p., 836..Cyprian, his world and underworld...

[Ian Livingston]

from the outside looking in at alchemy that's how it appears.  but, no.  alchemy is primarily a subjective engagement.  to do with turning all our blithering into poetry, prayer, music, song....  so, yes, i think P is pointing to the flaw (again) we westerners so quickly and happily fall into, the old trap of defining the interior by the exterior correlates.... 

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Take 2:

A "Head?" You? Never! 

Did the Kenosha Kid?

. . . .and all that age of gold/age of lead stuff. . . .

that's alchemical, right? I mean, what those alchemists 
were really trying to do is get back to the golden age.






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