Developing a social memory complex

[Anders]

Terence McKenna mentioned another alchemical process where instead of turning metal into powder, by burning a certain power it turns into mercury. On a practical level I feel that's significant for the spiritual transformation where the flame melts our inner tensions instead of burning them.

I'm not sure about two flames yet, but at least there is one flame from Venus, such as symbolized by the Statue of Liberty. The other flame may be that of Prometheus, so that we have one female flame and one male flame. Venus is female and Saturn is male. (A side note: in early esoteric texts mercury can mean Venus.)