{"product_id":"the-forge-and-the-crucible","title":"The Forge and the Crucible","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore alchemy was a laboratory science, it was a sacred technology — and Mircea Eliade traces it back to its origins in the smith's forge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Forge and the Crucible\u003c\/em\u003e is Eliade's study of the mythological and ritual roots of metallurgy and alchemy across world cultures. The smith, the miner, and the alchemist all participate in the same sacred drama: the acceleration of nature's processes, the collaboration with cosmic time, the transformation of raw matter into something refined and powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mythology of metals and the sacred status of the smith across cultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMining and metallurgy as ritual participation in cosmic processes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe transition from operative metallurgy to philosophical alchemy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlchemy in China, India, and the Islamic world compared with the Western tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe alchemist as initiatory figure and agent of transformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEliade writes with the authority of a historian of religions and the insight of someone who understood that myth is not metaphor — it is structure. A rare and essential book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mircea Eliade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46908417540271,"sku":null,"price":32.09,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/5080\/8751\/files\/view_archive_6d231fab-aa86-4144-8242-62cfe811c7d9.jpg?v=1778706501","url":"https:\/\/seekersandsages.myshopify.com\/products\/the-forge-and-the-crucible","provider":"Seekers and Sages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}