The Paracelsus Award is presented by the International Alchemy Guild (IAG) to English, German, Spanish, Russian, and French language web sites. The purpose of the award is to recognize and honor outstanding web resources, archives, and commercial, organizational, and personal URLs that elucidate the philosophy of alchemy or apply alchemical methods to the arts and sciences. The categories include not only Hermetic web sites but also sites devoted to personal transformation, health, psychology, creative arts, history, business, spiritual disciplines, as well as the traditional sciences. The criteria for the award in order of importance are as follows:

• The web site must either offer resources for transformation ("perfecting" or transmuting something) or attempt to explain the universal principles of transformation behind alchemy. 
• The web site must show serious intent. Web sites for entertainment only or web sites that offer magical or alchemy role-playing games will be disqualified.  
• The alchemical purpose of the web site should be obvious on entry. The harder the transformational resources or alchemical nature of the site are to find, the less likely the award will be given.
• The transformational material should be well organized. The site should be easy to navigate with graphics and resources loading within a reasonable time. 

Past winners range in focus from sites devoted to magic to those covering quantum physics and include amateur, professional, and commercial categories. To submit your web site or recommend someone else's, send the URL of the site with your comments to Jason Collette. Winning nominations will be notified by email.

Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, immortalized as "Paracelsus," was born in 1493. He was the son of a well known physician, and it was from him that Paracelsus took his first instruction in medicine. At the age of sixteen, Paracelsus entered the University of Basil where he applied himself to the study of alchemy, surgery, and medicine. A devoted alchemist and iconoclastic teacher, Paracelsus is credited with the practice of modern medicine and introduced many new compounds, including opium and mercury, into the arsenal of physicians. Acknowledged as the inventor of chemical pharmacology and therapeutics, his works also indicate a spiritually advanced knowledge of the universal principles of the life force.

 WINNERS OF THE PARACELSUS AWARD (in alpabetical order)

1. Aeon Globe
   
2. Alchemical Hypnotherapy Institute
3. Alchemical Works of Jason Wolf 
4. Alchemist's Treasure
5. Alchemy Guild Ohio
6. Alchemy Website Virtual Library
7. Alchemy 101
8. Alchemy Journal
9. Alchemy Lab
10. Al-Kemi
11. Alternate Realities in Art and Thought
    
12. Ancient Rosae Crucis
    
13. Art Sublime
    
14. Create Your Own Truth
    
15. Dar' Shem
    
16. Down the Rabbit Hole (Dr. Paul Kiritsis)
    
17. Dreamgate
18. EarthSpirit Center
19. Esoteric Art of David Camp
    
20. Flamel College
    
21. Fourth Way School
    
22. Fraternity of the Hidden Light
23. Galerie Fantastic
    
24. Global Healing Center
    
25. Haunted-Places.com
26. Hermetic Fellowship Resources Page
    
27. Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
28. Hermetic Yoga
29. Herbalist-Alchemist
30. Home of David Ulansey
31. IAS and Manjushri Mandala
    
32. Key of Eden 
33. My Angels and Friends
    
34. Natural Magic
    
35. New Thought Movement Homepage
    
36. Occult Tides
    
37. Occult Tides
    
38. Pythagorean Tarot
    
39. Rosicrucian Order
40. Rotation of the Elements
    
41. Salamander and Sons
    
42. Sanctum Sanctorum
    
43. Scientific Pantheism
    
44. Scottish Pals
    
45. Shared Transformation
    
46. Soaps of Smetana
    
47. Spagyricus (Robert Bartlett)
48. Spiritual Information Center
49. Stardreaming
50. The Temple of Mercury
51. The 40s Bar and Grill
    
52. Librería Arcángel Rafael Transmutar (Spanish)
53. Unified Field Octagal
54. Violet Flame - The Alchemist's Dream
    

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISPLAYING THE AWARD ON YOUR WEBSITE

Once your web site has been approved, copy and paste one of the following images to your web page. Then manually add the link " http://alchemyguild.memberlodge.org/awards " to the image, so the award can be verified by clicking on it.

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