Alchemical process

7 Stages of Alchemical Transformation - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document summarizes the seven stages of alchemical transformation: 1. Calcination - Represented by sulfuric acid, it involves burning away impurities through trials. Psychologically it destroys ego and attachments. 2. Dissolution - Represented by rust, it further breaks down structures by immersing in the unconscious. Psychologically it opens floodgates of buried material…

Behold, the weird and wonderful world of alchemy.

Citrinitas, also referred to as xanthosis, is a term given by alchemists to “yellowness.” It is one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus, and literally referred to …

My first real encounter with Alchemy was last October, when I was searching for symbols and metaphors that resonated with me for my own art-making practice. I found it to be hugely complex and put it aside until stumbling upon it once again through my deepening interest in Carl Jung, and the connecting Jungian Arts-Based

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It’s easy to dismiss alchemy as an ancient and outmoded form of chemistry - a stumbling block along the history of scientific thought. And that is for the most part, what people outside of spiritual circles do. It gives to the uninitiated a somewhat comical impression: a loony man’s thirst for material wealth leads him to believe that it’s possible to turn lead into gold.

​And now we move on to the heptagram , also referred to as the Septagram. Again, this isn’t a symbol of Witchcraft persay but it is an image that the modern practitioner may encounter on thei…

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