Few would defend a small view of Alchemy as 'Mother of Chemistry', and confuse its true goal with those external metal arts. Alchemy is an erotic science, involved in buried aspects of reality, aimed at purifying and transforming all being and matter. Not to suggest that material operations are ever abandoned. The adept holds to both the mystical and physical work.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Alchemy aims to transform all being and matter through both mystical and physical work.
- In plain terms
- Alchemy changes being and matter using mind and body.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek transformation through both inner and outer work.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you transform yourself?
- Can physical and mystical work coexist?
Another view
It assumes a unified view of physics and mysticism.
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