TY - JOUR
T1 - Mystical Alchemy in the Poetry of Donne and Milton
AU - Shams, Parisa
AU - Anushiravani, Alireza
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - Alchemy, according to Jung, is not simply the physical process of transmuting metals into gold or finding the elixir of life; it is also a psychological process of transformation putting the alchemist through the process of individuation. Alchemy was employed by seventeenth-century writers to symbolize psychological, physical, cosmological, and spiritual concepts, connecting these notions with humans and divinity, and producing a way to deal with the spiritual and religious issues dominating the era. Highlighting the alchemical allusions in the poetry of John Donne and John Milton, this article explains their meaning and significance in the light of the seventeenth century's dominant religious and spiritual discourses through the lens of Jungian psychology.
AB - Alchemy, according to Jung, is not simply the physical process of transmuting metals into gold or finding the elixir of life; it is also a psychological process of transformation putting the alchemist through the process of individuation. Alchemy was employed by seventeenth-century writers to symbolize psychological, physical, cosmological, and spiritual concepts, connecting these notions with humans and divinity, and producing a way to deal with the spiritual and religious issues dominating the era. Highlighting the alchemical allusions in the poetry of John Donne and John Milton, this article explains their meaning and significance in the light of the seventeenth century's dominant religious and spiritual discourses through the lens of Jungian psychology.
KW - alchemy
KW - analytical psychology
KW - Donne
KW - Jung
KW - Milton
KW - seventeenth-century poetry
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U2 - 10.1080/19342039.2013.787810
DO - 10.1080/19342039.2013.787810
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84882430095
VL - 7
SP - 54
EP - 68
JO - Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche
JF - Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche
SN - 1934-2039
IS - 3
ER -