A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z Greek Terms
- Hammer, symbol for Dry way Mastery;
- Hand, hold in hand, to purify;
- Heart, varied meanings: Secret Fire, breathing movements of Secret Fire, Magnet, Philosophers Stone;
- Hebdomas Hebdomadum; see week of the weeks;
- Helmet, symbol of alembic’s cap;
- Hermaphrodite, see Rebis and Marriage;
- Hermes Vessel, see Vas Hermetis;
- Hermetic Bird, volatile Mercurius;
- Hexagon, see Sigillum Salomonis, fixation;
- Hexagon-Circle, see Solve et Coagula, volatilization of Mercurius Philosophorum;
- Hyle, Spirit, Mercurius, First Indefinite Matter, see Ύλην ;
- Hole, slip one’s hand in the hole, Vessel, to put the Mercurius in a vessel;
- Homunculus, literally “tiny man”, term coined by Paracelsus meaning either Quintessence of a man or incarnation of a Spirit;
- Horizon, Mercurius Philosophorum;
- Horned Animal, Earth, Fixation, Calcination;
- Horny Moon, see Horny Silver;
- Horny Silver, silver chloride;
- Horse, allegory for Immortality;
- Horns of Pan, Primitive Mercurius and/or Putrefaction;
- Humidum Radicalis or Radical Humidum or Humide Radical, or Radical Humid, Secret Fire as the flowing Spirit of Life;
- Hungarian Vitriol, iron sulphide;