Ralph Metzner: CG Jung, Albert Hofmann, and the Philosophers’ Stone (at the Seattle Jung Society)

Shamanism, yoga and alchemy are historically the three great traditions of transformation - physical, psychological and spiritual - with shamanism, yoga and alchemy the Eastern and Western extensions. In all three traditions there is recognition of the reality of living yet immaterial "spirits," "essences" or "souls," intrinsic to all living beings and even inanimate matter.