My name is Alekos and I am an Alchemist. My relationship with Alchemy goes back a long way. I think my, and maybe also your, first connection with Alchemy was looking into fire as a child. Wood being turned into smoke, ash and heat. Some say that fire gazing was what got ancient humans into meditation. I still find it captivating, I can look at a fire for hours.!

The first alchemical process I consciously participated in was making wine with my father when I was 10. In high school I was scientifically oriented and chose to study Chemistry, as I was enchanted by chemical reactions changing one substance into another, sometimes in spectacular, colourful and even explosive ways. I was fortunate enough to study Chemistry in the Netherlands, getting to spend a big part of my studies in laboratories, conducting experiments, synthesizing substances, isolating enzymes, measuring, weighing, studying properties, working hands on with exotic chemicals and expensive machines! I even got to publish an article!

After graduating I got into IT and forgot about chemistry for some years. But when I moved back to Corfu I took up the winemaking again and eventually also started distilling wine into “tsipouro”, the Greek version of grappa. With this alcohol I am also making elixirs, tinctures and other healing potions.

At some point around 10 years ago on Corfu I met a beautiful man and e angaged in fascinating discussions about the state of the world and the big changes coming. He came back after a couple of years, and then again. Each time he was looking younger and more energetic. He attributed this to consistently taking the ORMUS he was making and selling. He taught me how to make ORMUS and I have been making it and taking it ever since.

Coming back to my village on Corfu, my personal transformation journey in Inner Alchemy started. As you will read in the Inner Alchemy section of the website I engaged in many different practices, ranging from cold water plunges and mud baths to dance, yoga, qigong, meditation, music, performative practices, plant medicine and more.

What I have achieved through all these practices is to face some of my shadows, peel some of the protective layers we all build around our pure, innocent heart, and get to a point where I am grateful every day for the life that I am living, enjoying the journey through this beautiful reality knowing that I am the captain of my ship and I choose what the next episode will be!

This gratitude and optimism makes we want to share my elixirs but also the practices that helped me grow and flow with all of you!