Khemia, or Khaenri’han alchemy, was essential to Khaenri’ah, as an underground civilization. But Rene and Jakob of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo thought they were using alchemy wrong. Here I want to explore this from a Jungian perspective, specifically with regards to the final steps of rubedo and citrinitas. It seems to me that Rhinedottir was trying to do something specifically with gold as the final goal: the philosopher’s stone representing Jung’s Cosmic Man, or Primordial Human. By exploring this archetype and the process of individuation, we can begin to see what both Rhinedottir and Narzissenkreuz tried to do: create a Descender. And, perhaps we can gain insight into how Albedo and Traveller fit into all of this.


00:00 Introduction
01:55 Alchemy 101
04:57 The Inversion
06:23 Yellow to Gold
09:43 The Cosmic Man
13:16 Rhinedottir
18:54 Primordial Human Project
23:04 We Will Be Reunited
27:56 Final Thoughts


Related Theories:

✨ Kabbalah in the Worldbuilding of Genshin Impact; Part 2: Descending to the Garden
https://www.tumblr.com/trashcanlore/7...
✨ Ashikai's Narzissenkreuz Recap    • [4.3] The Complete Narzissenkreuz Que...   (also thanks ashi for letting me use some footage)


Resources & further reading:

The Integration of the Personality by Carl Jung
Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung
Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche by Marie von Franz
Anatomy of the Psyche by Edward Edinger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Man
https://genshinimpact.fandom.com/wik...


Check out my other videos!

✨ Time is (not) an illusion    • Time is (NOT) an Illusion: The Garden...  
✨ Legend of the Shattered Descender    • A BOOK Revealed the Truth of the Gnos...  
✨ Fortuna and the Grand Symphony of Fate    • Musica Universalis: The Symphony of F...  


Music
✨ HOYOMix: Love is in the Air, Fragile Fantasy, Menacing Cove, Ad Oblivione, SnowBuried Tales, Unfinished Frescoes, A Shard from Past Glories, Nymph's Tea Party, Chatter Between Roots, Striding Snowstorm
✨ "Se Pone Caliente" by the U.S. Commercial Product Safety Commission (public domain)


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