Syna, she who is prudent, guards the lock on the door of the bridal chamber and avenges the crime of profaning our sexuality. It is also she, the Sixth (sex) who opens the bridal chamber for the Seventh, the Sunny, for Lady Fene.
-Guido Von List, Religion of the Aryo-Germanic.

Angelo Saxon brooch found in Kent dated 600 CE
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1879-0524-34?s=35

good article on mountain symbolism.

Comparing the hermetic and taoist systems.

Theis is a pretty good series on laboratory alchemy, much of which can be applied to internal alchemy.
In one of these lectures he mentions that he deliberately speaks very slowly and leaves long pauses when he speaks on alchemy because it's conditioning the listener to develop patience which is an essential skill/virtue to have if one is going to involve themselves in the great work.
Considering the ever shrinking attention span of the modern mind this great work of alchemy, whether internal or external, is becoming ever increasingly out of reach for people.

Aquarius and Capricorn