excerpts from C. G. #Jung: #Psychology and #Alchemy "It is clear enough ... what the ultimate aim of alchemy really was: it was trying to produce a *corpus subtile*, a transfigured and resurrected body, i.e., a body that was at the same time spirit. In this it finds common ground with Chinese alchemy, as we have learned from The Secret of the Golden Flower. There the main concern is the “diamond body,” in other words, the attainment of immortality through the transformation of the body. The diamond is an excellent symbol because it is hard, fiery, and translucent. Orthelius tells us that the philosophers have never found a better medicament than that which they called the noble and blessed stone of the philosophers, on account of its hardness, transparency, and rubeous hue."

C. G. #Jung taught us to pay attention to our dreams. Why is this important? To heal the Faustian split between reason and the unconscious. From *Psychology and Alchemy*: ... in the dialectical discussion between the conscious mind and the unconscious, a development or an advance towards some goal or end, the perplexing nature of which has engaged my attention for many years. ... It is a *longissima via*, not straight but snakelike, a path that unites the opposites in the manner of the guiding caduceus, a path whose labyrinthine twists and turns are not lacking in terrors.! *Alchemist in the initial nigredo state, meditating.—Jamsthaler, Viatorium spagyricum (1625)*

Blast from the #gaslighting past. State media, October 2020: "Dutch people want stricter covid measures"

A blessed #yule tide to you all 🌟

Highly recommend watching this docu, on the vital role of the fungus Aspergillus oryzae in Japanese gastronomy. Rather than from top-down imposition of ideas, high culture takes shape in a delicate dialogue between human minds and nature's dormant potentialities. Aspergillus oryzae acts as guide and agent in acts of everyday alchemy, transmuting raw foodstuffs into flavourful shoyu and sake. #mycology #shroomstr

A petty concern, I know, but somehow my follower count in amethyst shows up as zero. How is that? I am worried that, being a noob who doesn't run a node, I am doing the relay settings thing all wrong. Honestly this relay part of #amethyst is quite daunting for non-techy user like myself. #asknostr

Ace of Coins #btc #artstr

Hearing the Winklevi casually refer to "beginner's mind" at Btc Amsterdam, to me is a sure sign #buddhism is fast becoming the de facto religion in the West.

I wrote a short critique on an influential postmodern philosopher's book. We sometimes think obscure philosophers somewhere on a California campus are irrelevant but their ideas do trickle down through academia, media, politics and ordinary people's minds. #philosophy View article →

#psychedelics negate the i to affirm the I

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4 wren songs. Pencil and ink on xuanzhi paper, wet-mounted, 45x45cm #artstr

Back to the drawing board #artstr

Artful use of stone, brick, lead #architecture Scheepvaarthuis Amsterdam

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Unpopular opinion: Billy is one of the good guys #eugenics

"Silence is a way of living and forgiving, a way of embracing the community with charity and the offender with affection." #Amish Society By John A. Hostetler #bookstr