A little alchemical puzzle, from Eva.
Category: Alchemy
Alchemical Psychology – Part VI, Red
In the last three chapters of James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology, we turn our attention to the last stages of alchemy imagined as the reddening, or rubido: a) images of the goal, b) changes that led to the collapse of alchemy, and finally c) alchemical caelum, or the "aesthetic condition of mind." There's a lot left …
Candle in the Wind
A wonderful day meeting new friends and sharing the "separation from the Beloved," which invites this brief excursion into the heart of Rumi: There is a candle in your heart... There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, …
Citrinitas and Rubedo
Expanding thoughts on the alchemical yellow from sara annon.
Alchemical Psychology – Part V, Yellow
We start off the chapter on yellow with a brief mention that many alchemists did not include the stage of yellow, especially in the later years of alchemy's heyday, but moved directly from white to red. Hillman, who was himself trained as a Jungian analyst, suggests that Jung included the yellow because he was fond …
Theoria 