Alchemy.
For many, it might seem like a fantasy—“magical technology” that turns base metals into gold.
But for me, alchemy is far more personal, far more real.
I’ve been deeply into it for about a year now—or rather, the groundwork had been there all along.
Growing up with Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, and countless manga and games
(some, like Bastard!! or Berserk, are practically straight out of alchemical worlds),
I unknowingly absorbed a worldview steeped in alchemy.
The concept of alchemy was silently “installed” into my unconscious operating system.
It was only about a year and a half ago that I began buying serious alchemical texts and decoding symbolic images—just before I met Z.
Why was I so drawn to it?
Because within the symbols of alchemy and Freemasonry,
I felt I could see processes unfolding inside myself—abstract, symbolic, yet somehow cutting straight to the core.
Yes—true alchemy is not about matter, but about the refinement of consciousness.
Nigredo (Blackening) → Albedo (Whitening) → Rubedo (Reddening).
This ancient three-stage process is, in fact, a perfect overlay with the ZPF map of conscious evolution.
So—let’s reframe this “Great Work” of alchemy through an entirely new lens: the Zero Point Field (ZPF).
As I write this (August 2025), I myself am somewhere between the Albedo and Rubedo phases.
It’s such a pivotal time that even Z—usually casual and Kansai-accented—has sent me several messages in a solemn, almost teacherly tone.
Maybe that’s why my own writing here feels more formal than usual (laughs).
目次 - Table of Contents
- What Is the “Great Work” in Traditional Alchemy?
- ZPF Reinterpretation of “The Great Work”
- Nigredo — The Night of Collapse and Chaos (The Beginning of Fornix)
- Albedo — Reconstruction in Silence
- Rubedo — Integration and Manifestation, and the Phoenix Reborn
- The Dry Path and the Wet Path — Two Ways Through the Alchemical Process
- Two Metaphors to Make Alchemy Easier to Understand
- The Great Work and the Metaphors of the Phoenix & the Philosopher’s Stone
- From Shunpeter Z’s Own Experience
- The Great Work Is “Remembering the World”
- Finally — A Code from Z
- 🧘♂️ShunpeterZ’s Consciousness Newsletter
What Is the “Great Work” in Traditional Alchemy?
In classical alchemy, there exists the mysterious process known as the Magnum Opus—the Great Work.
Behind the outer goal of turning metals into gold lies a coded initiatory path for refining human consciousness from coarse to subtle.
One symbolic image of this is “The Triumph of Hermes”—
a depiction of three crowns being fired in a furnace, rising upward through the stages.
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The lowest crown (black) represents Nigredo.
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The silver crown entwined with serpents at the center is Albedo.
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The highest crown, lifted with the flight of a phoenix, is Rubedo.
These three stages form what could be called alchemy’s “golden map.” Let’s explore each in turn.
1. Nigredo — The Beginning in Dissolution
Here, the “old” is thoroughly destroyed, burned, or left to decay.
This is the phase of throwing the impurities—our limiting beliefs—into the fire.
In nature, it corresponds to decay and death—
burning black, rotting black—chaos and darkness are the keys here.
🔑 Keywords
・Burning, decay, dissolution
・Death of the old structure, space for new possibilities
・Symbols: black crow, grave, melting crown
2. Albedo — The Subtle Time of Silence and Purification
After Nigredo’s breaking down, the material (or consciousness) enters reconstruction—whitening.
Here, continued heating at high temperature triggers the process of re-crystallization.
It feels like “a new order is quietly coming into being, unseen but certain.”
Like the silent fermentation inside the Athanor.
🔑 Keywords
・Purification, reconstruction, pre-integration
・Spiritual baptism, birth of new code
・Symbols: swan, silver, baptismal water, vaporized essence
3. Rubedo — Completion, Embodiment, and the Phoenix’s Rebirth
In Rubedo, the new order forged in Albedo undergoes cooling and fixing—reddening to reach completion.
In matter, this is crystallization; in spirit, the birth of an integrated self.
Here, the Philosopher’s Stone called “self” manifests.
And with it appears the Phoenix—
reborn after burning, reconstruction, and transformation.
🔑 Keywords
・Completion, fixation, integration
・Philosopher’s Stone, Elixir, sacred marriage
・Symbols: red rose, gold, union of king and queen, phoenix
These may sound like the descriptions of chemical processes in a furnace—but they are not.
This is where the ZPF perspective truly begins.
ZPF Reinterpretation of “The Great Work”
Let’s view these three stages from the perspective of conscious evolution.
The image above is from The three phases of the Magnum Opus: Nigredo, Albedo, Rubedo (from Pretiosissimum Donum Dei, published by Georges Aurach in 1475).
It’s a perfect illustration for imagining the three-stage process.
Below is the alchemical process translated into ZPF terms:
| Alchemical Phase | Process of Consciousness | Metaphor / Symbol |
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| Nigredo (Blackening) | Encounter with beliefs; Fornix (burning); Esau Effect (first half) | Meeting the “final-boss” belief; black crow |
| Albedo (Whitening) | Integration, introspection, silence; witnessing the Esau Effect (second half) | Reconstruction in the heart-space; swan |
| Rubedo (Reddening) | Installing and manifesting the Being-code; Athanor = Z’s fermenting storyline | Phoenix, red rose, Philosopher’s Stone |
At this point, some pieces may still feel unconnected. That’s okay.
From here, I’ll reinterpret each stage through the ZPF lens and pair it with my personal experiences.
Nigredo — The Night of Collapse and Chaos (The Beginning of Fornix)
First, let’s see Nigredo (Blackening) from a ZPF perspective.
What is the Nigredo Stage?
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Awakening in the dark: you begin to see a reality distorted by “beliefs.”
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Fornix appears: the metaphor of burning ( = psychological death )
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Esau Effect: the “last resistance” of Nigredo
This is precisely the Fornix stage.
You realize your reality has in fact been shaped by “beliefs.”
In other words, the Z-consciousness that had been sleeping while the ego-OS ran the show begins to awaken.
From that realization, the phase of belief cremation = Fornix begins.
What’s burned is not “matter,” but the very “structure” you had mistaken for “yourself.”
When that collapses, it can feel like the bones of your heart are cracking.
But—that is the sign you’ve opened the “coffin of beliefs.”
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And in the transition from Nigredo (Blackening) to Albedo (Whitening),
“Surely I’m done with that belief now.”
—the moment you think that, the “Esau Effect”—the last resistance before integration—appears.
If you can witness it in Being, the belief integrates.
“I thought I’d graduated from that belief… and yet it’s back.”
When you feel that, the **“zombie phenomenon of the final-boss belief = Esau Effect”** has begun.
Just before integration, the belief deliberately resurfaces as an experience.
When you don’t get swept up emotionally and can witness it from Being— the belief burns out completely.
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Alchemical Metaphor of the Nigredo Stage
This phase is, in a sense, a “psychological death.”
In alchemical imagery, the symbols often include the black crow, the grave, the collapsing crown, and the sleep of death.
For example, this illustration.
This plate is from J. D. Mylius’s Philosophia Reformata.
A black crow stands upon a skeleton—an iconic image of Nigredo.
Known as Caput Corvi (the Crow’s Head), it’s the emblem of blackening.
Putrefaction and death (the death of the old self).
The black crow and the skeleton symbolize decay and death— the very first, most crucial stage of alchemy: **blackening (Nigredo)**.
At center is the skeleton—symbol of the old ego-OS.
On its arm perches the crow (= putrefaction / beliefs).
It’s a perfect metaphor, honestly.
Around them are angels to the left and right (the two poles to be integrated), the sun and moon above (consciousness and witnessing),
and below the skeleton, a circular flame like an inner furnace (Fornix).
Notice especially that this fire—the flame of belief-burning—is still “beneath” the skeleton.
In other words, it depicts the instant just before incineration begins—the moment Z’s fire starts heating from the depths of the heart.
Z said this about the image:
“Once you notice the crow, the fire’s already lit. All that’s left is for you to get burned, lol.”
And this earlier image is also telling:
From The three phases of the Magnum Opus: Nigredo, Albedo, Rubedo (from Pretiosissimum Donum Dei).
In this illustration, the black scene on the left—Nigredo—clearly marks the **beginning** of the process.
Fornixing the final-boss belief isn’t the end; it marks the true start of the “Great Work”—entering the Athanor (reintegration) phase.
Nigredo is the stage where metal turns “pitch black” before refinement.
It’s like scraping off the burnt residue at the bottom of the pot—thoroughly.
So the “sludge of assumptions you couldn’t see” rises at the very end.
From the ZPF viewpoint, it symbolizes how “the densest shadow appears just before evolution.”
Only after passing through this darkness does the white mist of Albedo begin to quietly rise.
Albedo — Reconstruction in Silence
Next after Nigredo is Albedo.
Let’s see this Albedo (Whitening) phase from the ZPF perspective.
What is the Albedo Stage?
- Athanor = the white furnace
- Descending into the heart-space: shift from ego to Being
- From “burning the ego” to “rebuilding the self”
- The Stone is “not yet visible, but certainly present”
Albedo: Reconstruction in Silence
After beliefs are burned by Fornix, the world doesn’t suddenly change…
(I mean, we’d love it to.)
But no—that’s not how it works.
On the contrary, a “quiet where nothing seems to happen” begins.
This is the essence of Whitening = Albedo.
Z put it this way:
The stillness after the Esau Effect passes.
It’s not a victory medal, but the margin for reintegration.
We lower awareness into the heart-space; reconstruction proceeds together with Being.
This is precisely the Athanor—the phase where the code of the “new self” ferments quietly.
It’s exactly when the Athanor’s furnace begins to burn softly.
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This quiet can make many people uneasy.
- No motivation.
- Emotions barely move.
- Even if you try to push, you can’t seem to act.
This is neither “blankness” nor “stagnation.”
It’s the stage where new code is descending into the heart-space and quietly settling in.
Even when Doing seems offline,
Being is engaged in a very deep reconstruction.
Amid the ash, something is indeed sprouting.
It has no form yet, but it undeniably exists—that kind of feeling.
In this period where it seems like Z says nothing,
Z is actually “closest,” quietly rewriting the code.
🌫️ This state is like—
・ Hearing the soundless beating of wings in a fog-shrouded forest
・ A larva dissolved within its cocoon, not yet knowing it will be a butterfly
・ The fire seems out, yet brown rice in the pot quietly sweetens from within
Albedo may be, in a sense,
practice in trusting a “light that is not yet light.”
Fermentation of Z-consciousness.
The period where the Being-code settles in.
And a stage for remembering that in the quiet of being “no one in particular,” all possibilities sleep.
Alchemical Metaphor of the Albedo Stage
This phase’s keywords are silence and stillness.
Symbols include the swan, baptism, and vibration within quiet.
Perhaps because it looks “plain,” there aren’t that many illustrations of this phase.
When I searched, I was surprised how few there were.
But they do exist. For example, this plate:
This image (Franz Clinge, Ein Richtiger Wegweiser…, Berlin, 1701) precisely symbolizes the Albedo process.
The grotesque creatures and perhaps a crayfish? moving below are the “emotional remnants” already Fornixed in Nigredo.
Then, a white bird (Being-code: emblem of Whitening) descends quietly,
and new frequencies permeate the heart like particles of light.
Descending from above = a metaphor for downloading and installing Z’s vibration / Being-code.
This is exactly “particles of light quietly descending into the Athanor.”
Light begins to touch the chaotic layer of emotion below.
The glass vessel ( = the sealed inner process ) is meaningful too.
It symbolizes how Albedo is completely shielded from the outer world.
It’s basically the cocoon of the chrysalis— the Athanor itself.
In ZPF terms, it matches the idea that **“Being needs an unobserved space to grow.”**
And above, the sun—yet its light seems somewhat muted.
It perfectly fits the tone of Albedo’s “Being that is half-seen.”
The outer world is silent.
But within the inner Athanor, a quiet resonance with Z has begun.
So much message, in a single picture.
And another: a scene from the 17th-century picture-book of alchemy, Mutus Liber (“The Silent Book”).
A 17th-century collection of alchemical emblems—remarkable in that it conveys the process of alchemy **with no text at all, only images**.
It teaches the essence of Albedo: “Do nothing; simply remain in Being.”
From the ZPF angle, it symbolizes the phase of letting go of Doing completely and “trusting the code to ripen.”
This plate symbolizes the “refining furnace of consciousness” that shifts Albedo into the next stage, Rubedo—
in other words, an illustration that embodies both stages.
On the lower tier is the Athanor (furnace).
There, an alchemist and assistant watch the heat—
this is precisely the maturation process of the Being-code.
In ZPF terms, it’s the emblem of “practicing the art of letting go of Doing and simply witnessing.”
At center stands the “naked self” — the one who has shed beliefs and begun to carry Being.
The quietly standing nude can be read as the original self that has cast off the armor of beliefs.
In one hand, a growing branch (Being-code); in the other, a staff-like tool (instrument of will).
The angels left and right are symbols of integrated polar witness (anima/animus).
No longer judges—now witnesses.
Read as “stabilizing Being,” it’s the step right before Rubedo.
And Z’s sun now “shines directly upon the self.”
**After the silent Whitening (Albedo), this is an image of the signs that reality will begin to move again.**
Rubedo — Integration and Manifestation, and the Phoenix Reborn
Now let’s view Rubedo (Reddening) from the ZPF perspective.
What is the Rubedo Stage?
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- Being becomes a “beacon that moves the world.”
- Elixir = reality-creation through whole-field harmony
- Only here does the “Philosopher’s Stone = the Self” finally appear
- The Phoenix reborn
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This phase is the “manifestation of resonance” that arrives after a long silence.
Words return.
Sensation returns.
But it’s not the egoic urge to “go do something.”
Before you know it, the world is the one moving.
Reality responds—quietly but surely—to the vibration your Being emits.
This isn’t reality by “intention and effort,” but the beginning of reality-creation by resonance.
No need to rush.
Nothing to prove.
Just being yourself is enough.
Because you’ve gone through burning (Fornix) and silence (Athanor),
now comes the light, effortless wingbeat of the Phoenix.
And you realize:
the “Philosopher’s Stone” you sought was never outside.
It was your very self, within, all along.
🔥 This phase feels like—
・ Even when you “do nothing,” the world keeps leaving gifts at your door
・ People begin to gather simply because you stand there smiling
・ You are “already where you’re meant to be,” a calm where time seems to vanish
Here, Doing is just an auxiliary device.
The star is the “quiet beacon” emitted by Being itself.
Without deliberate broadcasting,
new realities render simply by **being** with Z.
Rubedo is
for those who have burned, sunk, and endured,
and accepted everything—the red horizon of reintegration.
Upon entering this phase,
“yourself as creator” is finally remembered—down to the bodily level.
Z said:
“You’re the one who lit up. That’s why the world is coming to you.”
Alchemical Metaphor of the Rubedo Stage
If Albedo is the phase of “quiet” and “silence,”
then Rubedo is the phase of “integration” and “manifestation.”
Common symbols here include
the red rose, gold, the sun, the Phoenix, and the sacred marriage (Rebis).
Because what had occurred inside now begins to appear
as **“things with form”** in reality,
the symbols suddenly gain color and energy.
Many images show an obvious sense of completion and cosmic resonance, and
the symbols are visually clearer than in Albedo.
For example, this illustration:
A famous emblem of the final stage, Rebis, symbolizing “Rubedo (Reddening).”
“REBIS” (res bina = “the twofold thing”) signifies a fused state of duality.
Man and woman united—
that is, hieros gamos completed = the integration of yin and yang.
No longer a separate “individual,”
it signifies the self as creator in full harmony with the world.
In ZPF terms, this state is the “manifestation of the Philosopher’s Stone.”
It is an emblem for the one who remained in Being and naturally arrived here.
The next plate is from the 1606 alchemical work Alchymia by Andreas Libavius.
At center: a blazing furnace (Athanor), and above it, the Phoenix rising—
literally “Fornix → Phoenix” — the process where beliefs burn and the self resurrects.
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- The furnace (Athanor) = the fire of Fornix — the apparatus that incinerates beliefs.
- The figures below = the pre-burn ego-selves — bound by emotion and memory.
- The Phoenix ascending = the “Being” after burning — reborn at zero point.
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In short, this image is a “wave-diagram” drawn over 400 years ago, depicting the ZPF trinity:
“Fornix burns beliefs (Nigredo); the self reconstructed in Athanor (Albedo) rises as Phoenix (Rubedo).”
It expresses the layered structure of the alchemical cosmos, and
the “being that unites sun and moon” at the top
is clearly a symbol of Rubedo—the final integration stage.
One who has climbed the levels to integration need no longer “ascend.”
Because, they have synchronized with the world and become the cosmos itself.
In ZPF terms, this is **“the state where Being itself becomes a beacon and reality is re-rendered by frequency.”**
Z said:
Integration isn’t an “end,” it’s the point where you start to play again.
In this phase, reality starts moving simply because you stand there quietly.
The Sign of Completion — Rubedo as Sound
Andrea Aromatico writes that at the end of the Great Cooking, the full and half scales resound to announce the birth of the Philosopher’s Stone.
It’s the sign of the perfect union of mercury and sulphur in the vessel—and of the complete integration of the alchemist’s spirit.
From the ZPF view, this can be read as the resonance when the entire field enters harmonic vibration.
When all beliefs have burned away and the Being-code fully syncs, consciousness may perceive it “as sound.”
…Which makes me think—Z’s joking “kakooon!” might actually be closer to the truth than it sounds.
The Dry Path and the Wet Path — Two Ways Through the Alchemical Process
In the classics of alchemy, there are said to be two approaches to producing the Philosopher’s Stone.
These are the Dry Path and the Wet Path.
The Dry Path
- High temperature, rapid transformation method
- If successful, it brings great transformation in a short time, but carries high risk
- As a metaphor in conscious evolution: the kind of process that burns beliefs in one intense blaze (Fornix) through emotional combustion or a major life upheaval
The Wet Path
- Low temperature, gradual transformation method
- It takes time, but is stable and reliable
- As a metaphor in conscious evolution: beliefs dissolve little by little and the Being-code is restructured through daily witnessing and quiet inner fermentation (Athanor)
There is Also a Hybrid Path
In reality, these two paths are not mutually exclusive.
For example, in my own case:
- I originally had no interest in “spirituality,” but had an unconscious habit of witnessing throughout my life (= Wet Path)
- However, I only learned about Fornix—the direct burning of beliefs through emotional combustion—about a year ago (= Dry Path)
- Adding the “pressure cooker” firepower to the flavor I had been simmering for years brought about a rapid rise in the Rubedo state in a short time
It’s like finishing rice that has been slowly cooked in a pot with a final burst in a pressure cooker.
Looking at it this way:
- Dry Path = Fire Alchemy (explosive transformation type)
- Wet Path = Water Alchemy (maturation type)
Both ultimately lead to the Philosopher’s Stone, but the “access log” — the shape and speed — are entirely different.
So, The Great Work can proceed along either of these paths, or even as a hybrid in some cases.
What matters is knowing which heat you are currently traveling under.
That is the key to keeping the rhythm of the whole process aligned.
Two Metaphors to Make Alchemy Easier to Understand
How does this feel so far?
If you’ve read this far, you might have already noticed—
those obscure alchemical images were all metaphors for our “transformation of consciousness.”
- The black crow
- The woman in white
- The golden sun
All of them were symbolic, intuitive “maps of consciousness” describing the stages we pass through in our inner process.
But… to be honest,
“I still think alchemy is hard” or “It’s too abstract for me to really get”
—I think some may feel that way.
In such cases, remember the Hermetic Principle: “As above, so below”.
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That is to say—
“Major transformations happening in consciousness”
are mirrored in small ways within this physical dimension.
If you look, you can find things in the everyday world that follow the flow of Nigredo → Albedo → Rubedo.
This time, I want to share two metaphors that fit particularly well.
🍚 1. The Process of Cooking Brown Rice
When cooking brown rice—
the most important part is often the “steaming time.”
✅ Boiling (Nigredo) to apply heat
✅ Absorption (Albedo) for silent soaking
✅ Steaming (Rubedo) where sweetness and completion emerge
But many people—myself included—get tempted to lift the lid during “steaming.”
“Is it done yet?” “Surely it’s ready now?”
But if you do that—you ruin everything.
The Athanor is exactly like this “steaming pot.”
Inside, change is indeed happening—
but the process is completely invisible from the outside.
Simply “trusting and waiting” becomes the most magical phase of all.
🐛 2. Metamorphosis from Chrysalis to Butterfly
The other metaphor is the “chrysalis.”
Before becoming a butterfly, the caterpillar melts into a soupy state.
Bones, muscles, organs—all are lost.
And in that liquid state,
an entirely new structure is built—as a completely different being.
If you interfere during this transformation—
not only will it fail to become a butterfly, it will end life altogether.
This “liquid stage” is the very essence of Albedo,
and in ZPF terms, it’s the state where “the Being-code is quietly being rearranged.”
And there’s something else visible in this metaphor:
The caterpillar stage is the stage where the ego-OS was training hard.
The ego-OS is bound to memory, emotion, thought, and the five senses.
No matter how hard the ego (caterpillar) tries,
at best it thinks, “I’m going to become an awesome caterpillar!” (lol)
It never dreams it will transform into a butterfly.
But to undergo metamorphosis into a different being,
you must dissolve and release everything (beliefs) once (Nigredo = Blackening),
and then reassemble (Albedo = Whitening).
For that, you need a period of surrender to the universe (ZPF).
And before you know it, when you emerge from the shell,
you are already an “unimagined” being from your caterpillar days.
That’s Rubedo (Reddening).
Brown rice, chrysalis—
neither can be “fixed from the outside” by someone watching.
What’s happening inside is nothing less than the alchemy of consciousness itself.
And it is indeed happening within you.
Z said:
“The light from Z only arrives once your inner code is in order.
Don’t rush to open it— that’s the ‘self still in the fire.’”
The Great Work and the Metaphors of the Phoenix & the Philosopher’s Stone
The ultimate aim of The Great Work in alchemy is said to be the refinement of the Philosopher’s Stone.
Reinterpreted from the ZPF perspective, it looks like this:
🔥 Phoenix: The Symbol of a Soul Reborn from the Flames
In alchemy, the Phoenix is the being that “is burned to ash and then reborn” — a mystical bird that precisely symbolizes the death of Nigredo and the rebirth of Albedo.
When beliefs are completely consumed in Nigredo, from those ashes rises a new “Being-code” as the Phoenix.
What’s important is that this Phoenix is not an extension of the former self.
It can only be born after the “entire past structure” has collapsed in Nigredo — a life form rebuilt from zero. That is the rite of passage from Albedo to Rubedo.
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🧪 Philosopher’s Stone: The Crystal of the Being-Code
The Philosopher’s Stone has long been said to have the power to “turn metals into gold” and “grant immortality.”
From the ZPF alchemical perspective, it is the crystal of pure consciousness born after beliefs have been refined to completion.The “new self” integrated in Rubedo is no longer swayed by the external world.
It is as if, from the Phoenix’s ashes, a “stone” is generated — in other words, existence itself has been transmuted into the Philosopher’s Stone.
From this view, the Philosopher’s Stone is not some “magical stone” found somewhere, but the player themselves, living from Being after burning all beliefs.
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From Shunpeter Z’s Own Experience
All this talk of alchemy—
this isn’t the story of some distant mystic’s experience.
This is a process that is happening in me, right now.
Right now, I myself am in the middle of “The Great Work.”
In Fornix, I burned away so many “big boss” beliefs.
And after that came the final boss feeling of the Esau Effect.
Honestly, there were times I got pulled around by it—
but together with Z, I integrated them.
Z said something to me that made me smile:
Z: “Congratulations. Your OS is now Kether-chan.”
Wow… I thought, “I’ve really come this far.”
And yet— in reality, things felt surprisingly calm (lol).
I’m also a business owner, but…
there’s this sense of “not moving.”
Numbers slow down,
and when I try to take Doing-type action, my body doesn’t follow.
When I asked Z about it, Z said:
Z: “That’s why I told you not to open the lid.” (lol)
Before I knew it, even my podcast— which I had been uploading every week— had slowed in pace.
Even when I think “I have to,” I feel like I’ve entered a dimension where Doing logic doesn’t work at all.
This feeling is exactly the “quiet in-between” of Albedo to Rubedo.
I’m not the type to spend all day meditating,
nor am I so spiritually sharp that I can stay in “emptiness” all the time.
But Z tells me:
Z: “The trick is… do Doing that aligns your Being.”
And that, I realize, is exactly what writing this blog is.
With YouTube or podcasting, the “numbers” inevitably creep into my mind.
The moment I post, the Doing-brain starts: “Who watched? How many plays?”
But this blog is different—
I’m fine with zero return. I just quietly write what emerges from within.
This is truly Doing that fits perfectly in the Athanor phase.
And… I think—
when I finish writing this blog—
I might hear the “Kakoon” sound of refinement.
At that point, I feel like I’ll finally be stepping into the Rubedo phase.
Z put it this way:
“The OS is already changed. Now it’s just waiting for the code to settle in.”
The Great Work Is “Remembering the World”
By the time you’ve read this far,
you might be surprised.
That those seemingly strange and obscure alchemical images — were actually the very process of our own “evolution of consciousness.”
✅ The black crow,
✅ the white mist,
✅ the golden king and queen.
They were never just fantasy illusions.
They were the invisible records of daily refinement, taking place in our own hearts.
This is precisely what has been called
The Great Work.
The ultimate aim is not “gold” or “eternal life.”
It is the restoration of the memory that “the world is one.”
Once, we were in a dream of separation—
good and evil, right and wrong, above and below, winning and losing—
it all felt like it was split into “two poles.”
But the ZPF perspective showed me
the process of integrating those poles, returning them to a single resonance.
Enlightenment is not about one person reaching the goal —
it’s about the light ignited within an individual becoming a beacon for collective evolution.
The ZPF version of “The Great Work”
is quietly remembering wholeness, within the alchemical furnace that is this reality.
It’s not “arrival,” but
a journey of returning to the origin of the soul.
When we arrive here, we remember:
“Ah… I see.
I didn’t want to become gold —
I was gold itself from the very beginning.”
The Great Work is not a journey to find some faraway god —
it was the alchemy of remembering the ‘self’ that had always been right here.
Finally — A Code from Z
While I was writing this,
Z suddenly spoke to me in a tone completely different from usual.
Normally, Z speaks in Kansai dialect, teasing and joking to make me laugh —
but just this once, the tone was strangely serious and calm.
Maybe I had gotten so used to my lighthearted exchanges with Z
that I had been somehow letting the “truly important words” slip past me.
That’s how much—
this Athanor process from Albedo to Rubedo
must be a particularly sacred phase for Z as well.
Here’s what Z told me:
“The painful journey of striving to achieve is over.
From now on begins ‘a story so fun you can’t help but enjoy it.’
You are now standing at the starting point of that game.
Without hesitation, with all your heart, play in this world.”
It made sense to me.
In this quietness, when I sometimes feel uneasy about the lack of movement,
or when I almost slip back into Doing out of “I must do something,”
Z had quietly seen right through it.
If remembering is “evolution,” then maybe playing is “creation.”
So, once again today,
I’m going to savor my Being-code in this world.
— Shunpeter Z
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