20 Myths About female alchemy: Busted

It’s interesting how often the “self-awareness” we put so much emphasis on is the same as the “self-awareness” we’re trying to avoid: self-consciousness. When we’re self-conscious, it’s because we don’t like ourselves – whether we like it or not.

Alchemical studies are often used to try to find solutions to problems relating to human self-awareness. The most famous alchemist is arguably alchemists like the philosopher Paracelsus, who believed that “man is a microcosm, a system of forces that is the expression of the same cosmic principle of force as the universe.