Alchemical philosophy deals with the art of transmutation by a series of stages. Whereas orthodox religion emphasises the repression of darkness and the worship of light exclusively, the hermetic approach embraces darkness with the understanding that it is a necessary aspect in the evolutionary process.
This is famously described in alchemical literature as the magical act of turning lead into gold. The Philosopher’s Stone.
“The alchemists think of the Redeemer as lying hidden or sleeping in the materia, he does not only descend from heaven but comes also from the depths of matter.” (Jung)
As in She. The Mother is the Material aspect of the God energy and only through her can we traverse the path of our liberation and unification.
“There can hardly be any doubt that not a few of those seekers had the dawning knowledge that the secret nature of the stone was man’s own self. This “self”was evidently never thought of as an entity identical with the ego, and for this reason it was described as a “hidden nature” dwelling in inanimate matter, as a spirit, daemon, or fiery spark.” ( ~Carl Jung)