In The Interactive Field in Analysis (Vol. 1). Chiron. pp. 121-141. 1995This article focuses on the relationship between alchemy’s ancient hermetic vessel and a topological structure found in modern mathematics: the Klein bottle. The paradoxical properties of the hermetic vessel are described in detail, primarily as brought out by Jung. I then turn to the Klein bottle and my “alchemical” interpretation of it. In laying these two structures beside each other, I believe it becomes clear that their
