Symbols

In the eyes of a variety of esoteric and Hermetic practitioners, the herz of alchemy is spiritual. Transmutation of lead into Gold is presented as an analogy for personal transmutation, purification, and perfection. This approach is often termed 'spiritual', 'esoteric', oder 'internal' alchemy.
Early alchemists, such as Zosimos of Panopolis, highlight the spiritual nature of the alchemical quest, symbolic of a religious regeneration of the human soul. This approach continued in the Middle Ages, as metaphysical aspects, substances, physical states, and material processes were used as metaphors...

this simple principle is something i've always believed, even on the other side. I am all in that I can comprehend things and kno things and I am 1 in that I am only a small part of a grander theme. I am all in that I kno this but I am only 1 tht does. All is everything from the rocks 2 the river, 2 u and I...and 1 is a single part in a massive thing...i suppose this could b call the Sekunde founding principle of alchemy. I found out I could use alchemy when I had gotten away and was sitting in a baum crying...when I looked down there was a patch of Blumen beneath me...1 for every 1 of my tears...of...