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Step 2. Solution

“It is bitter indeed to discover behind one's lofty ideals narrow, fanatical convictions, all the more cherished for that, and behind one's heroic pretensions, nothing but crude egotism, infantine greed and complacency. This painful corrective is an unaviodable stage in every therapeutic process.�?nbsp;

---C. G. Jung

Making a solution in chemistry is to suspend, or dissolve a substance in water or other liquid "vehicle." Working with the powder from calcification, the alchemist dissolves the powder in “a mineral water which shall not wet the hands.�?nbsp; In alchemical theory, metals are considered congealed water. To reduce matter to water is to get back towards First Matter bringing the metal to its beginning form before the errors in growth occurred.

Allegorically speaking, the powder that remains after the long heating process represents the more enduring characteristics below the surface that will never be destroyed. This is the pain in life and other happenings which cover up this specialness or hidden treasure. The solution step is filled with deep self-examination and self-disgust. That is why this solution is often referred to as “bitter water.�?

How does the alchemist get into solution or to their first growing form? Going back to childhood to deal with psychological defects is one way. Some alchemists go back to the womb and even the last lives for review. In this state underlying attitudes, prejudices, tastes, deep-rooted feelings and reactions are identified and dissolved away and the positive applications of learning replace negative ones. This is to correct the errors of growth and misapplications of lessons.

Second Key. A winged Mercury stands holding a caduceus in each hand. To the left is a Sun and to the right a Moon, and at his feet a set of double wings. Approaching him from the left is a man with a sword around which a serpent or snake coils, while from the right is another man with a sword, upon the point of which a bird perches.

Never Again

After the fevers pass I contemplate on my amazing visions and experiences during my illness. I think about the physical suffering and the anguish too. In a way, I am glad the visions, and the powers they represented, are gone for now. I need a break from the incredible information represented in vast patterns coming to me. I need to rest and recover more.

I go to my astral home and watch the visions like a movie, reviewing the more simple representations that I can recall and conprehend. I think back to points in my own life. Could I have done something to avoid the current situation I am in? Was there a way to avoid the long illness and suffering? Did I take a wrong turn. I just can't see one. At least not a big one...

I was told that the "longest night" or the "great darkness of the soul" comes once in a lifetime and rarely more. This is my third time. My journey continues fueled by the past anquish and the need to not do this again. I take on the title of "semi-retired." I need to find the key, resolve this puzzle, and find the solution this time. The theme for my current spiritual tour is, "I AM NOT DOING THIS AGAIN."

---Evonne

Never Again, Con't.

...then I got run over by a truck and had plenty of time to think about things. Funny how the process happens.

---Evonne

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