Carl Jung: Alchemy, with its wealth of symbols, gives us an insight into an endeavour of the human mind... - Carl Jung Depth Psychology

Carl Jung: Alchemy, with its wealth of symbols, gives us an insight into an endeavour of the human mind... - Carl Jung Depth Psychology:

Alchemy, with its wealth of symbols, gives us an insight intoan endeavour of the human mind which could be compared with a religious rite, an opus divinum [divine task].

The difference between them is that the alchemical opus was not a collective activity rigorously defined as to its form and content, but rather, …