Marlene Seven Bremner is a self-taught oil painter, writer, and teacher who has spent more than 20 years exploring esoteric and spiritual traditions, including Hermeticism, alchemy, surrealism, symbolism, tarot, psychology, magic, astrology, shamanism, and mythology. She developed her career as an artist in the Pacific Northwest and now spends her time painting and writing in the New Mexico desert.
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
Imaginatio Vera
PART I
Alchemy and Imagination
1 Romanticism: Irrational Freedom
2 Symbolism: Dark Dreams and Ideals of the Other World
3 Dada: Cutting to the Chance
4 Surrealism: The Automatic Solution
PART II
The Magnum Opus
5 Creative Alchemy: Essentials of the Great Work
6 Nigredo: Putrefaction and the Generation of the Idea
7 Albedo: Purification and the Lunar Stone
8 Citrinitas: Solar Inspiration and Integration
9 Rubedo: The Royal Marriage and the Philosopher’s Stone
CONCLUSION
Creatio Continua
APPENDIX A
Chakra Correspondence Charts
APPENDIX B
Planetary Correspondences
APPENDIX C
Elemental Meditation
Notes
Bibliography
Index
