The prime matter is the mystical chaotic substance which animates all of the cosmos. This famous secret was known by many names: Mercury, primordial water, firewater, the alpha and omega—in essence it can be likened to the void: the mother of creation. It is this psychic element the alchemist uses in a series of operations to create the philosophers’ stone. Thus, it is the beginning material and the end product.
Nothing is more central to the subject of alchemy than “The Great Work”
or, “Magnum Opus”, the transformative work of redeeming the subtle from
the gross, combining the celestial with the terrestrial, which is
repeated in a circulatory process until it matures to the highest level
of refinement producing the philosopher’s stone. The spirit-matter
continuum is the essential theme of alchemy, where we see plurality
spring forth from primordial unity, and the necessity of separation to
create a higher order of union once more. This is achieved by the
reconfiguration and synthesis of the person’s elements: water, earth,
air, and fire into the spiritual Quintessence....<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...
