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I had in mind the 'agelstern' in the opening lines of Wolfram's Parzival.
Tim Romano
Charles Moyer wrote:
> The "fitful sun", the magpie's black and white plumage are very
closely
> associated alchemical symbols of sun and moon, Apollo and Artemis, animus
> and amima. Jung said, "We can safely call the light the central mystery of
> philosophical alchemy." Then see Jung's <Mysterium Conjunctionis> and
> <Psychology and Alchemy>, although I believe there is more to it than
> "individuation" short of the transmutation of lead to gold, and Nicholas
> Flamel's claim must make us wonder at that. "Aurum nostrum non est aurum
> vulgi".
> Your line from "Parzival" - is it from these in Book X
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> "One who has heart's sincerity,
> Of love will never be quite free.
> Now with joy and now with rue,
> Real love is devotion true."
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