Alchemical Imagery and Its Importance

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In this episode:
I begin a series on the strange world of alchemy — exploring what it is and how it is relevant to the practice of the symbolic life.

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Alchemical Active Imagination' by Marie-Louise von Franz
3. 'Anatomy of the Psyche' by Edward Edinger
4. Rosarium Philosophorum, 16th-century alchemical text (English translation)
5. The Practical Use of Dream-Analysis in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung

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For more on living a symbolic life:
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