Dr. Theresa Bullard

And that's the stage where it goes into the first alchemical stage where in alchemy we call it calcination, which means burning it to ash. But here in this case with the caterpillar, it's not a burning, but it's a dissolving process. where all of the old form of the caterpillar breaks down.

So once it's in its chrysalis, if you were to at some point go and like cut it open and look, you would not see anything that resembles a caterpillar. You'd just see a soupy gooey mess because the whole structure has broken down. So that's the first stage. And then we have the dissolution stage, which is this dissolving. And so all the cells kind of become dissolved into this mix, if you will.

So once it's in its chrysalis, if you were to at some point go and like cut it open and look, you would not see anything that resembles a caterpillar. You'd just see a soupy gooey mess because the whole structure has broken down. So that's the first stage. And then we have the dissolution stage, which is this dissolving. And so all the cells kind of become dissolved into this mix, if you will.

So once it's in its chrysalis, if you were to at some point go and like cut it open and look, you would not see anything that resembles a caterpillar. You'd just see a soupy gooey mess because the whole structure has broken down. So that's the first stage. And then we have the dissolution stage, which is this dissolving. And so all the cells kind of become dissolved into this mix, if you will.

And the DNA, meanwhile, is putting out a new signal. There's a new type of cell that starts getting created. And it's called the imaginal cells in the metamorphosis process. And these imaginal cells have the blueprints, if you will, for becoming the color of the wing or the antenna or the structure of the wings.

And the DNA, meanwhile, is putting out a new signal. There's a new type of cell that starts getting created. And it's called the imaginal cells in the metamorphosis process. And these imaginal cells have the blueprints, if you will, for becoming the color of the wing or the antenna or the structure of the wings.

And the DNA, meanwhile, is putting out a new signal. There's a new type of cell that starts getting created. And it's called the imaginal cells in the metamorphosis process. And these imaginal cells have the blueprints, if you will, for becoming the color of the wing or the antenna or the structure of the wings.

They're mad. They have a greater imagination. And what happens is that there's like a bit of a battle that kind of happens inside that chrysalis with the old cells. thinking that these new cells that are coming in are the enemy. They think it's a virus because wait, you know, we're breaking down, everything's breaking down.

They're mad. They have a greater imagination. And what happens is that there's like a bit of a battle that kind of happens inside that chrysalis with the old cells. thinking that these new cells that are coming in are the enemy. They think it's a virus because wait, you know, we're breaking down, everything's breaking down.

They're mad. They have a greater imagination. And what happens is that there's like a bit of a battle that kind of happens inside that chrysalis with the old cells. thinking that these new cells that are coming in are the enemy. They think it's a virus because wait, you know, we're breaking down, everything's breaking down.

And with the immune cells of the old caterpillar start to attack the new cells that are coming in. And so this disillusion stage is very like confusing, if you will. So when we're going through that, we feel a lot of emotion, a lot of confusion. We might actually be at war with ourselves over that process.

And with the immune cells of the old caterpillar start to attack the new cells that are coming in. And so this disillusion stage is very like confusing, if you will. So when we're going through that, we feel a lot of emotion, a lot of confusion. We might actually be at war with ourselves over that process.

And with the immune cells of the old caterpillar start to attack the new cells that are coming in. And so this disillusion stage is very like confusing, if you will. So when we're going through that, we feel a lot of emotion, a lot of confusion. We might actually be at war with ourselves over that process.

Um, but as the caterpillar, uh, or the, the butterfly metamorphosis starts to continue, the imaginal cells start to find strength in numbers. They start to kind of combine together. And in that they're, they're able to, um, fend off, you know, the attacks that are coming.

Um, but as the caterpillar, uh, or the, the butterfly metamorphosis starts to continue, the imaginal cells start to find strength in numbers. They start to kind of combine together. And in that they're, they're able to, um, fend off, you know, the attacks that are coming.

Um, but as the caterpillar, uh, or the, the butterfly metamorphosis starts to continue, the imaginal cells start to find strength in numbers. They start to kind of combine together. And in that they're, they're able to, um, fend off, you know, the attacks that are coming.

And then soon as there's enough of them that start gathering in numbers, they start realizing, okay, now we can start to diversify. You can be, you know, a digestive cell. I can be a color cell and so forth. And they start to diversify. And the very, very beginnings of a new structure starts to form.

And then soon as there's enough of them that start gathering in numbers, they start realizing, okay, now we can start to diversify. You can be, you know, a digestive cell. I can be a color cell and so forth. And they start to diversify. And the very, very beginnings of a new structure starts to form.

And then soon as there's enough of them that start gathering in numbers, they start realizing, okay, now we can start to diversify. You can be, you know, a digestive cell. I can be a color cell and so forth. And they start to diversify. And the very, very beginnings of a new structure starts to form.

This is what we would compare to like the separation stage where we're starting to kind of divvy out so that we don't all have to do everything and be everything. We can have our unique roles and we can serve a greater whole and a greater function.