"Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth." ~ C.G. Jung: Memories,Dreams, Reflections, Chapter 9
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| 0560395 - ALCHEMY - MICROCOSM AND MACROCOSM This plate, engraved by Merian for Johann-Daniel Mylius, Opus Medico-chymicum, 1618, is one of the most complex and symbolically satisfying from the heyday of learned alchemy. In essence it is designed to portray the relationships that subtend between the Higher and Lower worlds, between the Macrocosm and the Microcosm. |
As we move away from Nature and what is natural - fueled by an insistent drive for "better" and "more" - can we remain in touch with our original being, with who it is we are truly meant to be?
