This book is the only work of Edward Edinger that has not yet been presented in Russian. Here Edinger makes a real pilgrimage to the land of alchemy, immersing himself in the subtlest weaves of symbolism and giving the deepest understanding of the most important Hermetic and alchemical symbols. The main idea of ​​alchemy – the mystery of the union of opposites – is revealed here in all the colors of the spectrum.