Malleus<p>How does The Absolute, or the One, fit into the Alchemical schema? I woke up at 4 am asking myself this question. Here is the goddess' answer from my meditation:<br> <br>Alchemy can be said to mean transformation. The Absolute, or in Kemetic terms, Kheper the new rising sun, is the opposite principle. It is the self-created and unchanging. But it is also more. It is a “push” towards transformation.<br>Where does this push come from? And how is it and the static aspect of Kheper symbolized in the alchemical process?<br> <br>For a transformation to be conceived there must be an unchanging base for it to stand upon otherwise it can't be distinguished as a change. It would then be flux within flux and therefore invisible and unknowable.<br>The Absolute then is the necessary background condition of transformation. The symbol for this necessary condition in Alchemy is the retort or crucible.<br> <br>The container is the Condition under which the transformation takes place. It is the unchanging venue where the dynamic action unfolds.<br>The retort is often stylized as a globe, skull or other “roundness” (like the Kheper beetle) to emphasize the static unchanging property.<br> <br>As I mentioned, it is not just the enclosing necessary Condition that represents The Absolute, but Kheper's push, the impulse that precedes transformation.<br> <br>The impulse is symbolized by a geometric line or angle. The dung beetle pushes his dung ball solar disc in a given direction. These lines of force combined are emblematic of abstract structure. The structure is, of course, the shape of the alchemical vessel.<br> <br>So we have the shape and the containment properties of the vessel taken together as symbolizing Kheper or The Absolute.<br>To join the two aspects into one is the symbolic paradox of “squaring the circle”.<br> <br>In my own practice the precisely angular crystal is incorporated into the cylindrical resonating chamber of my divining apparatus. <br> <br>Praise <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Hathor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hathor</span></a> and the Eyes of Ra! <br> <br>Have a great weekend!<br> <br><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/alchemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alchemy</span></a><br><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/CrystalAlchemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrystalAlchemy</span></a><br><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/kemet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kemet</span></a><br><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/goddess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goddess</span></a></p>