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Historical figures Ancient and medieval Zosimos of Panopolis Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (may be legendary) Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi Ibn Umayl Maslama al-Qurṭubī Aḥmad al-Būnī Early modern Marsilio Ficino Lodovico Lazzarelli Giovanni da Correggio Pico della Mirandola Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Paracelsus John Dee Giordano Bruno Jakob Böhme Robert Fludd Christian Rosenkreuz (legendary, see Rosicrucianism)
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Great Work (Latin: magnum opus) is a term used in Hermeticism and occult traditions descended from it, such as Thelema.^[1] Accomplishing the Great Work, symbolized as the creation of the philosopher's stone, represents the culmination of the spiritual path, the attainment of enlightenment, or the rescue of the human soul from the unconscious forces which bind it.^[2]^{[better source needed]} The Great Work signifies the spiritual path towards self-transcendence in its entirety. This is the process of bringing unconscious complexes into the conscious awareness, in order to integrate them back into oneself.^[3]^{[better source needed]}

^ Redgrove, Herbert Stanley (1980). "Section 43: Bernard Trévisan". Alchemy: Ancient and Modern (reprint ed.). Ares. p. 54. ISBN 9780890053447.
^ Gupta, Serena (2015). Fire in the depths of Kundalini yoga and alchemy: A depth psychological guide to transformation (PhD dissertation). Pacifica Graduate Institute. ISBN 978-1-339-89967-1. ProQuest 1810152424.
^ Swan, Theresa (2010). Incorporating alchemy into contemporary theories of transformation: Transpersonal embodiment through the coniunctio (PhD dissertation). California Institute of Integral Studies. ISBN 978-1-109-76116-0. ProQuest 305237207.