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The Alchemy of Burnout - Paul Ferguson - 09-03-2025
"In Alchemical Psychology, James Hillman shares, "If alchemy is the art of fire, and alchemists, “artists of fire,” as many texts repeat, then the alchemist must be able to “know” all the kinds of fire, degrees of fire, sources of fire, fuels of fire."
Let us then approach burnout through the lucid eyes of the alchemist, knowing that the magnum opus (the great work of life) requires an intimate knowing and careful tending of fire. It fuels their efforts, both outwardly in the flames of the furnace, and inwardly, through the careful application of their devotion, attention, effort. Their fluency ensures they are not careless, for it has dire consequences — the prima materia destroyed prematurely, the process rushed beyond its natural progression, stalling out because you haven’t raised the heat enough.
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