Historical Context
The joining of purified sulfur and mercury, often depicted as the marriage of the red king and white queen, producing the philosophers stone.
Symbolism
Sacred marriage, the hermaphrodite/rebis, coitus, the union of sun and moon. The hieros gamos.
Psychological Correlate
Integration of conscious and unconscious, union of anima/animus, the experience of wholeness and the emergence of the Self.
Sources & Further Reading
- Jung, C.G. Mysterium Coniunctionis
- Edinger, E. Anatomy of the Psyche