After passing through the ‘alchemical fire’ Kasyan and Gouri receive their first alchemical initiation from Admiral, one of Master G’s oldest disciples. This initiation opens the mysteries of the alchemical stage of Nigredo for them. The description of the astralized space of this stage is the very subject of the present book. In order to follow the alchemical Path of Master G further, the light Path of ascension, they have to undergo the next alchemical stage, which is the stage of pur...

The writer and mystic Konstantin Serebrov was born and grew up in the Northern Caucasus. From a young age he took a keen interest in Hindu mysticism and the concept of enlightenment and cosmic consciousness. In the Caucasus he studied the works of Hindu gurus and practiced various techniques to develop consciousness under the guidance of the Russian mystic, Alexey Zhoukovski, who was a member of an esoteric group inspired by the teachings of the Masters of Seven Rays, and he sought contact wi...

I’ve written this work about ascetic practices on request of my Master to give the interested people yet another view on the essence of the spiritual Path. Namely, how man can come closer to God and let Him ‘bring man up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay’, and put a new song in man’s mouth. (Ps. 40:2,3). Man can come closer to God through work on himself, that is working on purifying his heart and soul, his inner world, making through this work still more room availabl...