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Alchemy, Psychoanalysis, and Philosophy: Psyche Podcast and Acid Horizon in Conversation with Stanton Marlan

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The Importance of Alchemy

Kiki Young: I think it's only until recently that I really start looking closely at the alchemical aspect of their work. Jung first got interested in alchemy, he went to a bookseller and asked if they could get him a book on alchemy. He looked through it and thought, what nonsense? And kind of put it aside for a while. But when he was reading through it, again, there was a moment at which he had the recognition that it wasn't just literal,. The idea of turning lead into gold was not just working with physical elements, but turning the lead in personality into a golden one.

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