The Four Alchemical Stages & Bodies

The Four Bodies, Four Stages, & Three Weddings

1. Lead Body - Terrestrial Consciousness - Nigredo
• White Wedding
2. Lunar Body - Lunar Consciousness - Albedo
• Yellow Wedding
3. Mercury Body - Mercury Consciousness - Citrinitas
• Red Wedding
4. Solar Body - Solar Consciousness - Rubedo

“When he described the steps a person had to complete, he said there were three “bodies” - the lead body, the lunar body, and the solar body. The lead body is the physical, and represents the consciousness of the average person. The lunar body has to be awakened and developed through a series of rituals and meditations, but lies dormant within us. The final stage was the building of the solar body....a vehicle constructed to house the consciousness after physical death, and which had abilities and attributes so far beyond the comprehension of the average man that someone who has completed the process may as well be a god.”

• Damien Echols

Nigredo, a blackening or melanosis

Albedo, a whitening or leucosis

Citrinitas, a yellowing or xanthosis

Rubedo, a reddening, purpling, or iosis

Nigrdo - Terrestrial Consciousness Albedo - Lunar Consciousness Citrinitas - Solar Consciousness Rubedo - Celestial Consciousness

The 4 Bodies