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A Study on the Alchemy from a perspective of Jung's Philosophy of Religion
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서양 연금술에 대한 융의 종교철학적 고찰

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Korean Society For Phenomenology Phenomenology and Contemporary Philosoph Vol.43 KCI Accredited Journals
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2009.11
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135 - 160 (26page)

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The western alchemy began with the background of Greek philosophy and Egyptian techniques in the Hellenistic world of the 2-3 century BC. The Greek philosophy was interested in the examination of the essence of materials, whereas the Egyptian pursued the immortality of human being making mummies. The alchemy developed by mixing these two together. The alchemists worked with strong confidence, and they initiated very few people into the mysteries. The alchemy has been known, in general, as an occult art which makes an elixir of life or gold by some plain metals. But Analytical Psychologist C.G. Jung convinced that the work of alchemy didn’t aim to get gold but to reach the totality of the psyche. As the materials used in the alchemy didn’t indicate that materials as such but they were the symbols which the alchemists projected.
The alchemists thought that the Christianity is so standardized and obsessed with its tenet that it cannot satisfy the internalized unconscious desire of human beings, especially the introverted ones. They believed they would be able to observe a mysterious metamorphosis if they project these internal process onto a substance. Therefore, for them, a substance was not merely an inanimate thing but a living creature with a soul, and the essence of these subjects was gold. For this reason, C.G. Jung said the work of alchemy can liberate the anima mundi and save the world of material.
The very last phase of the alchemy is the lapis philosophorum that is also called as the filius philosophorum, homo primordial, anthropos. The alchemists called them like this as they wanted to highlight all significances in these names. The individuation process, which C.G. Jung thought as the goal of all psyche, is to actualize the Self which is the most powerful archetype in the collective unconscious. It is also a way to reach totality of psyche, and it has been tried for thousands of years through numerous symbols, and the alchemy is one of them.

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【요약문】
1. 연금술의 의미와 역사
2. 연금술과 분석심리학
3. 연금술 작업과 그 과정
4. 결론
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