A living archive of Fires of Alchemy.

I spent years working inside hospitals, community health, mental health, and telehealth settings — watching people move through crisis, recovery, and reinvention. I've had my own run-ins with mental health too, so this has never been purely professional territory for me.

What I kept noticing was that the things causing the most suffering were almost entirely preventable. Not easy to change — but not mysterious either. We have decades of solid research into why people fall into certain patterns, and increasingly good evidence on how to move through them.

The Scrolls are where that knowledge lives. Neuroscience, psychology, lived experience — the research layer and the practised layer, held together. It's the same body of knowledge that underpins the tarot work, the courses, and everything else Fires of Alchemy produces.

Begin wherever you feel pulled. 📜

— Nick 🔥

Recent Posts:

The Stories We Tell Ourselves to Survive 🎭

The Stories We Tell Ourselves to Survive 🎭

We don't lie to ourselves on purpose. The brain rewrites memory every time we retrieve it — quietly, plausibly, in the direction of least resistance. Over time, the version becomes the truth. This post examines the science of self-deception: why we evolved to do it, how it escalates from small omissions into something we can no longer see past, and what happens when the people closest to us are quietly recruited into carrying our story with them. Drawing on evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, family systems research, and the documented failures of institutions from Robodebt to the Post Office Horizon scandal, it maps self-deception from the inside of one person's mind to the scale of governments, families, and social circles — and offers concrete ways to start catching it in yourself. Not to prosecute. To get curious about where the signal went.

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🕵️ Chapter 1: The Roots of Fear and Anxiety


🥹 Chapter 2: Recognising & Feeling Patterns


🏋️ Chapter 3: Reconnecting Mind & Body


🎮 Chapter 4: Technology, AI & External Support


🙏 Chapter 5: Tuning Into Intuition & A Higher Calling


📰 Chapter 6: Zooming Out to the Bigger Picture


🧑‍🌾Chapter 7: The Creative Rebellion & Alternative Systems 🎭

  • Ah! You’ve stumbled in the trap door🚪

    Where you travel next is up to you 🚀

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