>>16417807On the alchemical marriage & the return to union:
This is a deep spiritual process that has been described by many religious and esoteric traditions.
These traditions generally include the following elements:
>the primordial angelic hermaphrodite>the notion of a divine soulmate or twin>the dual forces of mind and matter (these are usually assigned a gender, but not always)>the descent of the soul into matter for a purpose and the ascent back to unity, following a successful incarnation>the eternal nature of consciousness and the soul>an acknowledgment of the higher realms, i.e. the astral plane>Humans are composed of two opposites: mind - immortal Being; body - mortal Becoming. These opposites trouble us and produce a dynamical, life-long process of spiritual growth. In psychological understanding, this process is directed toward the realization of one's essential person, one's Platonic "higher self".The periodic descent back into matter fuels novelty generation and the Individuation process. Your Self is eternal, and this realm is you fishing for more unique experiences that color your true divine identity.
Bringing forth the immortal person (known as Jungian individuation), living fulfilling life guided by divine providence, and reuniting with your twin soul in a hieros gamos, or holy marriage, is the most noble goal of many of these traditions. It is captured in the alchemists’ description of the Great Work or Magnum Opus of the "Rebis": married in the physical, United once again in spirit. The tranny phenomenon is a corruption of this natural process.
Below, I’ll provide examples of how these themes reveal themselves in various spiritual traditions and some notes on a syncretic approach to spiritual metaphysics.
