Liber I · Alchemy
Chapter VI
Spiritual Alchemy
7 min readAurora Consurgens: Alchemy, Wisdom and the Song of SongsAurora consurgens, the medieval alchemical treatise attributed to Thomas Aquinas: its parables of Wisdom, Zurich illuminations, sources and von Franz's study.7 min readMary Anne Atwood and the Suggestive Inquiry into AlchemyMary Anne Atwood and A Suggestive Inquiry into the Hermetic Mystery (1850): mesmerism, the burned book, Victorian occultism and spiritual alchemy.7 min readPsychology and Alchemy: Jung's Book on the Alchemical PsycheJung's Psychology and Alchemy (1944): its origins, the dream series and mandalas, alchemy as projection, the lapis–Christ parallel, its influence and critics.6 min readSpiritual Alchemy: History of the Inner Reading of the Great WorkSpiritual alchemy explained: religious themes in early alchemy, Khunrath and Boehme, the Victorian spiritual reading, Jung and the historians' debate.
Forthcoming in this chapter
1- Is Alchemy a Science or a Spiritual Path?