For many years there has been a lot of talk about Global Warming and Greenhouse Effect. So I imagined our planet as undergoing something like a distillation. Distillation is a dissolution process followed by coagulation. It is an alchemical process, both chemical and moral and spiritual. But working on this initial idea, further reflections have inevitably been added. Firstly, it is good idea to remember that behind the doctrine of Global Warming there is not only science but also scaremongering and political mystification. Our planet is naturally subject to warmer or colder periods. Some cycles cover thousands or tens of thousands of years, others even millions. The world is constantly changing, Nature is adapting... and man does not! Humanity has basked in false security, wanting to consider almost immutable, almost immovable, the world in which it lives. There is geological evidence but beyond academic knowledge, pragmatic (and greedy) humanity wants to ignore it. Man wants to dominate the elements, regardless of how much he is at the mercy of them. And here comes a moral discord. Greed, arrogance, egocentricity and anthropocentrism dominate the scene. Even religion is continuously deviated and interpreted on the basis of the lowest desires and will of men. Every day the deviated will and the laws of men arrogate rights on the world and on life, regardless of the choice of Nature or God (however you think). No surprise if we are always dissatisfied and unhappy, and ultimately damned. The ecosystem of planet Earth is being progressively dissolved by the arrogant and senseless exploitation of men. Do you really think that to plant a few dozen or a hundred trees after destroying entire forests, can remedy the damage and also absolve one's own consciousness? In fact, today we are all witnesses - and in some way participants, accomplices - also of a social, moral, and spiritual dissolution. We have questioned, and often rejected, millenary moral and cultural values. Social and economic relativism destroy the family, the fundamental respect for life that has been given to us (but that we do not possess it!) and for the world, which is our home, the only place where we can live. Dissolution of the world, of our society and, ultimately, of our souls. Where will all this take us? In Nature everything is recycled. Dissolution is followed by coagulation, using the alchemical language. But man cannot go through this process unscathed. If the Earth and humanity dissolve, matter and energy (and also our souls) will be reused, taking other forms. But it won't be us anymore. Will we tell our children about this? Is that all if we are able to do? Some technical notes. Two important alchemical elements were used in the picture above: the alambic, of course, and the famous Porta Magica (Magic Gate) which is located in a square in Rome, Italy. The alembic is due to the civilization of Pyrgos, on the island of Cyprus. Recent excavations have brought to light a laboratory for the production of perfumes and other distillates from 1800 BC. About the Porta Magica in Rome, it would be too long and complex. It would be appropriate to go and read at least the page of Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alchemica For those who understand Italian (or with the help of translators) it would be better to read the page in Italian language that is wider and more detailed: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_Alchemica Even just mentioning here about alchemical science is obviously impossible. On the Web you will find many dedicated websites and texts to download, but even in this case you would need a basic knowledge to better select the valid material from other less appropriate content.