Eliza Swann
Eliza Swann, also known as Emerald, is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and alchemist whose work explores mysticism and its relationship to contemporary arts practice. In 2014, they founded Golden Dome, a nonprofit art school for mystics dedicated to experimental creative education. Swann is the author of The Anatomy of the Aura (St. Martin's, 2020) Green Mary (Cosmic Dog House Press, 2024), and The Alchemical Imagination (Weiser/Red Wheel). They currently serves on the faculty of Pratt Institute, where they teach alchemy.
THE LATEST
THE ALCHEMICAL IMAGINATION
The Alchemical Imagination reawakens alchemy as a living creative practice for the present moment. Eliza Swann invites readers into a transformative journey that blends hands-on exercises with visionary histories of artists and alchemists. Illuminating overlooked female figures and queer symbolism, the book sparks new ways of imagining creativity, transformation, and art itself. Out May 5th, 2026.
ONLINE IMMERSION: THE ALCHEMICAL IMAGINATION
Eliza Swann will be on tour, lecturing about alchemy and the revolutionary imagination starting May of 2026. Find them in New York, Massachusetts, California, Oregon, England, Scotland and more.
UPCOMING
2026
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Cusco, Peru
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Eliza Swann organized a Tarot-thon for Immigrant Justice, inviting 60 diviners to raise funds for Al Otro Lado, Black Immigrants Bail Fund, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, and Queer Immigrant Justice Project—organizations providing direct legal, housing, and other essential services to immigrant communities.
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“The Alchemical Imagination” is a year-long online immersion that meets monthly, guiding participants through the twelve stages of transformation outlined by the alchemist George Ripley in his teachings on the Philosopher’s Stone.