Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult ArtsSilberer, Herbert
Religion
Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts
Silberer, Herbert
Alchemy; Society of Rosicrucians; Symbolism (Psychology)
F. S. dreams: “In the morning I went to work with my brother (as we went
the same road) in the Customs House Street. Before the customs house I saw
the head postillion standing. From it the way led to a street between two
wooden walls; the way appeared very long and seemed to get narrower toward
the end and indeed so close that I was afraid that we would not get
through. I went out first, my brother behind me; I was glad when I got out
of the passage and woke with a beating heart.” Addenda. “The way was very
dark, more like a mine. We couldn’t see, except in the distance the end,
like a light in a mine shaft. I closed my eyes.” Stekel notes on the
dreams of F. S.: “The dream is a typical birth dream. The head postillion
is the father. The dreamer wants to reverse the birth relations of his
brother who is ten years older than he. ‘I went out first, my brother
after me.’ ”
Another beautiful example in Stekel: “Inter faeces et urinas nascimur.”
[We are born between faeces and urine] says St. Augustine. Mr. F. Z. S.
contributes an account of his birth which strongly reminds us of the
sewer-theory.
“I went into the office and had to pass a long, narrow, uneven alley. The
alley was like a long court between two houses and I had the indefinite
feeling that there was no thoroughfare. Yet I hurried through. Suddenly a
window over me opened and some one, I believe a female, spilled the wet
contents of a vessel on me. My hat was quite wet and afterwards I looked
at it closer and still noticed the traces of a dirty gray liquid.
Nevertheless, I went on without stopping, and quickened my steps. At the
end of the alley I had to go through the house that was connected by the
alley with the other. Here I found an establishment (inn?) that I passed.
In this establishment were people (porters, servants, etc.) engaged in
moving heavy pieces of furniture, etc., as if these were being moved out
or rearranged. I had to be careful and force my way through. Finally I
came to the open on a street and looked for an electric. Then I saw on a
path that went off at an angle, a man whom I took for an innkeeper who was
occupied in measuring or fastening a hedge or a trellis. I did not know
exactly what he was doing. He was counting or muttering and was so drunk
that he staggered.”
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