LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:12 December 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
         N. Nadaraja Pillai, Ph.D.
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Applying the Alchemical Transformation Model (ATM) to Study
the Bhagavad Gita

Rajendra Kumar Dash. Ph.D.

Abstract

The alchemical opus could happen in a laboratory and symbolically in the mind of the alchemist. This study investigates the psychological aspects of alchemy rather than its laboratory operations. A discussion facilitating a broader understanding of the major stages of the alchemical process of transformation to create the Philosopher’s Stone is presented. Stages of alchemy are identified and applied to develop a deeper understanding of the classic Bhagvad Gita.

Key words: Alchemical Transformation Model, stages of alchemy, Bhagvad Gita and Transformation of mind.

Introduction

The Great Work of alchemy aimed at bringing perfection to both matter and the soul, and the practice seemed to change the mind and spirit of the alchemist’s. The alchemists believed that the purification of the practitioner could be achieved through the alchemical process and its successful culmination would result in the production of the Philosopher’s Stone, which could transform base metals like lead into gold and render the alchemist almost immortal. The alchemical opus could happen in a laboratory and symbolically in the mind of the alchemist. As this study proposes to investigate into the psychological aspects of alchemy rather than its laboratory operations, a detailed analysis of the practical operation need not be made here. Thus a discussion facilitating a broader understanding of the major stages of the alchemical process of transformation to create the Philosopher’s Stone will suffice.

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Dr. Rajendra Kumar Dash
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PO: KIIT
Bhubaneswar 751024
Odisha
India
doctor.rajendra.alchemist@gmail.com
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