Hermeticism

Albedo - The White Stage

The second stage involving purification and washing.

Following the darkness of nigredo comes albedo - washing, purifying, bringing to whiteness. This represents the clarification of consciousness, the integration of what was confronted in nigredo, the dawn after the dark night.

Wash and rewash until the matter becomes white as snow.

Alchemical Maxim, Alchemical Tradition

Albedo represents the purification and clarification of consciousness.

Alchemical Literature