09-12-2024, 08:22 PM
Nigredo: A Full Initiation into Spiritual Alchemy. Foreword read by Steve Seven.
"This volume is based around the occult history of the toad which has been a common symbol for the shadow in alchemical systems throughout the centuries. There are many facets of the toad which has made it such a popular candidate for a symbol of the shadow. Most obviously the toad has very definite stages of metamorphosis from an egg, to tadpole and then into the toad proper. This life cycle lends itself to being an apt symbol of the transformation of the fires of alchemy. The present volume is brought to resolution with the closing chapters on the psychology of the so-called “evil eye” and the toad in Western alchemy. The rituals and exercises that are detailed and discussed in the closing pages of this book are part of a series of practical elements of the initiation and Work of spiritual alchemy and these will be extended and added to throughout this series."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI_x7r9Zt7Q
"This volume is based around the occult history of the toad which has been a common symbol for the shadow in alchemical systems throughout the centuries. There are many facets of the toad which has made it such a popular candidate for a symbol of the shadow. Most obviously the toad has very definite stages of metamorphosis from an egg, to tadpole and then into the toad proper. This life cycle lends itself to being an apt symbol of the transformation of the fires of alchemy. The present volume is brought to resolution with the closing chapters on the psychology of the so-called “evil eye” and the toad in Western alchemy. The rituals and exercises that are detailed and discussed in the closing pages of this book are part of a series of practical elements of the initiation and Work of spiritual alchemy and these will be extended and added to throughout this series."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI_x7r9Zt7Q