An alchemical year is not the same as a normal calendar year. Rather, it refers to the time necessary to complete an alchemical project such as raising gold from a lower element. It is called a year because there are four basic levels or grades to the work (with many sublevels), similar to the four seasons of a calendar year.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Tamara L. Siuda, PhD, author of the new Weather Magic.
Members of the alphabet community (from acronyms representing different sexualities and gender identities in the LGBTQIA+ community) often have...