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This section of the Wonderella website is adapted from the art and text in the ninth issue of the Guide to Lost Wonder. It is a tour which leads us through
the Museum of Lost Wonder’s third exhibit hall—the
garden of Coagulatio. As is true of all the Museum’s
exhibits, Coagulatio is not only a place but also a state
of mind, as well as a step in our internal, alchemical evolution.
Coagulatio
is a living oasis within the Museum of Lost Wonder, home
to all manner of representatives from the vegetable, animal,
and mineral kingdoms. It is our botanical garden, our zoological
park, full of trees and all the soil and stone that supports
it. Coagulatio is a place to explore the beauty of nature,
be it out in the fresh air and sunshine or beneath the ground
in mysterious tunnels and caverns.
Here
are all the wonderful flying and furry animals you love,
and so are all those slimy, scaly, crawly critters you might
not. They’re all a part of the grand cycle of life,
just like each one of us. Coagulatio challenges us to wonder
about how we fit into the natural world, sharing the ground,
the air, the water, and the sunshine with all the other
creatures on the surface.
But
not everything is sunny in Coagulatio. Beneath the surface
of our garden of delights is an underground world of caverns
and tunnels. Descending into the caves, we explore those
places the sunshine never reaches. Scientists have found
amazing creatures who've adapted to life in the dark—maybe
we’ll evolve too as we stumble blindly through this
mysterious underground world.
Coagulatio
Defined
Coagulation. To coagulate, condense, or fixate. To gain
solidity from an amorphous state. To curdle or bring together.
To turn a liquid to a soft, semisolid mass. In this stage
of refinement, the liquefied ashes from the Solutio process
are solidified.
Explore
“Coagulatio”
Coagulatio Home
Psychology: Making
“Sense”
Science: Like
a Fish Out of Water
Myth: In the Garden
Art: Cor Verum
Terra
Thought: A Walk
in the Park
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