O, pater animans,
corpore meo putrefacto absolutus ero.
The Blackening (also known as nigredo) is the First Stage. This step in the Great Work uses putrefaction to rot away the impurity of the soul. Completing the nigredo will absolve yourself in the eyes of the great father.
Mathilda DeAquino says in The Alchemy of the Soul, "sleeping ones must shed their coarse state and commit themselves to the putrefaction of their soul in order to begin the first stage of achieving eternal life." |
The Alchemical Symbol for "Salt" or "Body".
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