Reddit reviews Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.12)
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Titus Burckhardt - Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul
Jung - Psychology and Alchemy
Jung - Alchemical Studies
Samael Aun Weor - The Perfect Matrimony: The Door to Enter into Initiation, Tantra and Sexual Alchemy Unveiled (don't take this guy too seriously because he's a bit of a nutter, but he is certainly worth a read)
Though it's not a book, also check out this album of images, particularly this image and this one
As for all the symbols, I highly recommend getting a dictionary of symbols and reading it straight through, from A to Z. My favorites are The Herder Dictionary of Symbols and The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols.
If you're interested in reading more about this, Carl Jung (influenced by Nietzsche and Freud) wrote some about it.
https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Alchemy-Collected-Works-Vol-12/dp/0691018316
That's a somewhat loose use of the word, but ok. Also, since, like, half the top level posts are asking for clarification about what you're talking about, you may want to improve your original post.
Anyway, this:
>Why does a cave seem to elicit near-identical responses regardless of culture? What cognitive triggers are these designers tripping, and how? Are they doing it deliberately or are they just tapping a rich vein of hard-wired neural responses without understanding how it works?
isn't actually a question about games. It's a question about cultural anthropology or perhaps psychology. Nor is it a given that your assertion that "a cave seem[s] to elicit near-identical responses regardless of culture," is actually true. Perhaps you should begin with a book that looks at it from a cave studies perspective. Caves also occur symbolically in Jungian psychology, but you can probably trace it through a variety of other works, including mythic use (or, more generally, underworlds).
Possibly, probably, it really depends on where you're at. You probably have the background by now ("been into simbolism, alchemy and occult things on the surface a bit for couples of years") to be able to make some sense of it. Have you looked at the contents or abstracts on the content?