The Alchemical Body

In this lecture, we will discover the embodied transformational process of body/soul/spirit that engaged the alchemists for centuries. This was an era before the split between science, physical healing, and spirituality, when the body was not relegated to the shadow. For them nature was animated and an ally. In their laboratories, they communed with the souls and spirits of the metals, planets, animals, plants, and cosmos. The goal was to find the philosopher’s gold which is the totality of wholeness or individuation that Jung describes. It was an embodied process not an ascension out of the body.

This presentation will take us into the world of the alchemist through ideas, images, case material, and the imaginal realm. Theirs was an earth-.based journey to enlightenment.