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At the beginning of every spiritual realization stands death, in the form of ‘dying to the world.’…At the beginning of the work [‘The Albedo’ or ‘Whitening’] the most precious material which the alchemist produces is the ash…

– Titus Burckhardt, Alchemy

You must consume yourself in your own flame; how could you wish to become new unless you had first become ashes!

– Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra (Kaufmann translation)