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Sylvia Rose
Aug 21, 20246 min read
Phosphorus, Uroscopy & Power of Pee
Urine has medical and practical applications though history. Renaissance alchemist Hennig Brand discovers phosphorus by boiling his...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 23, 20244 min read
Calcination Process: Alchemy at High Heat
Calcination is a crucial process in sciences such as metallurgy and chemistry. A process of ancient alchemists, it's used allegorically...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 16, 20246 min read
Anima Mundi: Soul of the World
The anima mundi, world soul or soul of the world is an analogy used to explain the interconnectedness of all things. This idea suggests a...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 16, 20242 min read
Alchemy Symbols: Tail of the Peacock
Cauda Pavonis (Tail of the Peacock) is a crucial phase in the intricate process of alchemy, symbolizing the transition from putrefaction...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 15, 20244 min read
Tria Prima: Birth & the Power of Three
In alchemy, triads, threes, triangles, trinities and trios have strong spiritual significance, often associated with mystical number...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 2, 20246 min read
Synchronicity: Psychology of Coincidence
Synchronicity describes thoughts and occurrences with apparent relations in meaning, yet without an obvious causal connection....
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 30, 20244 min read
Alchemy & Psychology: Hidden Meanings
The essence of alchemy transcends chemical experiments. Alchemists seek to experience psychological processes, conveyed through mystical...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 29, 20243 min read
Psychoid: Secrets of the Unconscious
The psychoid is a metaphysical and enigmatic concept of the archetype, existing in a dimension beyond the reach of consciousness. This...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 29, 20246 min read
Depth Psychology: Search for Meaning
Depth psychology is the science of the unconscious, covering psychoanalysis and psychology. It's defined as the psychological theory...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 29, 20243 min read
Psychology: the Conscious Ego of Self
In psychology the ego is part of the Self, with a crucial role in personality. It helps balance conflicting desires and societal norms....
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 29, 20245 min read
Psychology: the Personal Unconscious
The personal unconscious is the part of an individual's psyche or personality storing all the aspects of experience hidden from conscious...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 26, 20243 min read
Archetypes: Psychology of the Shadow
The shadow is a complex and intriguing concept deep in the realms of the human psyche. It is a chthonic representation of the personal...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 26, 20243 min read
Spiritual Alchemy: Process & Philosophy
Spiritual alchemy goes beyond the surface of human psyche and delves deep into the intricate realms of perception of Self. It's created...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 26, 20244 min read
Archetypes - Personality & the Persona
Archetypes help define how the person sees the overall Self and how one interacts with the world in intimate, communal, universal or...
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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 25, 20244 min read
Mad Hatter's Disease: Mercury Madness
Mad Hatter Disease is also called erethism, erethismus mercurialis or mad hatter syndrome. Caused by progressive mercury poisoning it's a...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 22, 20243 min read
Colors of Alchemy: Citrinitas Solar Yellow
Citrinitas is an alchemical term for "yellowness." It is one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus. In alchemical...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 14, 20244 min read
Tanning Hides - Ancient Techniques
Tanning hides is practiced in the ancient world since c. 7000 BCE, in the Indus Valley site of Mehgarh. By 2500 BCE, Sumerians of...
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Sylvia Rose
Mar 1, 20244 min read
Woad, the People's Blue: Ancient Pigments
Woad ( Isatis tinctoria ) is a plant yielding a blue pigment used in dyes, paint and medicine. A member of the mustard family, it's also...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 25, 20234 min read
Spiritual Alchemy - Attuning the Self
Spiritual alchemy is a set of methods using mental processes, colors, phases, archetypes, integration, practical application and...
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