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The early chapters of this book, a transcript of von Franz’ nine lectures, are titled Greek, but she and her students investigate many of the Egyptian roots of alchemy, which makes a lot of sense as the older civilization was more concerned with physical change, from Isis and her angelic advice to the Osiris-like preparation of the dead. Unlike philosophical Greeks, the Chemists are lil’ Mary-Lous burning tree resin.
— Nov 23, 2018 06:27PM
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I didn’t expect another analysis of Aurora consurgens so soon, but her psychology students and future alchemists voted for her to walk through her recently published text much to my benefit because she acknowledges that it is a mysterious puzzle, but one that can reveal much about the soul and Self if attended to therefore worth piecing out the jigsaw of mismatched biblical quotations and alchemical recipes.
— Dec 30, 2018 03:39AM
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Switching to Arabic alchemical texts, or at least one of the many that had its impact on Europe by inspiring the Renaissance, gives over to lectures from the Far East: Secret of the Golden Flower and Zen Buddhism. At least von Franz is aware that her scheduled lectures don’t really follow the syllabus yet allow her students to offer observations based upon Senior’s De chemia plus a unwholesome monk.
— Dec 18, 2018 05:13AM
Kyle
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The early chapters of this book, a transcript of von Franz’ nine lectures, are titled Greek, but she and her students investigate many of the Egyptian roots of alchemy, which makes a lot of sense as the older civilization was more concerned with physical change, from Isis and her angelic advice to the Osiris-like preparation of the dead. Unlike philosophical Greeks, the Chemists are lil’ Mary-Lous burning tree resin.
— Nov 23, 2018 06:27PM
