Alchemy and mysticism

From: Antonio Álvarez del Cuvillo <antalvarez1976_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 18:16:25 +0200

>For instance, taoist alchemy? It is clearly a sorcery tye of pracice, not mystical at all.

Most of these alchemists are not mystics, in your definition. Alchemy is often related to inner transformation. Inner transformation is not mysticism, but it could be a way for reaching trascendence.

Meditative practices (as Nei-Tan= internal alchemy) are IMO related to immaterial world (thoughts), and some people could use meditation for a mystic propose.

External alchemy (Wai-Tan) is related to material world, and it could be a technic used by mystics. Tring to find trascendental "materia prima" or something like that.

Everybody that meditates or do alchemy is not a mystic. But some of them are mystics, IMO. Mystic meditation tries to go beyond thought, and mystic alchemy tries to go beyond matter.

Regards,

Antonio  



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