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Substack: Archetypical - Alchemical Self-Actualization: Solutio - Paul Ferguson - 07-08-2025
"To the alchemists, water was represented through the process of Solutio. Dissolving. To reduce a substance to its particles and wash it clean. This was so fundamental to alchemy that the phrase Solve et Coagula was their main motto. Dissolve then reform. Surrender to the oceanic bliss of the unconscious, and then rebuild the self that is found there. There is no better metaphor for deep inner work."
https://archetypical.substack.com/p/alchemical-self-actualization-solutio