According to Jung, alchemical practice is a tangible display of the process of individuation—the balancing between the conscious and unconscious sides in the individual—which aims to produce a psychic equilibrium, a point where an individual becomes whole and has realized what Jung defined as their ‘Self’. In other words, alchemy is not only about changing base metal into gold, but also about psychological change; of turning a human being’s focus from base materialism into angelic gold.If this symbol appears in your dreams, consider what in your life is changing or needs changing. Your dreaming mind is encouraging you to change for the better.
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For Carl Jung, the art of alchemy was a system of symbols. The transformation of the subject occurred through them: the subject’s personality would go from a basic state (lead) to a different one (gold). So, he considered that the symbols from alchemy were archetypal images of the unconscious.If you have this dream, therefore, it is possible you will go through an internal change.
Alchemy was, in the Middle Ages, what psychology is for us today. Its symbolism still identifies with internal success throughout the unconscious.
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Psychological / emotional perspective: Alchemy from a psychological perspective is a philosophy of the cosmos and of mankind’s place in the scheme of things.It is the refinement of thought, having the key through the archetypes to unlocking an understanding of the innermost and unconscious part of the psyche. As an agent for change it has a relevance in dreams through both its symbolism and processes.
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1. Something in one’s life needs changing from poor to good, base metal to gold.2. One has hope for change, even though it seems impossible.
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