{"product_id":"the-becoming-poetry-julia-monard","title":"The Becoming: In Poetic Alchemy- Julia Monard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Becoming: In Poetic Alchemy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🜂🜄🜁🜃\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA journey through fire, water, air, and earth. A cycle of breaking, aching, healing, and making.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Becoming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a debut poetry collection by Julia Monard exploring personal transformation through the lens of alchemy, psychology, and symbolism. Written over four charged years, these poems spiral through the four classical stages of alchemical change:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🜂 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNigredo (Blackening)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – The Breaking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🜄 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAlbedo (Whitening)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – The Aching\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🜁 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCitrinitas (Yellowing)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – The Healing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🜃 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRubedo (Reddening)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – The Making\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach stage mirrors a part of the human experience – grief, longing, rebirth, embodiment. Illustrated with original photographs that serve as visual emblems of the journey, this collection weaves symbols, inner reckoning, and sacred truths into poetic form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book for those who have known heartbreak, liminality, and the hunger for meaning – for those who sense that becoming isn’t linear, but cyclical.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHealing is not the end point – it is a passage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Many misunderstand healing as the final destination, when in truth, it is one step in a sacred pattern. If we only seek to be healed, we risk missing the wild beauty of the ache, the fertile depth of the breaking, and the electric magic of creation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Becoming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an offering to anyone learning how to remake themselves – again and again – one sacred fragment at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Inkbound Society™️","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71895303684118,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4323\/6886\/files\/61CIyDOobFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1790335144","url":"https:\/\/www.theinkboundbookshop.com\/products\/the-becoming-poetry-julia-monard","provider":"The Inkbound Society™️","version":"1.0","type":"link"}