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PIC-336 The Alchemical Imagination

3 Credits

  • PIC-336-01

    Thursday

    2:00 pm – 4:50 pm

    Hybrid, HYBRID

  • PIC-336-02

Alchemists refer to their combined practices as “The Great Art.” In this course, we will use metaphors derived from ancient alchemy to elucidate deep structures in the creative imagination, using alchemical symbolism as a springboard to expand our own capacities as thinkers and makers. Together, we will perform in-class experiments and trace the philosophies of alchemy through its applications in early mathematics, proto-chemistry, healing arts, psychology, visual art and literature to develop the tools to arrive at our own “Great Art”