Tag: Alchemy

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Alchemy provides an anatomy of the individuation process and a metaphorical methodology for perceiving the psyche. By beholding our inner experiences through the stages of the “Great Work,” we learn to transform the heavy lead of suffering and stagnant complexes into the gold of psychological wisdom. This perspective honors the heat, the dissolution, and the eventual crystallization of a more refined, integrated self.

  • From the Darkness

    From the Darkness

    Every break, every dissolution, everything that comes to an end after a time is part of the inner process of transformation. What changes outside changes the inside.

  • Tending the Flame

    Tending the Flame

    When alchemists failed at their projects, it was because they let their fire go out. The light, heat, and warmth went out of their work because they grew too weary to tend the flame.

  • The Affliction of the Soul

    The Affliction of the Soul

    The beginning of anything new portends eventual difficulty for the pilgrim. We begin with hope but often lose it along the way, for what begins with romance inevitably ends with reality.