Random Archetype Insights

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Card 14 - The Alchemist (Great Way of the Body)

This card has been greatly on my mind the last 2-3 days.

First - from Ra:

81.14 Questioner: And finally, the fourteenth, the Way of the Body is called the Alchemist because there is an infinity of time for the various bodies to operate within to learn the lessons necessary for evolution. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. This is less than completely correct as the Great Way of the Body must be seen, as are all the archetypes of the body, to be a mirror image of the thrust of the activity of the mind.

The body is the creature of the mind and is the instrument of manifestation for the fruits of mind and spirit.

Therefore, you may see the body as providing the athanor through which the alchemist manifests gold.

so there are 3 salient features here:

* the sun
* the wings
* the pouring

So there is a kind of 'pulsation' theme here.  Almost like a heartbeat.

The irradiance of the sun/logos in all directions.

The figure (with wings) which can flap/beat to shift one's perspective/position quite quickly.

The pouring of water (vital force/energy) from one place to another.

The Body (ie Great Way of the Body) thus offers a mean of anchoring our totality of experience.

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Athanor A self-contained furnace that can maintain a constant heat.

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