Just came to a little realization about the writing I'm doing. I need to drop the shit about alchemy and the qabala. Don't get me wrong, there's some stuff there that applies to Awakening, similarities to be explored, but there's a danger of missing the underlying essence by focusing on outer form.

I need to refine this down to pure essence. To borrow a friend's turn of phrase, "something that will sing like fine crystal when tapped lightly... something that will at the same time stand up to rigorous examination." Something that will burn from within with its own light, and be the spark that stirs other flames to life in answer.

Citations and references, comparisons between paths, and other purely intellectual explorations are merely ephemera that will distract from that purity of essence in this case.