Living Alchemy: The Mystery of Mercury – Sulfur – Salt in Our Lives

“What the symbolism of alchemy expresses is the whole problem of the evolution of
personality … the so-called individuation process.” CW 12, para. 40
Paracelsus believed that the cosmos was fashioned from three spiritual substances:
the tria prima of Mercury, Sulfur, and Salt. These are not the substances we recognize
today, but rather broad principles that give every object both its inner essence and outer
form. Mercury is the transformative agent, Salt is the solidifying/substantiating agent,
and Sulfur is the activating agent that leads substance to transformation.
In this workshop, Lara and Jeff will present the experience of the tria prima, mercurysulfur-salt, as it relates to the alchemical/transformative dimension of life. We will
discuss and work with these principles as they manifest in our dreams and our everyday life experiences. This workshop is for individuals who have experience with
alchemical concepts, as well as those for whom this is totally new material.