scintilla, n.All

The Scintilla (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the soul-spark of Meister Eckhart, held captive in darkness in the Gnostic systems and in alchemy the fiery centre of the earth, from which all things are born.

Scintilla (n.) e ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(n.) are the alchemists' sparks in the foul dark matter — seeds of light sown in chaos, 'the seed-plot of a world to come', of which the human mind is one.

Scintilla (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the "sparks of light" hidden in the unconscious, which are the archetypes, from which a higher meaning can be extracted, with the self or its symbol acting as the magnet.