The basic formula for profound alchemical change is solve et coagula, which means: to first utterly dissolve (solve) an existing form and then to carefully bring the dissolved and purified elements together again (coagula) in a whole new, more potent and finely organised, permutation.
Caterpillars, which completely dissolve wholly into goo inside their cocoons and then re-coagulate themselves into butterflies, provide a fantastic example of how this kind of alchemical change happens in nature.
The English word 'psyche', meaning 'soul' or, 'mind', comes from the Greek word 'psyche', meaning 'butterfly'. Coincidence? I suspect not. Human souls like butterflies, start out as wormy incipient forms that need to be dissolved and re-formed before our full glory can emerge.
And what the @primal team have acheived with the 2.0 update, is nothing short of profound alchemical change. The caterpillar has become the butterfly.
Although i suspect as the Nostr network develops, we will continue to witness many caterpillars turning into butterfly's🦋
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