Table of Contents
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Book Cover
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Front Matter
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Title Page
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Imprint Page
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Epigraph
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Part I: Introduction
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Chapter 1: The Hidden Chasm Within
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Chapter 2: Joy
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Chapter 3: Creativity
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Chapter 4: Enlightened Power
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Chapter 5: Wisdom
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Chapter 6: Practice
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Part II: Alchemy & the Magnum Opus
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Chapter 7: Alchemy
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Chapter 8: Core Principles
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8.1 Pragmatism
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8.2 Self-Sovereignty
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Chapter 9: The Magnum Opus
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Chapter 10: The Alchemical Universe
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Chapter 11: A Brief History of Alchemy
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Part III: Five Primary Metaphors
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Alchemy as Celestial Navigation
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Chapter 12: Celestial Navigation
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Chapter 13: Desire
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Chapter 14: Language & Words
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Chapter 15: Stories
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Chapter 16: Images
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Chapter 17: Metaphor
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Chapter 18: Symbols
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Chapter 19: Myth, Imaginal Reality & the Alchemical Mode
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Chapter 20: Initiation
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Chapter 21: The Hero's Journey
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Chapter 22: How to Make the Lapis Philosophorum
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Alchemy as Chemical Process
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Chapter xx: Chemical Process
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Chapter xx: Systems & Emergence
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Chapter xx: Systems Thinking
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Chapter xx: Components of the Magnum Opus
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Chapter xx: Phases of the Magnum Opus
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Alchemy as Architectural Construction
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Chapter xx: Architectural Construction
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Chapter xx: Buildings & Machines
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Chapter xx: Sanctuary ā Citadel/Temple/Garden
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Alchemy as Botanical Cultivation
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Chapter xx: Botanical Cultivation
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Chapter xx: Chaos, Order & Life
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Chapter xx: Uncertainty & Creativity
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Chapter xx: Making vs. Cultivating
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Alchemy as Mystical Union
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Chapter xx: Mystical Union
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Chapter xx: Triune Humanity ā Serpent, Lion & Angel
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Chapter xx: Composite Consciousness
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Chapter xx: The Ego, the Self & the Unconscious
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Chapter xx: Radiance & Reflection
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Chapter xx: Disjunction & Conjunction
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Chapter xx: The Mystical Insight ā Non-Dual Awareness
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Chapter xx: Wholeness & the Mystical Center ā Omphalos
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Chapter xx: Prima Materia & the Emerald Tablet
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Chapter xx: Alchemy, Yoga, Buddhism & Taoism
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Part IV: Performing the Magnum Opus
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Overview of the Work
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Chapter xx: The Tarot
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Chapter xx: O. The Tragic Fool
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Nigredo (Blackening)
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Chapter xx: [Nigredo Emblem 1]
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Chapter xx: [Nigredo Emblem 2]
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Chapter xx: [Nigredo Emblem 3]
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Chapter xx: [Nigredo Emblem 4]
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Chapter xx: [Nigredo Emblem 5]
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Chapter xx: [Nigredo Emblem 6]
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Albedo (Whitening)
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Chapter xx: [Albedo Emblem 1]
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Chapter xx: [Albedo Emblem 2]
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Chapter xx: [Albedo Emblem 3]
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Chapter xx: [Albedo Emblem 4]
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Chapter xx: [Albedo Emblem 5]
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Chapter xx: [Albedo Emblem 6]
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Rubedo (Reddening)
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Chapter xx: [Rubedo Emblem 1]
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Chapter xx: [Rubedo Emblem 2]
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Chapter xx: [Rubedo Emblem 3]
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Chapter xx: [Rubedo Emblem 4]
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Chapter xx: [Rubedo Emblem 5]
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Chapter xx: [Rubedo Emblem 6]
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The Greater Conjunction
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Chapter xx: [Gr. Conj. Emblem 1]
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Chapter xx: [Gr. Conj. Emblem 2]
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Chapter xx: [Gr. Conj. Emblem 3]
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Culmination of the Work
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Chapter xx: O. The Holy Fool
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Chapter xx: The Lapis Philosophorum
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Part V: Alchemical Practices
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[ 21 Chapters on Specific Practices ]
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Appendices
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Appendix I: The Big Picture
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Appendix II: Glossary & Etymologies
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Appendix III: Annotated Bibliography