Ash Soap

“Cenerino Soap” - Light ash gray.
 The result of the combustion of matter, ash, appears at first sight to be the end of a cycle, in reality the alchemists had already taught us that nigredo is the initial and unavoidable phase of the alchemical process.
 It is the crucial moment, in which it is necessary to "die" all the alchemical ingredients so that the decomposed matter returns to its primitive stage, that is to the condition of the original chaos from which all creation originated, to then reach the final sublimation ...
 Our grandmothers were certainly not alchemists, yet they understood well the purifying power of ash, which is why they used it in that long and tiring procedure that was washing the laundry.
 It is truly strange and magical how philosophical and mysterious principles match up in simple insights into everyday life!