I first encountered the word 'alchemy' in the big "How and Why Wonderbook of Chemistry" that my father gave me for Christmas when I was 5. It typified all alchemists as charlatons and/or fools who left behind a lot of useful symbols and not much else.
In the last few years, having encountered the word again in its
symbolic usage by Carl Jung, I was surprised to discover that there are still practicing alchemists, replicating the detailed and often tediously complicated experiments out of pre-chemistry's deep dark
past.
Most seem to be focused on creating synthesized color suspensions that neither fade nor separate. Other's have tried another tact, investigating etheric flower remedies or aromatherapy with an eye toward the alchemical principles of balance and harmony.
For fun, and I mean STRICTLY for fun (no claims here) I came up with a schedule of herbal tea infusions that complement the color that is assigned to each day by the alchemists:
Sunday, Golden-Yellow, Lemon
Monday, White, Apple-Chamomile
Tuesday, Red, Strawberry or Celestial Seasonings Moroccan Pomegranate Red Rooibos Tea
Wednesday, Orange, Peach
Thursday, Blue, Blueberry
Friday, Green, Mint
Saturday, Purple, Blackberry
I put a teabag in a cold glass of water, wait 20 minutes, and then sip my sugar-free beverage, certain of ingesting a few anti-oxidants, and contemplating the mystery of nature, which I hope will never be completely unraveled.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
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