In this episode:
I conclude this series on the symbolism of alchemy by looking at the all-important image of the goal of the alchemical opus: The Philosophers’ Stone.
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Sources for quotes and more:
- Psychology and Religion in'Collected Works, vol.11' by C.G. Jung
- Alchemical Studies in 'Collected Works, vol. 13 by C.G. Jung
- 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
- Aion in 'Collected Works, vol. 9ii' by C.G. Jung
- Mysterium Coniunctionis in 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung
- 'Parzival' by Wolfram von Eschenbacch (translated by Helen Mustard and Charles Passage)
- 'Romance of the Grail' by Joseph Campbell
- 'The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha’s Path' by Addison Hodges Hart
- 'The Gnostic Scriptures' translated by Bentley Layton
- S3, Ep. 8: Alchemy: Mirror of the Soul
- S3, Ep. 9: The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia
- S3, Ep. 10: The Stages of the Alchemical Opus
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