MAGNUMOPUS

Magnum opus

The Great Work is an alchemical term for the process of creating the philosopher's stone. It has been used to describe personal and spiritual transmutation in the Hermetic tradition, attached to laboratory processes and chemical color changes, used as a model for the individuation process, and as a device in art and literature. The magnum opus has been carried forward in new age and neo-hermetic movements which sometimes attached new symbolism and significance to the processes. It originally had four stages:

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magnum opus

Noun

  1. A great work of literature or art, a masterpiece.
  2. The best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author or artist, representing his major life effort.


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