Welcome to the third episode of a four-episode arc exploring the Magnum Opus, the famed Great Work of the ancient alchemists.

During this series, we are journeying through the four classic alchemical stages: Nigredo (Blackening), Albedo (Whitening), Citrinitas (Yellowing), and Rubedo (Reddening); tracing their echoes in personal transformation, psychology, and collective myth.

In this third stage of the Magnum Opus, we move from Albedo’s awareness of the light to Citrinatas, where we learn to become the light, where we experience the beginning of integration and the union of opposites.

Citrinitas is the dawning of solar consciousness, where illumination matures into embodiment and the gold begins to reveal its glow within the self.

In this episode, I explore what it means to carry light without owning it; the reconciliation of spirit and matter, body and soul that personifies Citrinatas; and how to recognise wholeness within both our darkness and our light.

Music: Silent Sun by Anna Landström

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