Alchemy - Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul
by Titus Burchkhardt
1967

Throughout the Western world, the realization is dawning that contemporary science, including psychology, provides nothing for man that can take the place of the struggle for self-knowledge, and that most of our present religions have cut themselves off from the energy in their original teachings. Thus a great many Westerners are now seeking out ancient and modern texts that consider human life within cosmic schemes more purposeful than the universe of modern science.

Jacob Needleman (Editor, Penguin Metaphysical Library)