: It signifies the dissolution of the body and the "mortification" of the ego—a necessary darkness before spiritual rebirth and the creation of "philosophical gold".
: In the alchemical "Great Work," the black sun represents the first stage, known as nigredo or "blackening". Black Sun image
: It famously appears in the 1582 manuscript Splendor Solis , where a black sun sets over a landscape to signal this transformative phase. 2. The Wewelsburg Mosaic & Nazi Germany : It signifies the dissolution of the body
: Julia Kristeva’s book Black Sun: Mourning and Melancholia uses the image to explore the "dark sun" of depression and the loss that cannot be resolved. Black Sun image