For this very reason, a re-discovery of the alchemical view of nature, without in any way denying the chemical sciences which deal with substances from another point of view, could reinstate the spiritual and symbolic character of the forms, colours and processes that man encounters throughout his life in the corporeal world. alchemy was given 'quite openly' in one of the figures in that book. A purely profane chemistry could come into being only when the substances of alchemy became completely emptied of their sacred quality. For an excellent (albeit non-esoteric) account of Los, see S. Alchemy is a symbolic science of natural forms based on the correspondence between different planes of reality and making use of mineral and metal symbolism to expound a spiritual science of the souh For alchemy, nature is sacred, and the alchemist is the guardian of nature considered as a theophany and reflection of spiritual realities. “Alchemy is neither a premature chemistry nor a psychology in the modem sense, although both of these are to be found in alchemical writings. She must first reach into the swamp, in order to pull out roses.” The alchemist must first find the mud, pick it up, before she is able to transform it into diamond. it is what is greater that is able to transform what is lesser. Alchemy Quotes - The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous - large souled. Arthur Rimbaud Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. Hiromu Arakawa True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse’. These days, alchemy is thought of as something quaint, even a little occult a relic of the dark ages. To obtain something, something of equal value must be given. Alchemy, as a result, became a pseudo-science of transforming lead into gold. There is no fear of becoming "tainted" because what is lesser can never really taint what is greater. But this perception of alchemy is largely misguided: it stems from confusing the metaphors of original alchemy with reality. What is divine, is what will have a curiosity in what is below. So how do you find true divinity? Divinity is found in those who reach down low because it is those who are above who must reach down low, while it is those who are below who must constantly reach for what is above! And this is divinity. Did you know they can change it all They got alchemy. there is always some kind of hierarchy desired by everyone even by those who claim the opposite of this. Quotes tagged as 'spiritual-alchemy' Showing 1-2 of 2 Whatever awakens you to your alchemist is the elixir you need. alchemical workshops in an allegorical sense, as metaphors for a spiritual discipline. The rich want to be the richest the poor want to be the smartest those who are both rich and smart want to be the better persons the better persons want to go to heaven those who are in heaven will look down upon those who are in hell. The answers would come.“All people want to belong to some sort of hierarchy. There were no answers, nothing but the feeling of peace that filled her heart. Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. Who looks outside, dreams who looks inside, awakes. I know you have plans for me, and they're better than my plans. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Slowly, she sank to her knees and bowed her head in prayer. Perhaps that was why she hadn't received an answer. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognize that it is. Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is aliveand it has a soul. Had she really asked, or had she merely told God what she wanted and then waited for his approval of her plans? She feared she had done the latter. 75 Quotes from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Book Summary) SAME SOUL: Everyone and everything is alive and has a soul the same soul because we were all made by the same hand. Her words echoed through her head as she entered her room.
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