Join Jesse for a day of distilling local botanicals. A very special in-person experience held at The Enki Farm in our Laboratory and Apothecary in Musk, Victoria, Australia.
This workshop is designed to provide you with all the basic skills needed to reliably distill hydrosol and various essential oils at home using the purest and most efficient techniques.
Jesse will introduce you to a wide variety of methods and equipment, whilst presenting information on aromatic compounding and aromatherapy theory. This workshop holds its knowledge in the roots of Esoteric Alchemy.
The distillation will be carried out with an astrologically appropriate herb from the Enki Garden or the wild. The relevance and reasoning of the chosen herb will be presented during the workshop.
When:
One day workshop: 2nd or 3rd May 2026.
Format:
The class will take place around this experiential distillation for the greatest opportunity to be immersed in the magic of laboratory practice. Participants will prepare the herbs and run the distillation together, and finish the workshop by separating the essential oil and hydrosol, which everyone will go home with a sample of!
Includes:
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Elixirs, cacao, herbal tea & treat offerings from the Apothecary.
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Practical class with a live distillation.
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Participation in all distillation and separation of essentials.
Material Covered:
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Steam distillation
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Hydro distillation
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Copper distillation
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Glass distillation
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Stainless steel distillation
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Establishing consistent results
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Hydrosol: extraction, preservation and uses
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Essential oils: extraction, preservation and uses
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Essential oil separation and equipment
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Aromatic botanical knowledge
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Basic Terpene profiles and aromatic/therapeutic compounding
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Basic alchemical framework
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How to build or buy your own distillation equipment
