{"product_id":"the-hermetic-marriage-of-art-and-alchemy-imagination-creativity-and-the-great-work-9781644112908","title":"The Hermetic Marriage of Art and Alchemy: Imagination, Creativity, and the Great Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn initiatory and practical guide to creative alchemy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Shares hermetic and alchemical techniques for liberating creative expression and looks at the zodiacal and planetary timing of creative operations \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Explains how to work with and transmute alchemical energies for increased levels of insight, intuition, and imaginative expression \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Explores the connections between Surrealism and alchemy, as well as the rich and complicated symbolism of alchemical art \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this initiatory guide to the Hermetic art of alchemy, artist Marlene Seven Bremner reveals how the alchemical opus, the Great Work, offers a practical means for liberating the authentic creator within and attaining \u003ci\u003egnosis\u003c\/i\u003e, or true self-knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the connections between Surrealism and alchemy, as well as the rich and complicated symbolism of alchemical art, Bremner elucidates how both Surrealism and alchemy seek to unfetter the imagination and dissolve the boundaries between dream and reality, thus reconciling the conscious and unconscious minds. She details how the three principles (salt, sulfur, and mercury), the four elements, and the seven planets interact together and within the self in creative alchemy, and she explains how to work with and transmute these energies for increased levels of insight, intuition, and imaginative expression. The author shares practical Hermetic and alchemical techniques for liberating creative expression and clearing energetic obstructions that prevent us from reaching our higher potential. She also looks at the zodiacal and planetary timing of creative operations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevealing how the stages of alchemical transmutation are relevant to the creative process, the author shows how the initiate comes to experience for themselves the relationship between consciousness and matter, which is the essence of alchemical teachings. By creating, one transmutes spiritual energies through matter for greater self-knowledge and awakening. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllowing you to truly realize your own creative power, this in-depth guide to creative alchemy shows how the alchemical path attunes the Self to the rhythms of the spheres so that one is naturally creating in time with the seasons and zodiac signs and in harmony with elemental forces and planetary influences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlene Seven Bremner is a self-taught oil painter, writer, and teacher who has spent more than 20 years exploring esoteric and spiritual traditions, including Hermeticism, alchemy, surrealism, symbolism, tarot, psychology, magic, astrology, shamanism, and mythology. The author of \u003ci\u003eHermetic Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Creative Alchemy\u003c\/i\u003e, she developed her career as an artist in the Pacific Northwest and now spends her time painting and writing in the New Mexico desert.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Inner Traditions International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646264578322,"sku":"9781644112908","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9a5c934e-9420-4a90-8a32-8d77f6d0b25e.jpg?v=1733173225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hermetic-marriage-of-art-and-alchemy-imagination-creativity-and-the-great-work-9781644112908","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}