Developing a social memory complex

[Anders]

Carl Jung has talked about alchemy, but I found it too tedious to look into it more than only a little bit, and it's probably just a rehash of ancient alchemy into psychology (although I heard that alchemy was the source of Jung's idea of the collective unconscious which actually is interesting). Instead I heard in one of the lectures about Jung's alchemy that there is also Chinese alchemy. That may be more interesting, especially Neidan which is the internal form of Chinese alchemy.

"In Neidan the human body becomes a cauldron (or "ding") in which the Three Treasures of Jing ("Essence"), Qi ("Breath") and Shen ("Spirit") are cultivated for the purpose of improving physical, emotional and mental health, and ultimately returning to the primordial unity of the Tao, i.e., becoming an Immortal. It is believed the Xiuzhen Tu is such a cultivation map. In China, it is an important form of practice for most schools of Taoism." - Wikipedia

I found this video about Neidan: