Re: VMs: Cod. Pal. germ. 579...?

[Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx>]

Nick Pelling wrote:
> 
> IMO, alchemy's subjective appeal relies on three deep weaknesses of the
> human mind:-
> * suspicion (ie "What if it Really Means Something and We Don't Know?")
> * paranoia/conspiracy (ie "What if it was being Covered Up For A Reason?")
> * projection (ie, "I know it's a blank canvas, but here is What I Think It
> Means...")

	I don't think so.  Alchemy was largely a spiritual
discipline.  The ideas are to be taken metaphorically. 
The change of matter is a metaphor for the change of
the person.  There was some practical alchemy, but
spiritual alchemy is the bigger, inseparable element.

Dennis
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