downloadable, and programs to take part in.
Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook , each Sunday 13:00 there is a live video episode in which we can interact.
Join the Facebook Group a...2020-04-0345 minBlack Metal AlchemistStuck states of beingIn this episode, we explore those situations in which we feel stuck in life. How do we get there and how to prevent getting there?
I also talk about this in my blog entry get out of stuck states in case you enjoy quick and concise reads.
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Find what's new on Black Metal Alchemist facebook , each Sunday 13:00 there is a...2020-04-0145 minBlack Metal AlchemistThe upside of the global quarentineI talk here about some of the actually positive aspect of the Covid19 outbreak and about some news regarding changes to this very podcast2020-03-3029 minBlack Metal AlchemistBlack Metal Alchemist (Trailer)2020-03-2400 minBlack Metal Alchemist#20 - Emotions, with or without?In this episode I talk about emotions, how we try to controll them and how they can confuse the hell out of us if we dont really put attention...and a murderous cat gang..2020-03-2127 minBlack Metal Alchemist#19 - Everyone does ther best, or do they?In this "Lets-think-out-loud" episode, I talk about a quite enlightening conversation I had, and ens up into reframing my own view of the world.2020-03-1828 minBlack Metal Alchemist#18- What it took for us to be able to suffer.In this short episode I talk about a piece of wisdom that struck me after a trip. The mere fact that we can ask ourselves who are we says a lot about our nature.2020-03-1621 minBlack Metal Alchemist#17 - We are our power of choiceWelcome one more day, today I share with you a powerful insight I got on an LSD trip, as I was going through personal work. I hope you get something out of it, I surely did.2020-03-0725 minBlack Metal Alchemist#16 - The price to pay for personal change.In the work I do as a hypnotherapist and coach, our commitment is to help people get to were they want to go and that, more often than not happens by changing some part of their psychology. Today I talk about the repercussions of such mind shifts, and how there is much more than it meets the eye.2020-03-0534 minBlack Metal Alchemist15 - The system we love to hateIn this episode I talk about my now a bit more mature ways to see and understand the system we live in2020-03-0328 minBlack Metal Alchemist14 - Control and its paradoxical nature.Here I talk for a while about how controll seems necessary, yet is an illusion, yet becomes useful, once discovered what and how to controll, without controlling it...2020-02-0629 minBlack Metal Alchemist13 - Helpfull problems, the double sided dagger.Most times, the problems that stay with us for a long period of time, is due to the fact that something in them is actually working in our favour, wether we recognise it or not.2020-02-0531 minBlack Metal Alchemist12 - Let's talk about nothing !What is it that makes us so uneasy about the lack os content, knowledge, stimulation in general and what can we learn of our automatic responses to it? Let's go for a couple of minutes of self exploration!2020-01-3032 minBlack Metal Alchemist11 - Say what you mean, mean what you say.No one became famous for how well they small talk. There are things about you, your visions and your experiences and knowledge that we are so certain that when we talk about them we forget there is nothing to defend, there is just perfect congruence, and is a really magical state we could add to our lives more than we do.2020-01-2940 minBlack Metal Alchemist10 - A liberating thought about traumas and our past.In this quick podcast, I talk about a recent realization that has helped me personally to transcend some of my personal traumatic past. This is not a cure by all means, but might be a door of oportunity for you to begin to turn the page once and for all.2020-01-2824 minBlack Metal Alchemist9 - Surrender and you will win.Today I wanted to talk about one of the greatest key insights I have gotten from my psychedelic experiences, the are of surrender to the present moment. The way this skill have help me in my day to day life, makes of this one of the most important things to have in one's mind when going through hard times.2020-01-2520 minBlack Metal Alchemist8 - Future impossible processToday I share with you a personal theory I got about why is it (or at least one reason why) we might seem difficult to get started in a project or why it seems like there is so much resistance to do things in a particular direction. Also of course, with a way to get over it. And if you need to contact you can do so at info@mindwork-s.com2020-01-2331 minBlack Metal Alchemist7 - My view about the occult and metaphysicsHere I open myself to explain how do I see the world of the occult and its mysteries. Is most likely not what you think.2020-01-2151 minBlack Metal Alchemist6 - Insecurities, clean slate theory and delusion mechanicsIn this short episode I talk about what insecurities seems to come from and also about how our reality will bend in front of us to adapt to what we believe.2020-01-2020 minBlack Metal Alchemist5 - Fairytale thinking, is all over us!Here I go about the ins and outs about a thought tendency, the, " it must be something supernatural " that so many people seems to be cought in, and also I go into explaining how do I think that this thinking manifests in every single one of us in one or another degree, so by observing the most extreme cases, we can draw our attention to ourselves so we can catch ourselves doing this, in order to stop it or embracing it.2020-01-1845 minBlack Metal Alchemist4 - What compassion is really about.In today's episode I talk about how did I discover compassion, how I get to comprehend its deep meaning (not the hollow christian version of it), and how it has impacted my life2020-01-1631 minBlack Metal Alchemist3 - My answers to some of the greatest questions of humanity.Today I talk about how I answered (to myself) great questions as why are we here? What's the point-meaning of life? And go about of how did I came to the conclusions I have today.2020-01-1352 minBlack Metal Alchemist2 - Black metal and Self Development, how do those worlds collide.Here I have a long conversation about how do I put together this 2 seemingly opposite facets of myself, and how after all they meet and are aligned with who I am.2020-01-1247 minBlack Metal Alchemist1 - The Balancing plate allegorylife is a plate in the top of our heads that we need to balance on our finger, that is one allegory of life I made many years ago and still to this day is feels resourceful to go back and contemplate it. in this episode, I go about explaining the ins and outs of it.2020-01-1028 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot episode 10: Stuked in dysfunctional perfectionism, and the art of letting go.Here I disclose some personal story of mine, related to being stuck in a mental state we all know, the kind of perfectionism that makes you unable to produce, and also I go about how I am unwinding my mind about it, just let it fu***ng go!2020-01-0926 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 09- small introduction to stoicism and about this podcast name.In this nice night walk under the Norwegian moon, I talk a bit about stoic philosophy with 257km/h winds against my face, and also, I talk about the roots of this podcast's name.2020-01-0717 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot episode 8 - The mysteries of why."Why" is a word that can both destroy and unlock lives. Learn how to use it in your inner dialog and journaling to have a more solid approach to who you are in this world.2020-01-0720 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 07- Cold showers, patience as a skill, and some news about OvateToday I talk a bit about some of the benefits of taking a cold shower in the morning, what patience is really about and how can improve your life to have a bit of it and some quick news about a project I am part of, Ovate.2020-01-0429 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 06- Where the name '3rd Attempt' comes from and some psychedelic insights.In this episode I talk briefly about some of the insights gotten after a week of psychedelic self exploration, disclose where the name of my band comes from and announce for first time to the public about my solo project.2020-01-0328 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 5 - Slaves of the identity we did not choose.Here I talk a bit about the role that our identity plays in our life, our problems, how do they distort our world and develops our fears. And how we never chose what do we identify with.2019-12-3027 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 4 - Widening one's life and about judgements.In this episode I talk about how widening the limits of one's identity leads to a life in which we can enjoy a much bigger range of things for us to enjoy, and also, I comment on how one's own judgments about others are related to this limits.2019-12-2431 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 3 - Who causes what?In this episode talk about how we often fall in the trap that other people make us do and say and feel things, when in reality is the other way around...2019-12-2216 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 2 - Some of my views about life and evil.In this long forest trip, I'll try to explain some of my view points on life in general and on the "evil of the world" in particular, and how I see things in a much more different way now than I saw then.2019-12-2055 minBlack Metal AlchemistPilot Episode 1 - Introductions and about taking action.So this episode is one of my test episodes, on it I self-reflect about what does seem to stop us from taking the actions required to fullfill or goals.2019-12-1935 min