Your story is your operating system; Hack the code.
Narrative Alchemy is the practice of treating stories as spiritual technology—seeing inherited scripts clearly, releasing what isn't yours, and consciously authoring new myths to live by.
It's where Jung meets chaos magic, where the imaginal becomes operational, and where inner transformation reshapes outer reality.
I build games, practices, and frameworks that make this work tangible. Magus Eternal is one of those tools—a tarot RPG designed as a container for threshold crossing. The Narrative Codex is another—a living archive of techniques, lore, and experiments.
This isn't coaching or therapy. It's spiritual technology for people ready to hack their own operating system.
The Soulcruzer podcast…narrative alchemy in audio form. Call it an audioblog, call it threshold work, call it confessional mysticism.
One day I’m working through tarot as spiritual technology. The next, I’m exploring Nietzsche’s eternal return as lived practice, chaos magick techniques, or games as containers for transformation. Depth psychology meets the esoteric. Ancient wisdom meets the AI age. Theory becomes practice.
This is what narrative alchemy sounds like from the inside: raw, real, unpolished. Experiments in treating stories as code and consciousness as hackable.
If you’re here for the deep work and the edges, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
In this episode, I explore journaling as narrative alchemy, revealing how ancient alchemical stages map onto a powerful writing practice.
Here’s the original article: Journaling as Narrative Alchemy: Writing Your Way Into a New Self
Man and His Symbols is an accessible gateway into Jungian depth work. This illustrated exploration of archetypes and symbols reveals how transformation happens in the imaginal realm, below conscious awareness.
Hillman's "acorn theory" illuminates the path to Authentic Purpose. His poetic yet rigorous approach gives language to the daimonic self and the ineffable aspects of personal mythology.
Mary K. Greer's seminal workbook transforms tarot from divination tool into technology for self-knowledge and narrative sovereignty. Packed with exercises that treat the cards as doorways to the imaginal realm, this is required reading for practitioners ready to use archetypal imagery as active imagination practice.
Johnson demystifies Jung's most powerful technique with step-by-step guidance for engaging the imaginal realm directly. This slim volume transforms abstract theory into actionable practice—essential for practitioners ready to move beyond conceptual understanding.
The clearest introduction to chaos magic as pragmatic practice. Strips away dogma to reveal the core mechanics of belief as a tool. Perfectly bridges the gap between depth psychology and results-orientated transformation work.
While the hero's journey has been overused, Campbell's original text remains vital for understanding narrative structure as psycho-spiritual map. Read it to learn the pattern, then transcend it.
This groundbreaking work bridges the mystical and scientific, revealing how tarot actually works through the lens of neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Essential reading for practitioners who want to understand the neurological mechanisms behind symbol work, pattern recognition, and the imaginal realm's interface with the predictive brain.
[Sigil] Guardian daemon of thresholds and transformation. Works whether you see it as archetypal force or powerful metaphor. → Explore the sigil
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A message has been coming through all week. In my reflection sessions, through the cards, in the quiet spaces between tasks, and it’s this: There’s a question I’ve been avoiding asking myself. I’ve known it was there. You always do. It’s the question that sits just outside your direct gaze,
The series IntroductionPart I – The Attitude That Precedes YouPart II – The Scientific Frame: Unus MundusPart III – We Are Strange AttractorsPart IV – The Dark SidePart V – Practical Kairomancy: Working with the Yes The Dark Side We need to talk about what happens when you get this wrong. Or worse, when
The series IntroductionPart I – The Attitude That Precedes YouPart II – The Scientific Frame: Unus MundusPart III – We Are Strange AttractorsPart IV – The Dark SidePart V – Practical Kairomancy: Working with the Yes We Are Strange Attractors Ralph Waldo Emerson, writing in 1876, didn’t have quantum mechanics or Jung’s psychology to
The series IntroductionPart I – The Attitude That Precedes YouPart II – The Scientific Frame: Unus MundusPart III – We Are Strange AttractorsPart IV – The Dark SidePart V – Practical Kairomancy: Working with the Yes The Scientific Frame: Unus Mundus In the 1930s, something unusual began to happen in Zurich. Carl Jung, the
The series IntroductionPart I – The Attitude That Precedes YouPart II – The Scientific Frame: Unus MundusPart III – We Are Strange AttractorsPart IV – The Dark SidePart V – Practical Kairomancy: Working with the Yes The attitude that precedes you You’re walking toward a meeting you’ve been dreading for days. Your shoulders are
The series IntroductionPart I – The Attitude That Precedes YouPart II – The Scientific Frame: Unus MundusPart III – We Are Strange AttractorsPart IV – The Dark SidePart V – Practical Kairomancy: Working with the Yes An Introduction This week, we’re exploring one of the most unsettling and empowering ideas I’ve encountered in Robert
Synchronicity isn’t cosmic coincidence. It’s how your story talks back to you, revealing which narrative threads are alive and which need attention. The World as Mirror and Dialogue Partner Synchronicity is not random. It’s not the universe winking at you from behind a cosmic curtain. It’s something stranger and more
You’ve probably heard it a thousand times: “Find your purpose.” As if your reason for being is hidden somewhere. Like in the right career, the perfect relationship, or maybe at the bottom of your third ayahuasca ceremony. But here’s what I’ve found: you’re not missing your purpose. In fact, you’re
Knowing yourself isn’t about coming up with a neat definition you can put on a business card. It’s more like watching the weather of your own being. The soul shows up in the little things, like what you’re drawn to, what you shy away from, or the memories that stick
The Codex is almost here. After weeks of weaving together the framework and laying the foundations, I’m only a few days away from the official launch of the Narrative Alchemy Codex. To celebrate, I want to share a glimpse of Chapter 1. This is the opening movement in what will
When the mask slips, let it. We spend much of our lives arranging faces for the world. A mask for work, another for friends, and still another for family gatherings. These are not always deceptions. Masks can be protective, ceremonial, even sacred. They help us navigate the stage of daily
We treat meaning like it’s some luxury add-on to life, like it’s something you get to once you’ve checked all the boxes. But that’s backwards. Meaning isn’t the cherry on top. It’s in the foundation, right up there with food and water and air. You can suffocate without oxygen and
Join Clay Lowe, aka Soulcruzer, for barefoot reflections on the art of living.
Each short episode is a shot of slow wisdom—10 minutes or less—served like strong coffee for the soul. Mythic musings, story sparks, and contemplative riffs to help you walk your path with presence, purpose, and poetry.
The Soulcruzer podcast…narrative alchemy in audio form. Call it an audioblog, call it threshold work, call it confessional mysticism.
One day I’m working through tarot as spiritual technology. The next, I’m exploring Nietzsche’s eternal return as lived practice, chaos magick techniques, or games as containers for transformation. Depth psychology meets the esoteric. Ancient wisdom meets the AI age. Theory becomes practice.
This is what narrative alchemy sounds like from the inside: raw, real, unpolished. Experiments in treating stories as code and consciousness as hackable.
If you’re here for the deep work and the edges, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
In this episode, I explore journaling as narrative alchemy, revealing how ancient alchemical stages map onto a powerful writing practice.
Here’s the original article: Journaling as Narrative Alchemy: Writing Your Way Into a New Self
I’m Clay Lowe, your barefoot philosopher and guide for those brave enough to walk at the speed of soul. In a world obsessed with faster, higher, more, I help fellow rebels discover the profound wisdom hiding in everyday moments: the steam rising from your cup, the pause between heartbeats, the way light shifts across an ordinary afternoon.
Here, I blend timeless wisdom with the insights of modern living, creating soul-led practices for those who know there’s more to life than the endless scroll. Think of this as your roadside shrine for slow thoughts in a fast world–a place where ancient Stoics share table space with morning reflections, where Zen koans meet Monday motivation.
As a slow living advocate, I believe we don’t need more content–we need more contemplation. We don’t need more advice–we need more presence. We don’t need more speed–we need more soul.
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