The volumes of work he wrote shed new light onto understanding the art of transubstantiation and renewed alchemy's popularity as a symbolic process of coming into wholeness as a human being where opposites are brought into contact and inner and outer, spirit and matter are reunited in the hieros gamos, or divine marriage.
ðə vˈɑːljuːmz ʌv wˈɜːk hiː ɹˈoʊt ʃˈɛd nˈuː lˈaɪt ˌɑːntʊ ˌʌndɚstˈændɪŋ ðɪ ˈɑːɹt ʌv tɹænsəbstˌænʃɪˈeɪʃən ænd ɹᵻnˈuːd ˈælkəmiz pˌɑːpjʊlˈæɹᵻɾi æz ɐ sɪmbˈɑːlɪk pɹˈɑːsɛs ʌv kˈʌmɪŋ ˌɪntʊ hˈoʊlnəs æz ɐ hjˈuːmən bˌiːɪŋ wˌɛɹ ˈɑːpəzˌɪts ɑːɹ bɹˈɔːt ˌɪntʊ kˈɑːntækt ænd ˈɪnɚɹ ænd ˈaʊɾɚ, spˈɪɹɪt ænd mˈæɾɚɹ ɑːɹ ɹˌiːjuːnˈaɪɾᵻd ɪnðə hˈaɪɚɹoʊz ɡˈɑːmoʊz, ɔːɹ dᵻvˈaɪn mˈæɹɪdʒ.