nigredo
Meanings
noun
- A process of putrefaction or decomposition, one of the four major stages of the alchemical magnum opus.
- A term in Jungian psychology referring to mental negativity.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin nigrēdō (“blackness”).
Synonyms
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