rubedo

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  • The wide and complicated web of schools taught the various aspects of alchemy, involving the philosophy of its Magnum Opus (The Great Work) that consisted of: "nigredo" (or putrefactio), the blackening (or putrefaction) - referring to individuation, purification, burning impurity; "albedo", whitening - meaning enlightenment or becoming spiritual, and "rubedo", the reddening - namely the unity of man with god, merging of the limited into the unlimited. —  Softpedia News - Global
 

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