Welcome to the second episode of a four-episode arc exploring the Magnum Opus, the famed Great Work of the ancient alchemists. During this series, we are journeying through the four classic alchemical stages: Nigredo (Blackening), Albedo (Whitening), Citrinitas (Yellowing), and Rubedo(Reddening); tracing their echoes in personal transformation, psychology, and collective myth. In this episode of the Magnum Opus series, we move out of the darkness of Nigredo into Albedo, the first light of daw...
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Welcome to the second episode of a four-episode arc exploring the Magnum Opus, the famed Great Work of the ancient alchemists. During this series, we are journeying through the four classic alchemical stages: Nigredo (Blackening), Albedo (Whitening), Citrinitas (Yellowing), and Rubedo(Reddening); tracing their echoes in personal transformation, psychology, and collective myth. In this episode of the Magnum Opus series, we move out of the darkness of Nigredo into Albedo, the first light of daw...
What Is Alchemy, Really? From Ancient Egypt to Carl Jung and Beyond
The Alchemy Of It All
15 minutes
1 month ago
What Is Alchemy, Really? From Ancient Egypt to Carl Jung and Beyond
Alchemy is often remembered as a pseudoscience, as medieval mystics and chancers trying to turn lead into gold. But its true legacy runs much deeper, and is one of humanity’s oldest metaphors for change: turning the raw material of life into meaning, wisdom, and enlightenment. In this first episode of The Alchemy of It All, host Fiona Meiklejohn explores alchemy’s origins in Egypt, China, and the Islamic Golden Age; the symbolism of the Magnum Opus and the philosopher’s stone; and its l...
The Alchemy Of It All
Welcome to the second episode of a four-episode arc exploring the Magnum Opus, the famed Great Work of the ancient alchemists. During this series, we are journeying through the four classic alchemical stages: Nigredo (Blackening), Albedo (Whitening), Citrinitas (Yellowing), and Rubedo(Reddening); tracing their echoes in personal transformation, psychology, and collective myth. In this episode of the Magnum Opus series, we move out of the darkness of Nigredo into Albedo, the first light of daw...
