Solar Alchemy

[Paul Ferguson]

"In Alchemy there are many operative suns. The sun which represents the fixed as opposite of the volatile Moon is the most used example in alchemical symbology. So, sun = Sulfur opposite to Moon = Mercurius (often, simply, a fixed substance that is lifted by a volatile, but which in turn fixes the volatile too unmanageable in this case the pair of opposites is said to “marry”). Then there is the sun symbolized by Apollo who represents the perfect red at the end of the second work (see Second-Main Work) white the imperfect red are symbolyzed by Mars. The Philosophers’ Stone, at the end of the third work, is defined as supreme Apollo (see Third Work)."

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