Camping beneath the stars

Alchemical midnight

Witley Common, Godalming

日照香炉生紫烟，遥看瀑布挂前川。飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。~ 李白 Burning incense of the sun penetrates through purple mist,The waterfall, draped like imperial silk across the mountainIts robe rises and falls thousands of feet beneath the heavens,Like the deities above they descend upon us mere mortals.~ Li Bai…

乾 Qian: Hexagram 1 大哉乾元，萬物資始，乃統天。雲行雨施，品物流形。大明始終，六位時成，時乘六龍以御天 In the vast fields of Qian,All creatures have their beginnings,All as one family under one sky.Clouds pass and rains fall, Celestial heavens turn matter into form.From beginning to end,Six dragons ride each position,Thus the way forward…