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Written by Joseph L. Henderson, one of the first generation of Jungian analysts, and Dyane N. Sherwood, a practising analyst, this book is a striking and unique contribution to the resurgence of interest in alchemy for its way of representing the phenomenology of creative experience.

• Introduction:
  • Alchemy and Modern Depth Psychology.
  • The Ancient Roots of Alchemy.
  • Alchemy in Classical Greece and Post-Classical Alexandria.
  • Arabic Alchemy.
  • Alchemy in Medieval and Renaissance Europe.
  • Paracelsus and the Nature of the Soul.
  • The Splendor Solis.
• The First Series (11 plates):
  • A Sick Sun and a Healthy Sun.
  • Setting out on a Journey.
  • The Inner Quest.
  • The King and Queen.
  • Digging for Gold.
  • The Philosophical Tree.
  • The Drowning King.
  • The Ethiopian.
  • The Hermaphrodite.
  • The Golden Head.
  • The Alchemist in the Bath.
• The Second Series (7 plates):
  • In the Heart of the Dragon.
  • Three Quarreling Birds.
  • A Three-Headed Bird.
  • A Three-Headed Dragon.
  • The Peacock.
  • The Muse.
  • The New Sun as Inward Light.
  • The Process in the Second Series.
• The Third Series (4 plates):
  • The Dark Sun.
  • Children at Play.
  • Women Washing.
  • The Journey's End.

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