alchemy
Look into lotus visualizations on the throat and what that has to do with dream recall. Chakras can be cringy when explained to be scientific, but maybe they make sense as symbolic. Meaning, there are archetypal (built-in) reasons why the mind likes to associate certain parts of the body with certain things.
If you’re able to make and break frames at will, you’ve discovered the infinite energy glitch. It keeps you nimble, motivated, and present. A frame might always be a narrative (in mythic time), and by shifting to magic/archaic time, you can shed a stale perspective on your day. There’s something alchemical here. Each pole has a positive/negative,
... See moreIn producing my “bonus thread” for my assay definition, I came across so much fascinating alchemical artwork. Need to dive deeper into that. It helped refine my intrigue to visit Prague. 3 places AI recommended:
The Speculum Alchemiae Museum: This museum is dedicated to the history of alchemy and features various exhibits, including artwork,
James Turrell’s 2014 exhibit at the Guggenheim—“Aten Reign”—translated to “Sun God.” It’s a visually encrypted meditation, one that you unlock by seeing a shape and it’s inverted shape at the same time (the tunnel & the pyramid). It is an alchemical mood, and there’s something about connecting Egypt to alchemy (alchemy actually translates to “from
... See moreJust started Avatar: the Last Airbender for the 2nd time. Taking notes. Now that I’ve mapped the 4 element onto the alchemists and my own psyche, the show has a secondary allegorical meaning. To Sontag’s point, the show is good in itself, but it’s straight forward enough that you can see a symbolic layer over it without much friction.
From Hermes Trismegistus:
... See more"If then you do not make yourself equal to God, you cannot apprehend God; for like is known by like. Leap clear of all that is corporeal, and make yourself grown to a like expanse with that greatness which is beyond all measure; rise above all time and become eternal; then you will apprehend God. Think that for you too
Can the hermetic practice be described as practice where symbolism is assigned to every action? Breathing, eating, washing, orienting in space, orienting in time, typing keys, etc. It is a kind of applied and active ritual superstition. The claim isn’t that a series of hand gestures will effect external outcomes, the claim is that a series of hand
... See moreIt’s all about the alchemical union of opposites. How do you fuse doing and being? How do you fuse making and dissolving meaning? Either alone brings trouble, but it’s the skillful co-existence of the two that create an infinite engine, a centripetal force to ascend the system.
The sphere of the alchemist:
Like Horus I see prosche forward,
An inverted ray of myth shoots back,
To the right is imagination chains,
To the left is architectural pattern,
Left and right rotate,
Counter-clockwise,
All sides stretching,
Creating a sphere,
Of attunment and being,
Of fusing the opposites,
Of doing and seeing,