Faust seducing Gretchen. This part of the story: easy to follow.

I struggled to understand the “other” part of Goethe’s Faust. The part after Gretchen’s death. Have you ever read it? Crazy.

Then I came across a bit mentioning that the play is an alchemical allegory. Really good piece on that, here. The Alchemical Drama of Goerthe’s Faust, by Adam McLean.

It all makes sense, now. In a cosmic allegorical kind of way.