We can speak of two consciousness worlds: the Subjective and the Objective. The latter is a subset of the former. The subjective consciousness divides its awareness into parts, into objects. These objects, once discerned, are considered to be “out there.” We, the object makers, the splitters of a continuous interflow into discrete parts, are considered to be “over here” or “in here.” We stand “against” the object world. Now we can do business. But if not careful, we will lose our soul.
Alchemy is a transformative process thought by those who like to stand solely (or soullessly) in the object world, and deny or look to overcome their subjectivity, as an amusing predilection of our oh-so-wrong ancestors which had no value except to lead to “modern” chemistry.
Objectivity is another form of exile. What is of great value is spurned. Objectivity can sleep beside the pearl of great price and dream only of its keeper.
As Carl Jung so successfully pointed out, true alchemy is not performed in the objective world. The lead or “base material” that is taken through a distinct process and transformed into gold refers to us, to each of us on our journey to individuation, to becoming who we truly are.
In this section of “Exile and Return,” we will take a look at the alchemical process of refining, purifying our own essence, of turning our leaden consciousness into more golden Awareness, of emerging from the exile of separation into a cosmos and consciousness of participation.
Alchemy is a transformative process thought by those who like to stand solely (or soullessly) in the object world, and deny or look to overcome their subjectivity, as an amusing predilection of our oh-so-wrong ancestors which had no value except to lead to “modern” chemistry.
Objectivity is another form of exile. What is of great value is spurned. Objectivity can sleep beside the pearl of great price and dream only of its keeper.
As Carl Jung so successfully pointed out, true alchemy is not performed in the objective world. The lead or “base material” that is taken through a distinct process and transformed into gold refers to us, to each of us on our journey to individuation, to becoming who we truly are.
In this section of “Exile and Return,” we will take a look at the alchemical process of refining, purifying our own essence, of turning our leaden consciousness into more golden Awareness, of emerging from the exile of separation into a cosmos and consciousness of participation.
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