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Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) [1] is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. [2] In its Western form, alchemy is first attested in a number of pseudepigraphical texts ...
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- Citrinitas
C. G. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy 2nd. ed. (Transl. by R....
- Elixir of Life
The mythological White Hare from Chinese mythology, brewing...
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- Magnum Opus (Alchemy)
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- Protoscience
History. Protoscience as a research field with the...
- Philosophers' Stone
Outline of alchemy. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to alchemy: Alchemy – A philosophical tradition recognized as protoscience, that includes the application of Hermetic principles, and practices related to mythology, religion, and spirituality.
Aug 24, 2023 · Definition. Alchemy is an ancient practice aimed at recreating precious substances using recipes and transformative materials such as the philosopher's stone. Alchemists believed that materials like gold, silver, gems, and purple dye could be recreated if the right combination of ingredients and transformative methods were found.
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- What is the true meaning of alchemy?Alchemy means the pursuit of certain chemical experiments to transform base metals into gold, increase the efficiency of known medicines, and find...
- What does alchemy mean spiritually?Although alchemy is known for the pursuit of a means to turn base metals into gold, it did have a spiritual side when it became an allegory or perh...
- What is the study of alchemy?The study of alchemy goes back to antiquity and involves finding a chemical way to change base metals into gold. Alchemists believed this could be...
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- Part I. Introduction to The Religious and Psychological Problems of Alchemy
- Part II. Individual Dream Symbolism in Alchemy
- Part III. Religious Ideas in Alchemy
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In this book, Jung argues for a reevaluation of the symbolism of Alchemyas being intimately related to the psychoanalytical process. Using a cycle of dreams of one of his patients he shows how the symbols used by the Alchemists occur in the psyche as part of the reservoir of mythological images drawn upon by the individual in their dream states. Ju...
The fundamental thesis Jung is advancing about the relationship between Alchemy and Psychology is that for pre-scientific humans there is not a sharp distinction between subject and object and thus this leads them to unconsciously project their own inner states onto external objects (especially objects that are mostly unknown to them), so a reflect...
Jung sets out the central thesis of the book: that Alchemy draws upon a vast array of symbols, images and patterns drawn from the Collective Unconscious. Jung defends his exploration of the Psyche and Soul against various critics who have accused him of being both religious and anti-religious depending on their point of view. He argues for a deeper...
Jung sets out his agenda and explains his method. The text that follows will contain several cycles of dreams recounted by a patient to a student of Jung. Each dream will be described and then analysed and interpreted with reference to Alchemical imagery and psychoanalytic theory. Jung is at pains to explain that the patient knew nothing of Jung's ...
Chapter 1 - Basic Concepts of AlchemyChapter 2 - The Psychic Nature of Alchemical WorkChapter 3 - The WorkChapter 4 - The Prima MateriaJung, C. G. 1968. Psychology and Alchemy, Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-09771-8Jung, C. G. 1980. Psychology and Alchemy (2nd ed.), Collected Works of C. G. Jung. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-03452-4Jung, C. G. 1980, Psychology and Alchemy Arabic version 2023 Translated by Salma Elsharkawy From ElRawy publishing house (Cover art by Mohammed Derbala)Alchemy is the very old study and philosophy of how to change basic substances (such as metals) into other substances. It also studied how substances (and how they are changed into other substances) were related to magic and astrology. People who studied alchemy were called alchemists. Some things alchemists tried to do were change lead or ...
Alchemy - Transmutation, Elixir, Philosopher's Stone: Superficially, the chemistry involved in alchemy appears a hopelessly complicated succession of heatings of multiple mixtures of obscurely named materials, but it seems likely that a relative simplicity underlies this complexity. The metals gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, and tin were all known before the rise of alchemy. Mercury, the ...
Chemistry - Alchemy, Transmutation, Philosopher's Stone: Three different sets of ideas and skills fed into the origin of alchemy. First was the empirical sophistication of jewelers, gold- and silversmiths, and other artisans who had learned how to fashion precious and semiprecious materials. Among their skills were smelting, assaying, alloying, gilding, amalgamating, distilling, sublimating ...
