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The introduction of Ukiyo

Hello,

Being new here, I thought it would be nice to introduce myself here.. I enjoy to contemplate and reason on all kinds of topics. I do a lot of reflection and writing because of it. One of the bits I do love is to write out my knowledge in the hope to reflect on it, over the years I have found it very difficult to deal with people who are not likeminded because I am so very direct that it often leads to me leaving online places within one or two weeks; it usually being a combination of lack of options and the expected behavior of not teaching whilst also being informative and contributive to a thread, something I am not capable of doing.. also noting that I tend to adjust my opinion in a scientific way, and as good as completely lack ideology for non-scientific stuff other than it being entertainable from time to time..

In the past I was taught in skills of reflection on other forums as part of a community curriculum I followed, and over the years expanded onto it.. aurated, listened and discussed across Europe. I am currently working on writing a treatise on the topic of Classical Hermetics, or Alchemy, (not to be confused with medieval alchemy) that covers hundereds of pages regarding how it works based on my own experiences and studies. Other than that project I tend to write journals and enjoy helping people learn my skills as much as I enjoy learning other people their skills, but since the forum cultures started to decline more and more, and in general way people interact because of the shift to larger platforms, the kind of interaction I enjoy has become quite rare and more often than not disencouraged. Because of this I usually have to restrain myself from being too informative or trying to be helpful and in online monitored environments I sort of struggle with that because of the communicative paradox demanded of me depending on the forum I visit.

So for the time being I think I will be very quiet and look around here to see if this forum resonates with me, if people have questions about me let me know, in addition to that, if study groups or secluded journals are possibilities here I am open for those kind of things though I do not expect to find that since I have gone through quite a lot of rejections over the last couple of years regarding that.

I hope this post gave some brief (I consider it so) overfiew of me! Have a nice day. :)
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Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
Hermetic alchemy seems to have the same similarities, I'm assuming it's related?. The 7 stages and the philosophy of shadow work and mastery of the self for example.

I always loved it, like a marriage of psychology, philosophy, and spirit using science as a guise to avoid blasphemy at the time (I believe). I have the lion eating the sun on my body.
Ukiyo · 26-30
@Ryannnnnn Very much, Hermetics is the basic structure, the Hermetic Identity, a set of full interlocked self-sealed concepts that can be found in anything. Alchemy in regard to Hermetic Alchemy uses this for a wide variety of things, medieval alchemy on the flipside is more symbolic in expression and has quite a shift into the modern sciences that is somewhat found in Hermetic Alchemy. If looking at it from a broad point of view, Hermetic Alchemy is more fundamentally oriented (Hermetic) in its scope of practice, though I am sure some mix them up, historical stuff those days was quite fague and flexy after all. :)
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
@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?.
Ukiyo · 26-30
@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. 🙂