Spiritual Alchemy: The Inner Work of Transformation

Alchemy was never only about metal. For most of its long history the work in the flask and the work in the self were spoken of as a single labour - and Spiritual Alchemy takes that inner reading seriously, and carefully.The second book of The Great Work walks the old map of transformation stage by stage: solve et coagula, dissolve and recombine, and the colours of the work from the blackening through to the red. Read not as chemistry, and not as a cure, but as a language for the slow change a person actually goes through.What you'll find inside- The colour stages - nigredo, albedo, citrinitas, rubedo - read as a map of inner change, one chapter each- Solve et coagula, the master rhythm of all alchemy, and how it works in a life- The modern psychological reading - Carl Jung's encounter with alchemy, the shadow, the union of opposites - named clearly as a modern lens, never confused with what the old alchemists wrote- Active imagination and how to sit with an emblem; a reflective journal; gentle, safe contemplative practice- And the most important chapter of all: the pitfalls, and how to know when to set the work downA clear boundary, kept on every page: this is history, symbol, and contemplation - not therapy, psychology, or medical advice, and not a treatment for anything. The dark stages are images, never diagnoses; where the inner work grows intense the book says plainly to go slowly, and to seek a qualified professional in real distress.Honest, grounded, and quietly beautiful - the inner half of the Royal Art, with the mystery kept whole. From the author of the Hermetica series.

Pages: 177, Paperback, Independently published