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
- Ram, varied meanings: horned animal symbol for fixed Mercurius or Sulphur or earth, Springtime, Mercurius universalis, Mercurius Sideribus;
- Realgar, Mercurius Philosophorum;
- Rainbow, Peacock Tail;
- Rebis, latin for “two things”, some argue it is Mercurius Philosophorum others Mercurius Duplicatus, others again Mercurius Philosophorum plus a metal to be dissolved, Marriage at large;
- Rectifying is again distilling spirits, to make them more subtle and extolling their virtues;
- Red Earth, see Red Perfect or Adam;
- Red Glass, Philosophers Stone when in glass;
- Red Perfect, in greek means to complete, to accomplish, ultimate Red Sulphur, red Sulphur in powdery form;
- Redness, Sulfur, and Soul;
- Reducing is giving back to metals calx the metallic form they had before;
- Regulus, some argue a metal extracted from its ore, others Mercurius Philosophorum in metallurgic dry ways;
- Resonance, action between two or more Mercurii;
- Resurrection, extraction, and fixation;
- Red Rose, Ultimate Perfect Red Sulphur;
- Regulus, see King, a metal was formerly called the regulus of the ore from which it was reduced;
- Reverberation is reducing bodies to calx by strong fire around the area;
- Revitalizing is contrary to Mortification;
- Rod-Wand, as in Moses’ biblical tale a rod is used to make a spring of water out of a rock, Volatilization in preliminary works, many meanings from latin Radius and greek ράβδος, that’s to say wheel spoke, spur of a cock, master in geometry and mathematics, shuttle for looms, light ray, a gold ingot, and leg radius;
- Rose, a red synonym of Perfect Red Sulphur, white of White Sulphur;
- Rose in the valley, to be, to be found in the bottom of the vessel;
- Rose starts to open when Lilium Artis fades, whiteness is changing color turning to orange-red;
- Rosycross, Immortal Master;
- Rota, latin for Wheel: rotations of colors in Main Work, see also Ouroboros;
- Rotation, sequence of colors in Main Work;
- Royal Garment, to reach perfect Red;
- Ruins, Tradition;
- Rule of three, every allegory and symbol stands for at least three different concepts;
- Rust, varied meanings: Calcination, Calcinated Metallic Gold, Mars Dye, Magnet;