(00:00:00) 12 Weird Nights - Night 7 – Alchemy’s Two Treasures

(00:03:14) What Exactly Are the Two Treasures?

(00:05:56) The Eastern Treasury: Taoist Internal Alchemy

(00:09:36) The Western Treasury: The White Stone and the Red Stone

(00:16:53) The Medicine of the Two Stones: Paracelsus and the Elixirs

(00:20:14) The Psychological Treasury: Jung and the Inner Stones

(00:23:31) Global Resonances: Two Treasures Across the World

(00:26:10) SHORT REFLECTION

(00:29:15) Outro

Series: 12 Weird Nights
Episode: 7 of 12

Tonight, we dive into one of the most enduring mysteries of alchemy: the Twin Treasures at the heart of the Great Work.
 From Taoist internal alchemy to Hermetic symbolism, from Paracelsian medicine to Jungian psychology, cultures across the world preserved the same pattern, a White Treasure that purifies… and a Red Treasure that transforms.
In this episode, we unravel how these two forces appear in ancient texts, medieval manuscripts, and global mythologies and why alchemists believed you cannot reach illumination without first achieving clarity.
We also explore a modern parallel to this ancient journey through Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist, a story that reveals the same truth the old alchemists guarded:
 that sometimes the treasure you cross the world to find has always been waiting where you first began.

🌙 SHOW NOTES
In this episode:

• The White Stone and the Red Stone: lunar purification and solar transformation
• Taoist Neidan’s True Lead & True Mercury
• Western Hermeticism and the stages of the Great Work
• The Red King and White Queen in the Chemical Wedding
• Paracelsus and the medicinal White and Red Elixirs
• Jung’s psychological interpretation of the Two Treasures
• Global echoes of twin symbols—from India to medieval lapidaries
• How The Alchemist mirrors the entire journey of the Great Work

Plus:
A short reflection on balance, transformation, and the treasures hidden within us

🌙 RECOMMENDED BOOKS (FURTHER READING)

Alchemy & Esoteric Traditions

• The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
• The Red Book — C.G. Jung
• Psychology and Alchemy — C.G. Jung
• The Hermetic Tradition — Julius Evola
• The Secret of the Golden Flower — Richard Wilhelm
• The Book of Lambspring (Anonymous, classic alchemical text)

Mythology, Symbolism & World Traditions

• The Power of Myth — Joseph Campbell
• The Hero With a Thousand Faces — Joseph Campbell
• The Secret Teachings of All Ages — Manly P. Hall

Alchemy-Inspired Fiction

• The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho

These books deepen the exploration of symbolic languages, inner transformation, and the universal motifs found in alchemy and mythology.

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