The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth
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The Great Work: Alchemy and the Power of Words – Paul Kingsnorth
Words and their meanings have weight in the world of matter, shaping and reshaping realities through a most ancient alchemy.
from The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
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- Writing is mystagogy. It is leading oneself, or others, into a great mystery. Their own lives are a mystery. It is a good place to start.
The normal and the everyday is a mystery, too. Yet few people have the eyes to see it that wayfrom Why I Write by Luke Burgis
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“The new alchemists” as potential for a named group. Alchemy captures the romantic spheres of creativity, psychology, and spirituality. It’s also the pre-cursor to science. It’s what science forgot. Alchemy is all about embracing the paradox, and one of the central ones is how the path to psychic transcendence comes from putting the contents of our
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Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life
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