The second step of preliminary works according to mythological Labors of Hercules: to thin, disperse, volatilize the raw salts. To let Mercurius/Secret Fire out. [Read more…] about Labors of Hercules: Second, to Thin the Lernaean Hydra
Alchemy & Mythology
Labors of Hercules: First, to Open the Nemean Lion
The labors of Hercules are a metaphor of our Preliminary Works, those to achieve the Universal Dissolvent. First: break the fixed raw matter, the Nemean Lion. [Read more…] about Labors of Hercules: First, to Open the Nemean Lion
Dionysus, Universal Dissolvent and Kykeon
Dionysus the uncontrollable God of Life, or rather of Spirit of Life. The unique to give a new life-body to a Soul. His role in Eleusinian Mysteries explained. [Read more…] about Dionysus, Universal Dissolvent and Kykeon
Black Haida Crow Destroying the Matter Shell
An Haida myth on a destructor creator crow perfectly fits our alchemical symbol of destruction and creation per antonomasia: the black crow. [Read more…] about Black Haida Crow Destroying the Matter Shell
Demeter, Anima Mundi & House of Bread
Demeter was the great Soul of the world, in latin Anima Mundi. Or at least, she represented the web catching the great Soul and the Souls of the world, be they human or metallic. [Read more…] about Demeter, Anima Mundi & House of Bread
Eros, Psyche & a New Alchemical Body
Multiform and multi-names Eros with mortal Psyche. Together they give shape to a new alchemical body, a nightly butterfly having strange and unexpected flight plans. [Read more…] about Eros, Psyche & a New Alchemical Body
Sargon Regulus, the little Sun
In Lucarelli’s ” Origins of Alchemy” I came up with an unidentified king Sargon tablet on the favorable conditions in which a virgin priestess can give birth to a little sun, a Regulus: [Read more…] about Sargon Regulus, the little Sun