Alchemical Psychology: Old Recipes for Living in a New World
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Alchemical Psychology: Old Recipes for Living in a New World
by Authors:
Thom F. Cavalli
Released: 28 February, 2002
ISBN: 1585421405
Paperback
Sales Rank: 367,228
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Customer Review #1:
 Going for the Gold...........in your Self
This is a great read. Anyone interested in the transformation of the soul, the refinement of their base nature into pure golden light and transparency should read this book. Thom Cavalli has poured an enormous amount of love into this work and clearly shows. Not a work is wasted. You read a paragraph and have to walk away to ponder it. A book to return to time and time again as your understanding grows. It is rich with symbols, ancient alchemical art and mystery. I absolutely love this book.
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Customer Review #2:
Foliage of the Future
Thom F.Cavalli has written a handbook for the 21st century. The book will speak for itself.
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Customer Review #3:
Alchemy From a Psychological Perspective
Reviewer: Diana L. Klimek, Ph.D. student, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Reading the first few chapters of Dr. Thom Cavallis book, Alchemical Psychology, is a bit like listening to Bill Moyers interview Joseph Campbell as they meander and weave myth, religion, history and culture into a labyrinth of discovery. There is a powerful background in the field of alchemy spanning thousands of years and for some, it is still steeped in the mystical mixings and stirrings of elixirs and potions. To bring these mysteries into a modern world where demands for logic and reason overwhelm our sensibilities, Dr. Cavalli is indeed his own brave alchemist.
Stirring a pot with ingredients as diverse as ancient drawings, Carl Jungs notion of the Individuated Self, the four elements and a little quicksilver, Dr. Cavalli keeps the fire turned up. His determination to let alchemy speak for itself and to let alchemy find its natural connection to psychology is commendable, especially in doing a comparative analysis such as this.
The subtitle of this book is "Old Recipes for Living in a New World" and although each ancient recipe (there are ten in the book) is interesting and helpful, one struck me as unique to the symbolic nature of alchemy. It is important to understand that taking the ingredients literally loses the point of the experiment. For example, in recipe seven "the rose gives honey to the bee" which we all know is impossible in logic and in nature because roses do not give honey. However, as Dr. Cavalli walks us through the steps of the alchemical recipe drawing on his own personal career and Jungian psychology, we are encouraged to accept the immediate significance to the personal psyche and the power of collective symbolism.
Although it is helpful to have some background in Freudian and Jungian psychology, this book holds potential interest for both the novice and the professional. Dr. Cavalli has succeeded in bringing alchemy out of the archives and within focus of the modern world. This book is richly educational but it is entertaining as well because Dr. Cavalli still manages to pay homage to his archetypal muse, the Trickster.
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