Prelude—Why Fear Is Prime Alchemical Material
Every emotion carries raw bio‑electric charge. Fear—often judged as the villain—actually contains the highest kinetic potential of them all. In evolutionary terms it sharpens senses, mobilizes energy, and heightens focus. The art is learning to steer that surge instead of letting it drive the bus. Elemental visualization offers a poetic yet neurologically sound steering wheel: the brain’s imagery circuits (occipital & parietal lobes) speak fluent metaphor, and the autonomic nervous system mirrors what the mind’s eye beholds. Pairing fear with earth, air, fire, and water images gives the body a familiar archetypal map to reroute surplus adrenaline toward growth.