05/12/2022
The alchemists' symbol is the athanor, the furnace.
A furnace is where things are transformed through fire, or heat. Alchemy involves turning things over, buffing them, burnishing them, rubbing and polishing them, improving, changing, and perfecting them until they are fully realized. The book is written, the house built, the concert performed, the painting completed, the Self realized. FIRE is the most ancient alchemical catalyst. Human Consciousness developed around campfires. Staring into a fire for hours on end leads to meditation. The earliest mystics used fire in their crafts. They were potters, smiths, cooks, and bakers. And like the process of self-realization, the working of pottery, glass-blowing, and forging and molding bronze and other metals all involve a number of stages. Such Inner work is an ongoing process. It involves the discovery and unfolding of an insight that is progressively wonderful and fulfilling.
"A Course in Mysticism & Miracles" By Jon Mundy PhD
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