Solve et Coagula

The title phrase is latin and means: Separate, and Put together and is associated with Alchemy, which is the art of transformation.
It is both a philosophy and a practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of several substances described as possessing unusual properties.

This is what I read about at work today. I don't know why it popped into my head. Again I had been meditating on the relavent aspects of thermodynamics/fluid dynamics and life.

The most well known goal of alchemists was the transmutation of common metals into gold or silver; the creation of a "panacea", or the elixir of life, a remedy that supposedly would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely; and the discovery of a universal solvent.
I became particularly interested when glancing at the notes for the Magnum Opus (mystic interpretation of its three stages)
those being:

nigredo, blackening: individuation, purification,burnout of impurity

this being the section of the process designed to create awareness of shortcomings. the things we need to work on. It is here that we begin to understand that which hinders our personal growth and the achievement of enlightment (self-knowledge and outer-knowledge)
albedo, whitening: spiritualisation, enlightenment
the section where the increase in knowledge and self awareness are fulfilled, without the hinderance of impurity.
rubedo, reddening: unification of man with god, unification of the limited with the unlimited.
once we are enlightened and can see all things clearly, we can see what was once limited can now be considered limitless... the possibilites of the body, mind, and soul, reach farther can a man can imagine, as his imagination is limited by his mind, frought with impurity and the perceived limitations of the world we see. Sometimes I wonder what the sparkles are, and then just give up the mental exercise to enjoy their dance. I often see them as dancing the way an atom may, but really their movement is fluid and awkward- and maintains a certain connectivity- lacking randomness (sort of like watching a balloon over a fan turned upwards).

I should apologize for the fragmentedness of the post, but I think it best to leave it as-is. I am having difficulty with correlations lately, perhaps as a punishment for trying to force it rather than letting the natural flow of though occur.

Look forward to the next post, which should be a bit more eloquent, involving the social evolution of decadence and revolution (and of course their association to an individual life.