They can picture love affairs of chemicals and stars, a romance of stones, or the fertility of fire. Strange, fertile correspondences the alchemists sensed in unlikely orders of being. Between men and planets, plants and gestures, words and weather.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Highlights hidden connections between unrelated things like elements and human behavior.
- In plain terms
- Things like stars and plants are strangely connected.
- What can you take from it?
- Look for hidden links in the world.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What unexpected things feel connected?
- How do you see the world?
Another view
These connections are often poetic rather than factual.
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