In the last session we talked about coming into the middle of life as a process somewhat like the alchemists engaged in when they transformed raw material or ore – metal - into gold.
They used a physical process – extracting matter from the earth and subjecting it for purification in order to have transformation.
It became a powerful symbol for the psychic process – for what needs to change in the mind and heart and spirit as we move through mid-life into the afternoon of life. We need to become feminine alchemists in our daily living through these years if we are going to extract from the material of our morning of life’s daily experiences and turn them into the gold that enriches our lives and those we meet.
The alchemists needed matter – we have that in all those experiences good and not so good that have brought us to here. When we look and reflect on what we see we need AIR as it often takes our breath away
We heat up and our heart pounds – for women the heat comes naturally – those hot flashes – FIRE (and they take the breath away too!)
We experience things deeply – in our gut as it’s drawn up out of us – EARTH – maybe feelings of heaviness, tiredness.
WATER with tears and longings and deep feelings, restlessness – what on earth is going on?
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