@Ukiyo Yeah so it makes use of archetypes and symbology. Jung was very interested in Alchemy and archetypes, I have his book on archetypes though I'd be very interested to delve into his alchemy study.

So it's the concept of a one theology or truth that is ultimately present in most religion and takes a religious philosophical approach?.

@Ryannnnnn Well.. it is! 😇 The main break down is that Hermetics are fully fundamental to everything, and that Alchemy is the practice of the Hermetics. It does not limit ones view of course or state there is one way to truth.. it is rather flexible in that regard but it does state All Truth is deductable untill you are left with only the Hermetic Identity (that is also why the phrase hermetically sealed comes from) This way of thought is by some considered to be highly limiting, but I have never met anyone to oppose it.. no matter how hard one tries it just is.. 😏 And I find it beautiful and entertaining because of everything it results into. 😁 The symbology of Alchemy is there to hide it in times of need, to help the mind to become flexible, and as a tool for the Alchemist to find suitable candidates; among other things; in that regard I like to mention is that ancient times where not as rigid in structure as today (laws, borders, documentation, accepted theories, etc.)

So often we (Hermetists) had to adopt our ways to our time and area, and that obviously led to the massive discrepancy in "styles" and the sheer amount of overlap (homonymous/synonymous) across manuscripts and sects (in regard of split offs of other styles, not of the popular imagination of the word 'sect' of course). I usually consider my personal approach on this to be why I use Hermetics amongst the many other reasons I do hold, cause it gives one the tools to filter out what has been shared by ones environment, and also creates plenty of other interesting topics that neatly hook into this philosophy, opening a wide range of possibilities to interconnect skills with one another; and this usually determining ones unique or shared characteristics regarding Alchemy. So just writing this out for clarity purposes: Alchemy by nature is not there to limit one, but to connect through what is shared in common. The more one can apply this transposition of knowledge the more Hermetic practice will yield effect.

Note on this that I also like to share that "mysteryschools" and "services", for money, are not the way of traditional heritiage I am part of, and experiences, (be it chats, books, or other forms of life expression in that regard) like you have here, are really all that is needed to study Alchemy. 🙂

@Sidewinder Thats the idea indeed! 🙂 In addition it is used in modern day as a reference to the transcient world of the mind and forthflowing state of the mind. I had also considered Mushin, but it would have shifted the context into mushin no shin, "the no-mind mindset". Given I am familiar on both sides of practice I opted for Ukiyo as I consider position of thought over the state of thought. But that is sort of a personal preference of mine I guess! 😅 Aside of it I love Japanese culture for expanding these practices into other forms of art, such as Kintsugi sharing the same transcient philosophy though through another perspective and with other functional concepts surrounding it (due to the principle of Mottainai, meaning roughly to do not waste).

@SW-User Often when I write journal entries, if an environment allows for it, they exceed 3k to 4k, sometimes longer, I have a flow-out-my-brain kind of style when it comes to writing. 😬 I think the only reason for not going in depth on the intro is the sheer impressive size of this forum. I have been reading some of the posts here and it amazes me how many different opinions whirl around. Love it. :)

@originnone wasn't that Yoke-o Oh know?

@originnone No, that was Yoko Ono.