Tropaion

In the late 15th century the West meets Plato and his works mainly by Marsilio Ficino’s Latin translation (The Treatise of Platonic Tetralogies - lat.: Liber Platonic Quartorum). However, they were not just the, at that time, available Platonic texts that were translated by Ficino, but, also the works of Iamblichus, Porphyry and Plotinus, as well as, of the Hermetic Corpus. He was the one who strongly mixed Hermetic tradition with Neoplatonism and the original Platonic texts in the altar of his syncretism.

Today, I want to present you with a presentation / speech (1 hour and 15 minutes) by Pierre Grimes on Psychology and Alchemy (aff.) based upon the book entitled, Psychology and Alchemy by Carl Jung. Pierre does not only address the problem of the connection in between Plato and Alchemy based upon Jung, but also includes a very good explanation of the Platonic Cave.