calcine

saltcore

separatio

The Paracelsian spagyric path of purification, herbal variant

you set the plant matter on fire

burn away anything that will burn

til you have nothing but white ashes left

salts still hidden

suspend ash in distilled water

filter

evaporate

crystals form

this is the salt of the plant

the manifest power

the bioavailable key

purified in fire, death, time, separation, patience

an octave above its living form

immortal access

via cremation

to reintroduce this salt to the sulfur and mercury takes us further than this bound warrants. something central lies dormant in the current burning, the authorities exhausting their last grasps of power. I think of Rosie Finn’s book, Persephone’s Revolution, a lot these days. It’s the one book I’ve read in recent times that deeply transmits a solid sense of hope in my bones. She spent over 19 years working on it, and it shows. It has a foundational strength that oozes into you, as you ingest her words, century by century, revolution by revolution. It’s honestly required reading for these times.

What’s the salt inside what’s burning? What shape does it take when the dead matter is filtered out? What is your spiritual battery key?

See you again when the Sun enters Taurus.

-j

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