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THE STORY
“Transmutation” was born as a result of my reading books on Hermetic Tradition, Alchemy, Tantric Yoga and other metaphysical writings. During the same period, I had many dreams which fed my inspiration in the creation of the character of René Eagle. Below, I give a brief outline of the philosophy behind the story.
During the “Golden Age” of our humanity, inner transmutation was an experience which everyone lived spontaneously and intimately. Humans were born “androgyne”, male and female principles unified in one body. They were “perfect” and immortal. The succession of the cycles resulted in a gradual deterioration of spiritual values, and human beings became “separated”. Instead of being one, both male and female, they became two distinct mortal creatures. Since this mythical time, men and women have been longing for their totality. It is this feeling of being incomplete, that draws men and women toward one another, to accomplish the “fusion” of the two in one, through the sexual act.
In the Hermetic Tradition, the alchemical marriage was not presented as a vague fusion, but as a meeting face to face slowly transformed by the "Art" into a union of complementaries. Special spiritual practices were used to achieve this union and the goal was the restoration of the primordial perfection.
The human being who has realized all the aspects of his individuality has transcended his human condition and he becomes “supra-human”, no longer subjected to any human limitations. He is able to be in different places at the same time, to communicate telepathically with anyone of his choice, or to accomplish what we would call “miracles”, because he can act at all levels of the human state. A human being who has reached this state is called the “Universal Man” in the Muslim tradition, the “Perfect Man” in the Taoist tradition and the “Androgyne” in the Hermetic tradition. He has reintegrated the Primordial Perfection, the paradisiacal state of Adam before the creation of Eve, when he was man and woman in one, a perfect image of His creator. He is the Primordial Man of the Golden Age.
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by Lydia Bisanti