Statement as a Poem #?: The Alchemical Origins of
Psychiatric Diagnoses.
Did you know? The whole distinction
Of Bipolar Disorder
Was once called
Manic Depression? Which was based
On the alchemical concept of conflicting
Temperaments: Sanguine (based in blood) and
Melancholic (based in black
Bile)?
Something to think
About.
Did you all so know
That the Sanguine temperament
Was believed to have been a function of
The element of Air, centered in the Heart
Chakra, whereas the Melancholic
Temperament was believed to have been centered
In the second chakra, related to
Water?
The other two elements were fire: Choleric. The third
chakra.
And earth: Phlegmatic. The first chakra. Phlegm was all so
identified with
The throat.
Something to think
About.
Dm.A.A.
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