Table Of ContentTable of Contents 1 Title Page 2 Dedication 3 Table of Contents 6 Foreword by Dennis William Hauck 10 Acknowledgments & Disclaimer 12 Intuit Song 13 Introduction 23 Chapter 1: Calcination: Incinerating the Ego's Control 23 Calcination Meditation #1 25 Who Am I? Meditation 29 Calcination Meditation #2 33 Belief Awareness Exercise 35 Clearing the Past Exercise 39 Multiple Aspects Exercise 42 Chapter 2: Dreams: How They Guide Us Through Transformation 48 Alchemical Themes in Dreams 52 Dream Characters as Parts of Ourselves Exercise 58 Chapter 3: Dissolution: Freeing Emotion and Intuition 60 The Magical Lake Meditation 64 Repressing Emotions Exercise 65 Dissolution Meditation 68 Chapter 4: From Fear to Fortitude: Dissolving The Root of Pain and Suffering 69 Resolving Fear Exercise 73 Disempowering Fear--Empowering Yourself Exercise 86 Chapter 5: Separation: How Our Perceptions Create Our Reality 88 Releasing Ritual 90 Separation Meditation 95 5 Exercises to Free Old Habits 99 Chapter 6: Choosing Our Realities: Discovering the True Self 105 Soul Choices Meditation 114 Chapter 7: Conjunction: The Sacred Marriage 116 Conjunction Meditation 126 Chapter 8: The Gift in Adversity: You Have More Power Than You Think 129 Self-Acceptance Exercise 136 Chapter 9: Putrefaction-Fermentation: Assisting Limiting Beliefs to Die 139 Putrefaction-Fermentation Meditation 148 Chapter 10: The Shadow Knows: The Healing Power of Light and Dark 153 Discovering Your Shadow Exercise 159 Chapter 11: Distillation: Refining the TrueSelf 162 Distillation Meditation #1: The Silver Tower 163 Distillation Meditation #2: Integrating Past and Future with the Present 164 Distillation Meditation #3: Changing Your Perceptions of Yesterday 165 Distillation Meditation #4: There is No Future--There is Only Now 166 Distillation Meditation #5: Remodeling the Past, Embodying the Present Moment 170 Chapter 12: Living the Distilled Life: The Soul as Our Guide 172 The Sphere Meditation 178 Chapter 13: Coagulation: Wholeness and Happiness 184 Sacrifice and Soul Exercise 187 Coagulation Meditation: The Golden Tower 192 Chapter 14: Actualized Alchemy: The Transformed Ego-Bound Consciousness 208 Appendix A: The Gold Within You Process: The Way to the Philosopher's Stone 223 Appendix B: Writing a New Job Description for Your Ego-Protector 231 Appendix C: Alchemical Art Projects
SynopsisTransform life's challenges into the gold of pure consciousness Heal your outdated attitudes, habits, and fears. Find purpose in this lifetime. Discover the seven stages of the ancient art of alchemy, and transform your consciousness in positive, life-affirming ways. Overcoming the inner blocks that hold you back from spiritual growth is one of life's most important tasks. Your Inner Gold is a step-by-step guide to personal evolution, showing you how to: Transmute the ego's control Reclaim emotion and intuition Discover discernment and wisdom Open the heart by balancing the inner masculine and feminine Integrate your lower and higher levels of consciousness Distill and develop the pure essence of your true self Release yourself into a new consciousness of wholeness Providing exercises, stories, and deep compassion, Dr. Nanci Shander gives you the tools to purify your consciousness and achieve unconditional self-acceptance. "With wisdom, candor and great self-awareness, Dr. Nanci Shander writes beautifully of the importance of complete self-acceptance." --Robert Schwartz, award-winning author of Your Soul's Plan, Transform life's challenges into the gold of pure consciousness Heal your outdated attitudes, habits, and fears. Find purpose in this lifetime. Discover the seven stages of the ancient art of alchemy, and transform your consciousness in positive, life-affirming ways. Overcoming the inner blocks that hold you back from spiritual growth is one of life's most important tasks. Your Inner Goldis a step-by-step guide to personal evolution, showing you how to: Transmute the ego's control Reclaim emotion and intuition Discover discernment and wisdom Open the heart by balancing the inner masculine and feminine Integrate your lower and higher levels of consciousness Distill and develop the pure essence of your true self Release yourself into a new consciousness of wholeness Providing exercises, stories, and deep compassion, Dr. Nanci Shanderá gives you the tools to purify your consciousness and achieve unconditional self-acceptance. "With wisdom, candor and great self-awareness, Dr. Nanci Shanderá writes beautifully of the importance of complete self-acceptance." --Robert Schwartz, award-winning author of Your Soul's Plan, Transform life's challenges into the gold of pure consciousness Heal your outdated attitudes, habits, and fears. Find purpose in this lifetime. Discover the seven stages of the ancient art of alchemy, and transform your consciousness in positive, life-affirming ways. Overcoming the inner blocks that hold you back from spiritual growth is one of life's most important tasks. Your Inner Gold is a step-by-step guide to personal evolution, showing you how to: Transmute the ego's control Reclaim emotion and intuition Discover discernment and wisdom Open the heart by balancing the inner masculine and feminine Integrate your lower and higher levels of consciousness Distill and develop the pure essence of your true self Release yourself into a new consciousness of wholeness Providing exercises, stories, and deep compassion, Dr. Nanci Shanderá gives you the tools to purify your consciousness and achieve unconditional self-acceptance. "With wisdom, candor and great self-awareness, Dr. Nanci Shanderá writes beautifully of the importance of complete self-acceptance." --Robert Schwartz, award-winning author of Your Soul's Plan