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Alchemical Journey into the Divine in Victorian Fairy Tales

Publication date: 28.09.2018

Studia Religiologica, 2018, Volume 51, Issue 1, pp. 33 - 45

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.18.003.9492

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Emilia Wieliczko-Paprota
University of Gdansk
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8662-6490 Orcid
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Alchemical Journey into the Divine in Victorian Fairy Tales

Abstract

This article demonstrates the importance of alchemical symbolism in Victorian fairy tales. Contrary to Jungian analysts who conceived alchemy as forgotten knowledge, this study shows the vivid tradition of alchemical symbolism in Victorian literature. This work takes the readers through the first stage of the alchemical opus reflected in fairy tale symbols, explains the psychological and spiritual purposes of alchemy and helps them to understand the Victorian visions of mystical transformation. It emphasises the importance of spirituality in Victorian times and accounts for the similarity between Victorian and alchemical paths of transformation of the self. 

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