“Alchemy, as a nature philosophy of great consideration in the Middle Ages, throws a bridge to the past, the gnosis, and also to the future, the modern psychology of the unconscious. Only by discovering alchemy have I clearly understood that the Unconscious is a process and that ego’s rapports with the unconscious and his contents initiate an evolution, more precisely a real metamorphoses of the psyche.” Carl Jung
The language of birds
Lady Alchymia – the muse of Alchemy
OMNIA UNUS EST
The Ouroboros
“all is one”
Sedna and the Devil-fish
The myth of Sedna expresses a state of SOLUTIO.
Demeter and the dead Earth……
Demeter expressing the state of NIGREDO …..
BAIN-MARIE illustration used for an alchemical poetry book by Melissa Jordan
Bain -Marie ….. This alchemical apparatus was invented by one of the few known female alchemists known as Mary the Jewess. This print describes the second stage of alchemy Dissolution.
Alchemy: Green lion devouring the sun
WHITE STONE – the Lady and the Unicorn
FERMENTATION : Hermaphroditus
CONJUNCTIO: The marriage between Heaven and Earth.
Phoenix ‘Sitting in the Fire’…..The Phoenix is a mythical bird that consciously consumes itself in flames to be reborn new from its ashes. In Alchemy the phoenix bird represents the creation of the Philosopher’s stone from the transformative element of fire and the chemical of Sulphur. The symbology for me also describes the rising of the Divine Feminine in our modern day consciousness.
OVUM PHILOSPHICUM: As above so Below
The threshold of Hermes
The Star of Venus
In the greater work the stage of Coagulatio has 8 phases the fist 4 are ruled by venus the second four by Mars. Here I depict Venus in stage 2:Nutrimentum. She evokes nourishment and sustenence. This stage symbolises the rising of the inner Sun. Venus is the opening of the Heart which is earthed.
