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The mystery of human relationship : alchemy and the transformation of the self

By: Material type: TextTextLondon New York Routledge 1998*Description: xi, 248 p 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415153891
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF175 .S387 1998
Contents:
Chapters: 1. Alchemy and transformation in human relationships -- 2. Activating the experience of the field -- 3. Mad parts of sane people -- 4. The dynamics of the interactive field -- 5. The transformative powers of the interactive field -- 6. The alchemical view of madness -- 7. The central mystery of the alchemical process -- 8. The alchemical attitude to the transformation of relationship -- 9. Union, death, and the resurrection of the self -- 10. Appreciating the mystery of relationship
Abstract: Transformation of the self is often experienced through relationship. The symbols and metaphors of ancient alchemy provide insight into the interpersonal field through the recognition of the interplay between order and disorder and the transformative power of chaos.
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Alchemical Symbolism : coniunctio, nigredo, albedo, coagulatio, hermaphrodite, lapis philosophorum, prima materia, rubedo, subtle body, unio mystica.. Alchemy -- Texts -- Rosarium Philosophorum : see name index and list of figures.. Alchemy -- Texts -- Splendor Solis : see name index and list of figures.. Maria The Jewess (Alchemy) : see 'Maria, Axiom of' in name index.. Ostanes (Alchemy) : axiom of, see name index.. Dionysus : as chaos or madness, see name index under Dionysos.

Nathan Schwartz-Salant. ill. ; bibliography (p. [229]-232) and indexes.

Chapters: 1. Alchemy and transformation in human relationships -- 2. Activating the experience of the field -- 3. Mad parts of sane people -- 4. The dynamics of the interactive field -- 5. The transformative powers of the interactive field -- 6. The alchemical view of madness -- 7. The central mystery of the alchemical process -- 8. The alchemical attitude to the transformation of relationship -- 9. Union, death, and the resurrection of the self -- 10. Appreciating the mystery of relationship

Transformation of the self is often experienced through relationship. The symbols and metaphors of ancient alchemy provide insight into the interpersonal field through the recognition of the interplay between order and disorder and the transformative power of chaos.

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