DISSOLUTION
There are seven stages of transformation in the alchemical process which an initiate must undergo to achieve spiritual perfection. The second of these stages is Dissolution:
Chemically, it is the dissolving the ashes from Calcination in water. Psychologically, this represents a further breaking down of the artificial structures of the psyche by total immersion in the unconscious, non-rational, feminine or rejected part of our minds. It is an unconscious process in which our conscious minds let go of control to allow the surfacing of buried material. It is opening the floodgates and generating new energy from the waters held back. Dissolution can be experienced as a flow - that is, being actively engaged in creative acts without traditional prejudices, personal hang-ups, or established hierarchy getting in the way.