The Modern Alchemist: a Guide to Personal Transformation

is a first-hand experiential guide to the process which medieval alchemists represented as the transmutation of lower substances into higher ones: lead into gold if you will. To Richard and Iona Miller the transformation goes far deeper than that-it is an inner change which leads to wholeness integration and flowering of the total personality. In the language of depth psychology as well as alchemy the authors show how to forge an intimate connection with the nurturing powers of the universe-and also with the lost part of ourselves.

In an increasingly fragmented world, there is a constant quest for religious expression that will at last enable the union of the material and the spiritual. The Millers here demonstrate that such an expression is to be found in a combination of alchemy and the psychological studies of C. G. Jung, himself no stranger to alchemical study. Using the stages of purification and refinement found in The Book of Lambsprinck , a 16th-century alchemical text, as well as in Jung's archetypes of consciousness and unconsciousness, the authors trace the development of the self from solitude to union. The great attraction of the book is its affirmation of the redemption of broken matter in the union of self and soul. Illustrations, reproduced from The Book of Lambsprinck , are beautifully rendered. The end result, in sum, is a vital text for all spiritual seekers.
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