During an experiment at CERN in Geneva, it was observed that primordial plasma, until now thought to be tied to specific and extreme conditions, can also emerge in different contexts. In other words, the origin of the universe is no longer just a distant point in time, it is something that can be recreated. Apparently, it is not just a matter of time—the initial moment, the first microseconds after the Big Bang—but also a matter of the state of matter.
I’m not a physicist, but I’m listening to all this with great interest. Do you want to know if this might have anything to do with a so-called “alchemical genesis”?
In fact, alchemists say that the ultimate goal of Alchemy is to create a small genesis…
In truth, alchemists speak of “reverse genesis”. But we’ll look at this more specifically in a section dedicated to the small-scale alchemical genesis, or better “genesis on a small scale“ which is rather different wording – as well as concept – isn’t it? But, now, let’s talk science.
By observing collisions between star clusters—for example, the Magellanic Clouds—astrophysicists have concluded that these phenomena share a fundamental characteristic: they replicate conditions reminiscent of those of the early universe. Chaotic, extreme environments, where matter is not yet stabilized, where stars are born and die rapidly, where chemistry is constantly evolving…
Not only that, but in those contexts, matter can organize into complex forms. And this brings us back to alchemy, where the final forms—or the mercurius itself resulting from at least seven volatilizations and cohobations on the same matter or added solvents—when analyzed chemically, exhibit molecular complexities that differ greatly from the simplicity of the original materials. In fact, in Alchemy, one does not extract the “active principle”, as in spagyrics or pharmacology, but the quintessence: a complex molecular form in which alchemists suppose they have “archived” a spiritual form – also called “memory”, or “archetypal essence”.
In fact, astrophysicists say that understanding the origins of the universe also means narrowing the field: understanding where life could emerge or has already emerged and perhaps has crossed paths with our past and will cross paths again in the future. And, nothing guarantees that all life forms will resemble us. But since astrophysicists deal with pre-stellar clusters, they can only talk about plasma.
If we speak of plasma as an “essential condition” for cosmic creation, I can say that the material state of plasma rarely appears in alchemy. In some aspects, it can be discussed in metallurgical ways. In the humid ways, where temperatures are much lower, we instead speak of rotation of colors, of white emerging from darkness, etc., but it absolutely cannot be said that the formation of plasma is necessary in alchemical works. In fact, it is an extreme state of matter and difficult to achieve with alchemical means.
But you answered yourself without realizing it when you said that nothing guarantees that all life forms will resemble us, but since astrophysicists deal with pre-stellar clusters, they can only talk about plasma. In fact, the alchemists’ work wasn’t strictly to recreate the plasma of stellar incubators, but to recreate a “stellar resonator” on Earth—a much less dramatic and hellish environment than the cosmos. And, as we’ll see later, the most commonly used method was to insist on changes in the state of matter.
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