Following the silver, perhaps through the refining of silver, we move into the white or the albedo stage in the alchemical journey towards the gold. The albedo is essential as means, not only a stage to pass through, but for the creation of a vessel which will ultimately contain all that follows. "In alchemical color …
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Alchemical Psychology, Part III – Silver
White and silver share a lot of the same qualities but Hillman breaks up the next chapter into two parts starting with silver; all things lunar and reflective. Silver allows reflection and is the means by which we mediate between psyche and the physical. The risk here is one of identifying with depersonalized images, becoming …
Walkin’ the Dog
My husband and I live in a neighborhood where many of our neighbors are avid walkers, very old school, I know. Having lived here some ten years now, there are some familiar faces and even neighbors we have come to know, at least on a first-name basis. There is a man, who I have never …
Jump Start or Tow me Away
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens." Carl Jung Although the whole of my therapy experience was the start of a whole new psychic rearrangement for me, there was a particular dream event that reshuffled, and reignited my being. From this …
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