within the Alchemical Cauldron

There has all ways been fire.
calcinatio in alchemy the operation of fire.
how much fire is needed for this novel in this moment.
or for this e-mail or blogger post
or nocturnal exploration of the sacred road.
there can be too little fire or far too much
or there can be just enough
The alchemical recipe
fixation of the volatile
volatization of the fixed
set to music
over the stove
of life
turn it on. now.