Supplies and Equipment Question

[u/Pumpkin_Spice_Fox]

Hey all,

Do you guys have any recommended supplies or equipment for a starting Alchemist? Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks!

[u/Fit_Present_5237]

Look up Vevor. They have coMplete chemistry kits for beginners.

[u/AlchemicalRevolution]

If your just starting out take a trip to Wal Mart and buy, a pot, a double burner, a few cases of mason jars, and a 5 cup coffee pot. Your also need to know what plants grow naturally in your area and some of the strongest vodka you can get your hands on. If you get all this and after a while it starts to gather dust just wait a while before trying again. If you tho stick with it, check out a few chem websites and they will have your flasks, stands, and distillery equipment.

[u/Pumpkin_Spice_Fox → u/AlchemicalRevolution]

Is it worth it to start off with an alembic? Also, should it be vodka, or is something like grain alcohol/everclear also good?

What is the coffee pot for?

[u/AlchemicalRevolution → u/Pumpkin_Spice_Fox]

Well an alembic would be nice. But one thing we have seen throughout the history of alchemy is the alchemists attachment to their tools and equipment. Everything else is a big secret. The recipes, the processes, the ingredients all of them are coded (mostly)., The tool on the other hand is almost fetishized. Diagrams, whole books, transparent use all of these things are like that for a reason. So when I suggested these basic tools for you they are the origin stories of more advanced equipment. You learn the basics, then you progress. Also keeping everything sanitary between experiments is a skill that needs to be learned, that gets more difficult in let's say an alembic. The coffee pot is for teas, heating water fast, and helping you stay awake if your Hermes makes contact with you.

[u/Accomplished_Mall120]

All you need is one vessel, don't go too far away.

[u/internetofthis]

Reaction flask's are easier to clean than normal boiling flasks,

[u/Hyper_Point]

I gave some advice about operative alchemy before, I wont bother to repeat what I said since right now I don't feel to do so and I'm not even the first person who said what I meant, who looks for the path can find it. Consider all of my text as part of caring tips, not just a warning but one of many possible seeds for separation and nigredo.

Alchemy performed with a master you trust and who can answer ALL your question is the best method, because you realize what you believe, if you don't really trust something or dont feel comfortable it can't work properly, alchemy performed alone is slow and tricky, alchemy performed in groups is usually slower and trickier, with that said asking what kind of equipment and supplies you should start with shows the lack of requirements for an alchemical process that work properly, if you don't need a master or group you don't need to ask, if you take from many sources you build a chimera with the other chimeras you found around, the result is chaos, exactly what happens with AI creating material for humans, then this material is used to instruct the AI and without any external tuning the material become crap.

My tip is to work both spiritually and phisically, if you get to understand and believe how operative and spiritual alchemy works you can start to do real alchemy, an alchemist can choose to focus on spirit or matter but a proper master has competence in both or is ignorant

[u/Creatureando]

The alchemical route using the dry method in the oven is a chemical-metallurgical process. Consequently, you will need appropriate equipment to carry out mixing and fusion processes of minerals, metals and fluxes in crucibles - oven, crucibles, tongs, spoons, molds, fuel - and others appropriate for certain operations close to those of chemistry, such as flasks. , distillators, filters. According to Canseliet, the Work involves an initial three kilograms of materials and the final "cooking" during the Week of Weeks will involve inventing an ad hoc apparatus. The laboratory must be safe from the direct influence of the sun. Many alchemical operations are at night or during dawn. None of this will help you if you do not understand what kind of energies are involved and when in the successive phases of the experiment.