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Sylvia Rose
Jul 16, 20244 min read
Alchemy: Mercurius & the Dragon
The Dragon is a powerful symbol in alchemy. Dragon is one of many names for the prima materia or Philosopher's Stone in the West. In...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 16, 20245 min read
Alchemy: Rebis Divine Hermaphrodite
The Rebis symbolizes harmonious fusion of seemingly opposite forces, embodying unity of spirit and matter. The divine hermaphrodite is...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 14, 20245 min read
Alchemy: Red King & White Queen
In alchemy the Red King and White Queen are vibrant with meaning. Their union or sacred wedding, hieros gamos, reflects alchemical...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 11, 20245 min read
Sacred Marriage: Hieros Gamos in Alchemy
The hieros gamos, a sacred or spiritual marriage, involves the union of archetypal figures in ancient rebirth cycle mysteries and in...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 11, 20243 min read
Quintessence: Elemental Life Force
Quintessence relates to the cosmic life force or pure essence of an element, and is common to all living things. It's also compared to...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 11, 20246 min read
Numinous: Beholding the Divine
The numinous or numinosity is a powerful inner emotion of terror or dread and fantastic awe, as in the presence of divinity. The...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 27, 20244 min read
Alchemy Symbols in Psychology
Alchemical symbolism plays a crucial role in analytic psychology, The symbols of alchemy appear around archetypes of the collective...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 26, 20248 min read
Common Archetypes & Spiritual Ascension
Various archetypes recur in human psychology and play significant roles in shaping the behaviors and perceptions of a person. These...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Amentet Goddess of Death Egypt
Amentet (Imentet) is a goddess of the dead in ancient Egypt. She wears a red sheath dress and lives in a tree near the entrance of Duat....
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 18, 20246 min read
Khaos: Primal Goddess of Greek Myth
In the beginning, nothing exists but Khaos (Chaos). A female primordial entity, she personifies the time before creation, and exists...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 17, 20244 min read
Aether: Born of Darkness, God of Light
Aether is the primordial god of light and the bright blue ether of the heavens. His fog and mists fill the space between the solid dome...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 16, 20245 min read
Iah: Cryptic Ancient Moon God Egypt
Iah (Ancient Egyptian: jꜥḥ) is a primeval lunar deity in ancient Egyptian religion. The word jꜥḥ simply means "Moon". Iah is among the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 15, 20245 min read
Aesculapian Snakes: Nature & Lore
The Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) is a species of nonvenomous snake native to Europe. Among the largest European snakes, the...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 15, 20243 min read
Shennong Primordial Farmer & Healer
Shennong is one of the Three Sovereigns of ancient Chinese lore. Also called the Divine Farmer, he's strongly associated with...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 14, 20245 min read
Nüwa: Chinese Primordial Snake Goddess
Nüwa or Nügua is a mother goddess, culture heroine and member of the Three Sovereigns of Chinese mythology. A primordial snake deity, she...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 14, 20245 min read
Fuxi: Chinese Primordial Emperor God
Fuxi, Fu Xi or Fu Hsi (伏羲) is the first legendary Chinese emperor. A primordial deity, he and the feminine deity Nüwa create humans,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 13, 20245 min read
Cyrene: Huntress Queen of Greek Myth
Cyrene or Greek: Kyrene is a huntress heroine of Greek mythology. In legend, Apollo founds and names the Greek colony Cyrene in North...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 13, 20245 min read
Asclepius: Greek Medicine Snake God
Asclepius (Aesculapius) is a Greek hero and Divine Physician, god of medicine in ancient Greek myth. Son of Apollo, he learns healing...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 12, 20245 min read
Baltic Amber in Folklore and Myth
Amber mythology, amber origin legends, magic and folklore include the undersea castle of Baltic lore, and the death of Phaëton, son of...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 11, 20244 min read
Serket - Scorpion Goddess of Egypt
Serket is the ancient Egyptian goddess of healing relating to venomous stings of scorpions and bites of snakes. She often wears a...
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