Елементи на алхимичния символизъм в дестаните за Кьороглу
Elements of the alchemical symbolism in the Kyoroglu saga Destans

Summary/Abstract: The Koroglu Saga Destans are created by different Turkic peoples and largely reflect their specific picture of the world, formed under the influence of common archetypal mechanisms of knowledge. The article presents parallels between important elements of alchemical symbolism with some pre-religious and religious beliefs and key points in the Koroglu Saga Destans.Their common main views are the visions on the Creation of the world (whose stages the alchemists try to model in the laboratory), as well as the simultaneous elevation of the adept‘s spirit. In connection with the doctrine of the alchemists on the liberation of the spirit from the matter, K. G. Jung‘s conception of individuation and of the Self (germ. das Selbst) is presented. It is concluded that as elements of Shamanism, Sufism, Manichaeism, Islam (mystical currents) and Alchemy exist in the territory of Asia simultaneously, such elements are reflected in the collective consciousness of the peoples inhabiting them and in their work, as is the case with the Koroglu Saga Destans.

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