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This paper discusses how Carl Jung's theory of individuation relies on alchemical symbolism to describe the psychological process of growth involving collective unconscious experience and personal unconscious experience. The paper provides a review of the peer-reviewed and scholarly literature to determine what alchemy was, how it was supposed to work, whether it did in fact work, and an analysis of how Jung's theory of individuation was formulated based on these arcane alchemist concepts. A summary of the research and important findings are reported in the conclusion. A photograph of 'The Splendor Solis - Plate 8: Colors of Rebirth' is included with the paper.

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"The existing body of knowledge concerning alchemy during this period in history was largely based on manuscripts written in an esoteric and arcane, symbolic language that made them almost impossible to understand from a modern perspective; however, also during the early 20th century the emerging field of depth psychology (called 'analytical psychology' by C.G. Jung) introduced an entirely new approach to understanding the nature of alchemical pursuits and its application to human psychological development. According to Biedermann (1970), "Psychologists, notably C. G. Jung, have begun to pay serious attention to the symbolism of alchemy. Jung's interpretations are often not much easier to understand than the obscure texts of the old alchemists themselves but his investigations focused attention on the 'esoteric alchemy,' on the symbolism as opposed to the chemistry" (p. 57). "

Tags:gold, knowledge, symbolism

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This paper offers a creative journey into the future of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, focusing on Perdita Weasley, daughter of the famous enchantress and scholar Hermione Granger Weasley. The writer explains that Perdita is not overly fond of study and hard work; rather, she prefers to find shortcuts to success, using ingenious potions and spells to achieve academic excellence at Hogwarts. However, the paper shows that certain forces at the wizardry school are determined to make her an honest student. Will Perdita fail miserably without the benefit of her trickery?

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"It was true; Perdita could do well in school when she made the effort. However, most of her cleverness was put into trying to get around learning anything of consequence. Rather than memorize facts about the great wizards of history, Perdita created a talking cheat sheet to babble to her during the test. Venus taught her familiar, a parrot, to say "you're only cheating yourself when you cheat," and sent it to Perdita's room, only for Perdita to send it back a fan of the entire corpus of Neil Diamond, which it now sang endlessly, despite Venus' best attempts to erase its memory. When Hogwarts students were supposed to sell sweets door-to-door to finance the purchase of some new Quidditch equipment, Perdita created hypnotic chocolate hearts that would make whoever gazed upon them instantly want to purchase them. Perdita won the school's prize for the chocolate sale, a bottomless bottle of fizzy drinks, as well as school acclaim, while Venus came in a distant second and only won a box of Girl Guide Thin Mint cookies, that Perdita used magic to make slightly stale. Perdita hated that grind Venus Oz, especially since her mother would always say things like "what a nice girl, that Venus" and "why don't you invite her home for school holidays"!"

Tags:Rowling, muggle, wizardry, quidditch, Hermione

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"The purpose of this research is to examine the origins and development of alchemy, from the earliest stages of its practice and through the transitions it made from being a pseudo-science toward becoming a major foundation of the harder science of chemistry. As appropriate, reference will be made to those features of alchemy that appear to have survived the transition and continued to exercise an influence on the environment of scientific research.


The origins of alchemy can be traced as far back as the Greeks and the Hellenistic period, if the historiography of the scientific community is to be taken as a guide. It seems important to include Aristotle in any understanding of the reach of alchemy for the reason that the residue of philosophical and scientific environment of intellectual discipline attributed to..."

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This paper considers how the metaphor of alchemy is a metaphor of becoming, suggesting in terms of psychology that the old dream of turning base metals into gold can serve as a metaphor for changing the personality and for observing the process as it takes place. The nature of this metaphor is stated clearly by Schwartz-Salant (1998) when he writes 'Because alchemy is characterized by a peculiar identification between the alchemist and the material with which he or she works, personal and material transformation are intertwined so closely as to defy their separation'. The paper further discusses how this linkage is part of the complex metaphor of alchemy which accepts the possibility that changes in the personality of the artisan somehow effect changes in the matter with which he or she is working.

Tags:self, personality, psychology

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"This study will examine Clement Greenberg's definition of modernism (as expressed in Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art, edited by Kristine Stiles and Peter Selz) and will then apply those statements to an analysis of one modernist and one non/anti- or post-modernist work of art, including statements by the artists themselves which will shed light on the nature of modernism, particularly as a theory of the teleology of art. The modernist work selected is Jackson Pollock's "Alchemy" (1947) and the anti-or post-modernist work is Arnulf Rainer's "Face Farces" (1969). Despite the fact that only twenty-two years separate the two works of art, a great chasm of intention and perception on the part of the artists separates the essence of the works."
Greenberg writes that
The essence of modernism lies . . . in the use of the

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The paper looks at how death, psychology, blood, sanity, alchemy, Romanticism and oppression echo throughout "The Fall of the House of Usher", making it a tale of mystery, imagination and reality. The paper analyzes how Poe utilizes mental states to create mood and looks at how the narrator become pivotal in the progression of the tale. The paper discusses Poe's experiences with death, alchemy and slavery and clearly demonstrates how Poe's tale reflects life and the pain associated with it. The paper includes an outline.

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"There may be no other American writer whose life is proof of the adage that art imitates life. When we look at Poe's life, we see that many aspects of his day emerge in his tales. A society on the verge of medical breakthroughs became enamored with thoughts and ideas of death and dying. Dying was a mystery and it was prevalent in the nineteenth century with tuberculosis and other diseases taking life quickly. Poe's mother died of consumption and his wife Virginia, died of tuberculosis. Loss and the pain of it are constant shadows in Poe's life. Coping with despair and sadness become powerful issues that force Poe to examine man's delicate psyche. Other aspects of his time emerge in Poe's work as well. For example, science and the notion of alchemy make an appearance in this tale as the house and it inhabitants seem to be on a path of destruction. Embedded within the story is a poem that sheds light on the social concerns of slavery. All things move to death eventually, whether the move is obvious or not. Poe understood death as simply a fact of life but this did not make it any easier for him."

Tags:death, psychology, blood, sanity, alchemy, Romanticism, slavery

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This paper reviews the poem "The Elixir" by George Herbert. The paper demonstrates how the poem's title is deceptive, since it suggests that the poem will have an intoxicating subject. However, the poem's topic is theological. The paper explains that the title is actually derived from the name for the medieval science of alchemy. It further shows that science serves as a metaphor for finding the right way of belief and mental readiness to approach one's daily tasks. The paper cites versus from the poem to support its thesis that with this 'right' mode of belief, even the most common servant can elevate all of his experiences and duties to the realm holy.

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"The poet thus wishes to proceed through life so that simply seeing a neighbor on the street and smiling to that neighbor becomes a divine act, because the poet sees the divine presence in his neighbor's face. Herbert makes a distinction between human and animal life and consciousness, setting humanity above mere and base nature as he begs to act, "Not rudely, as a beast, /To run into an action;" in other words, to go about action with base thoughts and feelings. Rather, "But still to make Thee prepossest, /And give it his perfection," in other words, to make perfect all Herbert does on a daily basis. Unlike beasts, humans have rational thought and God-crafted souls. Thus, Herbert wishes to use this ability to think rationally about God when in motion, so his daily motions are not the motions of a beast."

Tags:science, alchemy, poetry, poet, holy, spiritual, theological, belief

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This paper explains that Sir Isaac Newton advanced a whole new system of mathematics, including systems of physics and calculus, which were revolutionary during his time and continued to be
observed long after his death. The author points out that one of Newton's most significant contributions is his basic laws of motion often call Newton's Laws. The paper relates Isaac Newton would never have described himself as a 'scientist' because the word was not coined until more than a century after his death; he was a reclusive Hebrew scholar and Classicist who wrote more about alchemy and theology than the natural world, and his posthumous reputation is riddled with contradictions.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Life of Mathematician
Significant Contributions
Comparison to Present System
Conclusion

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"Newton's laws of motion can generally be described through example and demonstration and represent a continuation of thought and inquiry into questions of physics. For example, many scientists before Newton could think of explanations for the continuation of movement of a given object due to force and velocity, but could not demonstrate it in a scientific way in the same way that Newton could with his laws of
motion. Using force and velocity, Newton made important mathematical relations that showed up in real world examples. For example, if someone was riding on a horse, they were going the same speed as the horse, then their velocity remained constant, but if something changed their velocity, it would differ from the velocity of the horse, and they
may change velocity in direction of proportionate force. Newton also contributed the commonly repeated maxim that each and every force (action) has an equal and opposite force (reaction). This is a very significant contribution because it represents a basic precept of modern physics."

Tags:principia, calculus, motion, alchemy, contradictions

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The objective of this paper is to research the topic of sublimation of the body as discussed by Aristotle. The paper also reviews the topic from the perspective of Plato, and compares Plato's view with that of Aristotle. The paper also reviews and researches the related area of mind and body dualism.

Outline:
Objective
Sublimation Defined
Introduction
Aristotle and Alchemy: Sublimation of the Body
Literature That Discusses Aristotle's View
Plato's View
Mind/Body Dualism
The Jewish View of Dualism
The Spiritual View of Dualism
John Beloff on Dualism
Summary

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"Aligned with the mind, 'human sense' is radiant. As organs of the flesh, on the other hand, the senses collapse into an obscuring, destructive sensuality. Sight--the sense closest to the 'mind's eye'--is both a tool for the acquisition of knowledge, and a locus of carnal desire." Stated further in this work is that in the treatise on 'Moral Philosophy' of Roger Bacon written in the mid-thirteenth century, Bacon reasoned that 'In his treatise on 'Moral Philosophy' written in the mid-thirteenth century, Roger Bacon reasoned that 'evil men lose their identity, because the identity of a thing consists in retaining its order and preserving its nature'. Sin, however, 'is contrary to the order of nature . . .' He concludes: 'you cannot regard as a human being the man whom you see transformed by vices'. (Sight and Embodiment in the Middle Ages, nd) Additionally stated is: "Because of the polluting influence of the emotions and appetites, the gods of Plato's Timaeus had 'located the mortal element of man in a separate part of the body, and constructed the neck as a kind of isthmus and boundary between head and breast to keep them apart'.12 The 'mortal element', Plato wrote, is divided in turn by the midriff (or diaphragm), according to its 'better and worse' properties; the emotions being superior to the appetite. To illustrate this idea of the properly ordered and contained body, he used the telling analogy of a house 'divided into men and women's quarters'."

Tags:mental, brain, processes, talmud, materialism, body, spiritual, soul, Descartes, christian, animal

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Through setting, mood, plot, and character development, Hawthorne explores the dark world of alchemy in Aylmer's laboratory. This paper discusses how Aylmer's attempt at perfecting a beautiful creature of the earth teaches us that boundaries not only exist between man and nature, but that they should also be respected.

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"This setting of "The Birthmark" serves as the perfect backdrop for the tale, taking place in the "latter part of the last century" (Hawthorne 600). Aylmer is a "man of science, an eminent proficient in every branch of natural philosophy" (600). While Aylmer was married man, it is difficult to assume that he was completely normal. In a time when the "mysteries of Nature seemed to open paths into the region of miracle, it was not unusual for the love of science to rival the love of woman in its depth and absorbing energy" (600). This key passage gives us insight into Aylmer's character. We know that while Aylmer is married, he is also very passionate about science. Nature, the narrator tells us, is on the brink of miracles, and this mentality is one that captures Aylmer and holds him like a prisoner."

Tags:science, human, nature