(Basilius Valentinus, Azoth, Paris, 1659) The Body is to be decomposed, that is one shifts one's awareness to the inner self. Recurring images of specific solar motifs can be found in the form of a "Dark" or "Black Sun", or a green lion devouring a sun. Editorial blog . In the language of Ancient Egypt the root of the name Khephra is "kh-p-r" which means "to become". Synopsis. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness. The central argument/analysis here-- that blackness/darkness/mortificatio is not just something we are supposed to Get Through/Work Through/Overcome, but an ever-present and indispensable part of life and growth and a kind of illumination itself-- this is good and important, very, yes. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking “The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Suns can correspond to gold, citrinitas, generative masculine principles, imagery of "the king", or Apollo, the fiery spirit or sulfur,[1] the divine spark in man,[2] nobility, or incorruptibility. The Black Sun by Stanton Marlan is an important contribution to the understanding of alchemical psychology, this book draws on a postmodern sensibility to develop an original understanding of the black sun. It offers a perspective on the alchemy of dark emotions that is incredibly unique, and at the same time draws from different writers and cultures to drive the points home. Sol niger (black sun) can refer to the first stage of the alchemical magnum opus, the nigredo (blackening). 10 reviews The black sun, an ages-old image of the darkness in individual lives and in life itself, has not been treated hospitably in the modern world. Refresh and try again. Whatever a person finds at the end of their process, they find. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Black Sun Alchemy. Welcome back. Cantilenae Intelectuales de Phoenice Redivivo, Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, Suspicions about the Hidden Realities of the Air, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Suns_in_alchemy&oldid=962000685, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 June 2020, at 15:02. i've read some C.G Jung stuff but that's about it. on a postmodern sensibility to develop an original way to look at the black sun and helps us explore the unknown darkness conventionally called the Self. Sol niger (black sun) can refer to the first stage of the alchemical magnum opus, the nigredo (blackening). Marsilius Ficinus, "Liber de Arte Chemica". Modern psychology has seen darkness primarily as a negative force, something to move through and beyond, but it actually has an intrinsic importance to the human psyche. I greatly liked it but probably only understood a fraction of it. I especially loved the fact that unlike many other books, the author doesn't push some idealized notion of finding some sort of "light" at the end of the tunnel; but rather lays out the process for the proper integration of the darkness into the personality of the person undergoing the process, and also talk. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Although modern psychology has seen darkness primarily as a negative force, it actually has an intrinsic importance to the human psyche. Happy Easter! 05/08/2014 • Views: 63357. Of the sol niger he writes: The body must be dissolved in the subtlest middle air: The body is also dissolved by its own heat and humidity; where the soul, the middle nature holds the principality in the colour of blackness all in the glass: which blackness of Nature the ancient Philosophers called the crows head, or the black sun. The black sun, an ages-old image of darkness, has not been treated hospitably in the modern world. >>Is the Black Sun of alchemy the same as Kheph-Ra or is it different from >>Kheph-Ra? I loved this book. The black sun, an ages-old image of the darkness in individual lives and in life itself, has not been treated hospitably in the modern world.