This little crystal tiara was given to me by a dear friend at a time when I was deeply entrenched in my inner reflective feminine world of the intuitive, exploring the ocean of unconsciousness within me for truth and healing.
When the call comes.
I suppose I could say that my call came in many different guises, a mysterious illness, a broken marriage, a desperate desire to play the harp, (very necessary I found out later to call down the angels) a vast void of nothing opening out in front of me, an unexpected gift for healing that had […]
Coniunctio, the unio mystica of the king and queen.
This ancient image shows divine marriage, (chemical wedding) of the king and queen. It represents the coming together of the masculine sun and feminine moon into a whole union of the soul with God. In alchemical terms the soul of man is thought to be feminine, thus the anima marries God in a moment of […]
A phial of mercury, a rusty key and a child’s toy, all manifested out of the natural magic at the bottom of the ocean of unconsciousness.
Each object represented aspects of alchemical transformation in process as I tried to bring my own duality into balance and thus to find a greater understanding of the duality of creation, within the overall harmony of the whole.
The ancient art of alchemy in a nutshell.
Alchemy is a sacred science that combines philosophy, theology, imagination, and consciousness. It is also said to be the prelude to modern chemistry as initiates attempted to turn base metal into gold, whilst also tring to find inner golden elixir of transformation. The myserious aura and strange fascination with the art that has grown up, […]
The alchemical sealed vessel containing Mercurious, symbol of spirit imprisoned in matter.
In psychological terms the transformational process described here on this ancient manuscript is one of withdrawing into oneself in the ocean of the unconscious, in order to seek an inner transcendence of negative emotions and attitudes.
Mercurious, who flew me beyond the world.
Some alchemists were said to fly on their soul journeys on the backs of dragons, or on a soul raft or flying clouds, or like myself with their own budgeoning wings. Thus they were able to pass through a star gate to the realm of the immortals.
The magic power of mercury.
Mercury was often known as quick silver. The symbol for the metal was also used to identify the planet Mercury. Due to its to ability to transcend both liquid and solid states, it was thought to be a magic flux that helped dissolve duality and bring such opposites as heaven and hell, life and death, […]
