Alchemy of words: extracting time from words

Abstract

This article intends to reflect on the power and substances that form words. Using words to talk about words is, indeed, a difficult endeavor. Ideas are the time contained in words; poetry, the compass in search of the path; and alche- my, the metaphorical map. Time is a central as- pect, as time is hidden in words. The extraction is developed parallel with alchemy and its basic processes for reaching the divine spirit from matter. The studies and concepts of alchemy of C. G. Jung and E. Edinger are explored by comparing the projections of alchemists and poets. Feeling time in words to adjust poetic listening in clinical activities. In poetry, time works differently; the poet is the one who approaches the soul by put- ting words together. It is these words that break the iron stiffness of clocks.