Organic Alchemy

Organic Alchemy is based on talks and discussions held in Europe and America in the summer of 1974. The topics relate to actual living situations, and for that reason are in the nature of a practical guide to self-exploration rather than mere academic discussion. To bring about a radical transformation of the human mind the totality of the mind has to be understood. First of all, the conflict between the conscious and the unconscious has to be eliminated. When the deepest recesses of the unconscious are explored and understood, this integration releases a tremendous energy. If this energy is not misused, the spiritual transformation that follows is an effortless and nameless event. In some cases the spiritual transformation occurs first, without a complete unfoldment of the psychic content. For many persons the development of the psychic sensibility may not be important, because conflict can end even in its absence. But for the sake of completeness, the psychic sensibility, which is an activity within the field of the known of the relative, is still important. Organic alchemy thus has two stages. The first is the transformation of the nigredo into albedo, which can be likened to the psychic transformation. At his level of transformation, although there is sufficient power and happiness, there is not a complete enlightenment. The second stage, the transformation of the albedo into rubedo, is a truly complete transformation in which the ego disappears completely. In this state not only is there power and supreme bliss also total understanding