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| aker:books_and_literature:transformation_of_the_psyche [2014/04/27 19:52] – [Plate II-15 A Three-headed Dragon (4 of 7)] janus | aker:books_and_literature:transformation_of_the_psyche [2015/10/15 01:03] – janus |
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| p180 "The Water that turned to Earth, which the Corpus has absorbed, necessarily shows other and manifold colours. For if the properties of an operating thing alter, so must the thing operated on alter. Because in the DISSOLUTION the LIVING SILVER is active, but in the COAGULATION it is passive, operated on. Wherefore is this Art compared to the play of children, who when they play, turn undermost that which before was uppermost." | p180 "The Water that turned to Earth, which the Corpus has absorbed, necessarily shows other and manifold colours. For if the properties of an operating thing alter, so must the thing operated on alter. Because in the DISSOLUTION the LIVING SILVER is active, but in the COAGULATION it is passive, operated on. Wherefore is this Art compared to the play of children, who when they play, turn undermost that which before was uppermost." |
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| <fc green>The bible too talks of the truth of children, 'be like a child to enter the kingdom of God', or something like that. The elements in the alchemical process have regressed to children, so consciousness must return to its 'parts' (children) to RE coagulate?\\ \\ cf. here the [[aker:books_and_literature:hermetic_museum|Hermetic Museum]] Alchemical text, english translation, [[http://aker.deprofundis.co.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php/aker/books_and_literature/hermetic_museum/hermetic-museum-restored-and-enlarged.pdf|p36]] </fc> | <fc green>The bible too talks of the truth of children, 'be like a child to enter the kingdom of God', or something like that. The elements in the alchemical process have regressed to children, so consciousness must return to its 'parts' (children) to RE coagulate?\\ \\ cf. here the [[aker:books_and_literature:hermetic_museum|Hermetic Museum]] Alchemical text, english translation, p36 </fc> |
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| === Plate III-3 (21) Women Washing == | === Plate III-3 (21) Women Washing == |