The forge and the crucible

Mircea Eliade, historian of religions, explores the ancestral myths and symbolism of alchemy and metallurgy. The work examines how practices of material transformation—the forging of iron, the purification of metals—functioned as spiritual rituals and reservoirs of initiatory wisdom in pre-modern cultures. A deep dive into the correspondences between technique, magic, and transcendence.

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