«The first nigredo, that of the unio naturalis, is an objective state, visible from the outside only … an unconscious state of non-differentiation between self and object, consciousness and the unconscious. Here the subject is unaware of the unconscious; i.e. the connection with the instincts.
«the nigredo of the process of individuation on the other hand is a subjectively experienced process brought about by the subject’s painful, growing awareness of his shadow aspects. It could be described as a moment of maximum despair, that is a prerequisite to personal development. As individuation unfolds, so confrontation with the shadow produces at first a dead balance, a standstill that hampers moral decisions and makes convictions ineffective or even impossible … nigredo, tenebrositas, chaos, melancholia. Here is the darkest time, the time of despair, disillusionment, envious attacks; the time when Eros and Superego are at daggers drawn, and there seems no way forward … nigredo, the blackening.»
Based on my own interpretation of Tomaž Šalamun’s poetry, «黑度» takes «Eclipse» into the hymn for the nigredo stage of the great alchemic work.
released October 27, 2025
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