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[Alexandr Korol]

this is the sun, the sixth — this is the moon, and the seventh — this is the star.
On the one hand, this fits too. After all, it comes out that I did pass through the
four worlds, I lived through them, I described them. But further on, further, I
begin to explain to the reader that the sun or the moon is one of the big bubbles,
and that in the world of the moon there are four worlds, well, let’s call it that.
And in the world of the sun there are four worlds. And that precisely this fifth
stage, the sun, or the fifth stage — no matter what the sequence is — or the fifth
stage, let’s say, on the contrary, the moon, then it symbolizes the fact that I was a
hostage in one of the four worlds — generally it’s always considered to be three,
because the fourth is everywhere — let’s say a hostage of three worlds, heaven,
earth, the underground kingdom, which are always mentioned. But this was, let’s
say, under the moon. And so, when I came out from under all these worlds, the
four, heaven, earth, the underground kingdom, the world of the dead — when I
came out of them, then the next step above these four worlds, that is, the fifth, is,
let’s say, the moon. Because this was, let’s say, in the world of the moon. That is, it
was precisely, let’s say, on one side of the world, figuratively speaking. But it also
turns out that there’s the same thing, but on the other side of the world, that is, not
under the moon, but under the sun. And this is one more stage, from which you
also free yourself. And so you come to know this fifth, sixth step. And when you’ve
already built the boundaries and understood that there are worlds under the sun,
there are worlds under the moon, and saw this, and created these boundaries,
then you become a star. That is, you come out from under the influence of the
sun and the moon and become a star. Since a star is like “liberation,” and one
could also take this word in parentheses — the knowing of the sun and the moon.

For this reason, in alchemical images they often show precisely that into a goblet
or a vessel they throw a great many elements from the world of the moon, throw
many, many elements from the world of the sun. Often they also depict a mother
and a father who create, who make something. And so when they create, they
create a child. There they also show that a child is born, thanks to the mother
and the father. And this mother, who consists of the elements heaven, earth,
the underground kingdom, the world of the dead, and the father, consisting of
these elements. So, when they come to know each other, then a child is born, that
is, a star. And why a child? Because, as also now on the internet, when I asked