Alchemy – the Art and Science of Transformation

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Alchemy is an ancient art and a precursor to the modern sciences of chemistry, medicine and pharmacology.

In popular literature, the alchemist is portrayed as using its experiments as metaphors; it has sought an enlivening elixir, a healing panacea, and the transformation of base metal into gold through release from crude impure ores.

At a deeper level, the alchemist was focused on the transformation of man to higher levels of consciousness and perfection – release of the “seeds” already present from the baser self.

Alchemy came to be related to dreams through the work of Carl Jung, who perceived archetypal images in the symbolic language of alchemy.  Jung, along with Adler, was a significant student of Sigmund Freud, the acclaimed pioneer of modern psychotherapy.