Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Sublimatio
Alchemists have always understood sublimatio as an ascending movement of the cyclic process of
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Coagulatio (Citrinitas)
In the alchemical opus coagulatio transcribes the process whereby a liquid is chemically transposed
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Solutio
Solutio comes under the mediation of the ethereal element of water and pertains to chemical
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Mortificatio
The seventh stage of the therapeutic process is a recapitulation of the first (the nigredo)
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Conjunctio
Conjunctio has always been used in alchemy as a symbol of culmination and is
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Albedo
During the alchemical rotation, the putrefying black matter in the alembic wrought by the nigredo
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Calcinatio
Calcinatio, the fourth phase of the therapeutic process, is primarily concerned with the unconditional
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Separatio
Known as separatio, the third alchemical phase involves a differentiation of the prima materia
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Fermentatio
The nigredo phase in the therapeutic process is usually followed by the fermentatio. In
Therapy as an Alchemical Process: Prima Materia and Nigredo
In transpersonal psychology, each stage of the alchemical opus corresponds with a particular juncture
