Abstract

ALBUQUERQUE, Harley Pequeno Cavalcanti. Alchemy of words: extracting time from words. Junguiana [online]. 2022, vol.40, n.1, pp.37-48. ISSN 2595-1297.

This article ponders on the power and substances that form words. Using words to talk about words is a difficult endeavor. Ideas are time contained in words, poetry, the compass in the search of the way, and alchemy, the metaphorical map. Time is a central aspect, as time is hidden in words. Extraction is developed in parallel with alchemy and its basic processes in order to arrive at the divine spirit of matter. The studies and concepts of alchemy of C. G. Jung and E. Edinger are explored in comparing the projections of alchemists and poets. Feeling time in the words to adjust poetic listening in clinic activities. In poetry, time works differently; the poet is the one who approaches the soul by putting words together. It is these words that break the iron frule of clocks. ■

Keywords : Words; Time; Poetry; Alchemy; Psychotherapy.

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