The Spirituality of Tax Day

Last updated on: April 15, 2019 at 10:39 am by Dwight Lee Wolter

The Spirituality of Tax Day 2019-04-15T10:39:28-04:00 Dwight Lee Wolter

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Today is Tax Day and the IRS wants our money. Many of us would “give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s” (Luke 20:25) if we only had it to give. Maybe we can spin straw into gold like what happens in the tale of Rumplestiltskin. Do you remember? The king shuts a young woman in a tower with a pile of straw and demands she transform it into gold, which she does with the help of a creepy creature named Rumpelstilskin.

A similar thing happens with alchemy. Practitioners of the ancient art of alchemy believed it was possible to transform base metals like lead into gold. Maybe we could try that too. Call the IRS and tell them they will get paid as soon as you spin straw into gold.

Many early alchemy practitioners believed in the chemical transformation of lead into gold because they saw similar things happen in the human spirit. Martin Luther applauded alchemy for its consistency with Christian teachings. And in 1935, the psychiatrist, Carl Jung, first presented his work on psychological alchemy.

Spiritual Alchemy is when base elements ~ the “lead” within us ~ are transformed into “gold”. Spiritual alchemy is proved when dead parts in us come back to life; when spiritual blindness is transformed into sight; addiction is transformed into recovery (lost productivity in taxable income, according to Newsweek on 6/17/17) was 29 billion dollars); abuse into respect; disease into wellness; ignorance into enlightenment; fear into faith; and despair into hope.

Spiritual alchemy is not rooted in magic creatures, fairy tales, chemistry, finance or doctrine. Spiritual alchemy is a transformation that is rooted in God. As you place your soul on the loom of Christ to be spun into gold by God, you may not become rich enough to pay your taxes, but you may be transformed into something more precious. Give to God what belongs to God, and let Caesar keep the change.

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