Strike the Egg and Pierce it with a Fiery Sword! Atalanta Fugiens Emblem VIII Epigram 8 There is a bird in the world, more sublime than all, Let it be your only care to find its egg. The albumen softly surrounds the golden yolk, Attack it cautiously with a fiery sword, (as…
“According to legend, an egg will only balance on its end on the Vernal Equinox” Source: BBC.com C.G Jung on Egg Symbolism: The egg is a germ of life with a lofty symbolical significance. It is not just a cosmogonic symbol — it is also a “philosophical one”. As the former…
THE FIRST TREATISE In the Following Treatise We shall Discourse on the Origin of the Stone of the Philosophers and the Art How to Produce It. The Philosopher’s Stone is produced by means of the Greening and Growing Nature. HALI the Philosopher, says thereof: “This Stone rises in growing, greening things’. Wherefore when the Green…
Image from Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy, Psychology and Alchemy Figure 72 from Jung: His life and Work by Barbara Hannah: “Altogether, Jung’s health seemed to be particularly good in the autumn of 1946…. It was, therefore, a completely unexpected shock to hear… that he had another heart attack and was again very…