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When we talk about alchemy, the first misunderstanding arises from a superficial or improper approach to the subject. With its spread in Europe, many people were blinded by the possibility of obtaining some form of prestige and the whole thing was therefore polluted by selfish human careerism.
Alchemy was born from Greek-Egyptian philosophical hermeticism. It’s a discipline that includes many branches of knowledge, including Aristotelian philosophy, Platonic geometry, Pythagorean maths and the basics of modern chemistry.
Philosophical hermeticism collects the founding principles of the universe, in a very clear and deep way. It’s about mental transmutation, not about turning stuff into gold.
Self-perception and the perception of the whole – it’s a key concept in hermeticism. In the Kybalion book there are some surprisingly modern analysis about polarization art, like the vibration principle, the cause and effect principle, the correspondence principle and so on …
The unknown terrifies people, we need knowledge to come out of the darkness and discover the truth. Plato’s cave is a good metaphor about this concept.
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