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Teachings & Trainings in alchemy & animism

Alchemessence is an earth-based mystery school and botanica devoted to restoring the living bond between the human soul and the more-than-human world.

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Hi. I’m Juniper Stokes, the founder of Alchemesssence.

I believe that cultivating a mythic and animist consciousness — what I’ve coined mythoanimism — is the key to meeting our current polycrisis with creativity and grace.

As a multimedia artist, natural perfumer, and ritualist, I create botanical perfumes and artworks rooted in place, cosmos, and consciousness.

Through Wild Alchemy, my decades-long body of work, I offer grounded spiritual mentorship that bridges deep ecology, creative practice, and contemporary leadership, inviting both personal transformation and collective renewal.

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Juniper is a true healer, seer, and knower of truth. I've been blessed to work with her on several occasions, and I can testify that she is the real deal. I've experienced many layers of healing and self revelation from her work. I believe she will be one of the great teachers and healers of our time.

Lisa G., Spiritual Medium
"If you want to learn from a gifted person who is deeply committed to her practice, Juniper Stokes is an excellent choice. What struck me most, beyond her depth of wisdom and knowledge, is that she sustains an effortless capacity to empower. It is obvious that she believes we all have something wild and wise within us. Juniper creates a space to nourish this inherent capacity for each person.”

—Cit Ananda, Energy Medicine Practitioner, Poet
Being coached by Juniper is equivalent to being in the presence of a beautiful force of nature. She is a remarkable healer, guide and teacher with an incredibly grounding energy and a well of wisdom. Intuition and penetrating insight wrapped in a loving presence and deep compassion. I had the honor to be in her sphere during a challenging and stressful time, where even in the lowest moments she could always bring me back to see the path of least resistance and to resource from my power through her profound guidance.

Agnes Udoh, Integrative Coach
Juniper is a gifted healer, teacher, and guide who skillfully weaves together an ethereal fabric of sight, wisdom, creativity, and compassion then wraps it around her clients with care and grace. I have found her shamanic guidance to be informative, transformative, and superlative. Her relationship to spirit is so well tended, and so apparent, that she literally walks through this world as an expression of the Goddess. Juniper's apothecary is extensive and her herbal remedies have soothed, healed, and protected me. Juniper represents all that is balanced and beautiful in this world and beyond and I recommend her completely.

Heather Porter, Animisma
Working with Juniper is such a pleasure! Juniper's gifts run deep and wide, spilling into every space of a session with her. Her way of holding me in complete compassion and tenderness while maintaining powerful connections to the seen and unseen is tremendously healing. The work we have done together has allowed me to deepen into my path and my medicine in this lifetime. I am so grateful for the gifts she has given me through her special alchemy in this realm and in others—they have been unexpectedly potent blessings on my way.

Katie P., Shamanic Healer and Wilderness Guide
I've had several coaching sessions under Juniper's care and guidance during a difficult unexpected transition in life. Juniper has a beautiful ability to help soothe and ground with her calming voice and caring nature. Her years of experience in accessing her own inner knowing, as well as trusting guidance came through with very pertinent questions on the topics explored, leading to next steps in my inner growth and feelings of relief. I would trust Juniper with helping to guide any of my loved ones as I know they would be handled with the utmost care. If you feel called to work with Juniper, I highly recommend her coaching services.

Brie Larson, Grief Counselor & Life Coach

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Natural Perfumes

I have been making botanical perfumes to explore our connection with the subtle fields of perception since 2013, and I’ve been working with plant spirit medicine for over three decades.

These perfumes are an expression of botanical alchemy inspired by aesthetics, place, and ritual — handcrafted in small batches with intention in every bottle.

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I have worked with custom essences crafted from essential oils for years. Blends that were made just for me and my personal, human, and spiritual journey. Never have I felt such instant resonance and deep connection as I just did opening my Bear Essence perfume from Juniper. It’s like remembering that “thing” you’ve been trying to remember for years alongside a deep, deep presence and sense of being that is bathed in alignment and love. Thank you, Juniper for claiming, nurturing and honoring your gifts so that you could share it with each of us. Namasté, siSTAR!

—Whitney Freya, WhitneyFreya.com

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Natural, Spiritual Perfumes

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Anointing Oils

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flower essences

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Spirit Sprays

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Wild Apothecary

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Alchemical Hydrosols

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Wild Alchemy

Ritual Guide

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We live in wild times—and we need to reconnect with our own wild nature to thrive as the world rapidly changes.

It’s time to heal the pain and programming that has caused you to forget who you are, what you’re capable of, and how much joy you’re here to experience.

It’s time to remember how to live in reverent relationship with life itself, to see the beauty within and all around you.

It’s time to embark on a journey of wild alchemy.

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I acknowledge that my work takes place on land ceded under pressure to Oregon Territory in the Treaty of 1855 by Paiute, Wasco, and Warm Springs tribal chiefs. May this work be in service to the benevolent beings who still tend this sacred land.

Enrolled tribal members (USA/Canada) are invited to take any course (excluding long term certification programs) with a 50% scholarship. Contact me if interested.