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
- Vannus, winnowing fan, agricultural tool for winnowing seeds by means of air currents, symbol of Dionysus mysteric rites;
- Vapor, always element water ( it flows), dwelling of Spirits, the tendency to adhere to flowing substances does become very important, the vapor called Mercurius by Philosophers adjusts and gets attached to the grease, the vapor is Sulphur if goes through warm to which it tends to adhere, if through cold is Saturnus;
- Vas Hermetis, Secret Fire/Mercurius Universalis and Mercurius Sideribus, also the Philosophical Egg in the last cooking;
- Vase, last and ultimate vessel made out of fixed Mercurius, for composition see also Egg;
- Vase of Art, see Vessel of Art;
- Vase of Nature, see Egg;
- Vegetative Power, some argue power to give birth others Soul, see also Tree;
- Venom, Purple color;
- Venting, air injection inside vessel and through pipes to dry or calcine Mercurius;
- Venus, some argue first White others second one, varied meanings: Mercurius, White Sulphur, Soul, Solve Phase in Main Work, Vegetative Power;
- Verbum Dismissum, Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum;
- Vessel, container or Microcosme, see also Egg;
- Vessel of Art, container into which the philosophical Egg does cook;
- Vessel of Nature, see Egg;
- Vetrifying, is reducing stones, metals, minerals, ashes and others into a mass clear and hard as glass, by means of a very violent fire;
- Victim, some argue Soul to be extracted from body , others Sulphur-Soul Fixation;
- Virgin, varied meanings: Primitive Mercurius, Mercurius or White Sulphur, state of Mercurius after being separated from a greasy matter mistakably called mineral sulphur;
- Virgula Rubra, red Rod, see Rod but red;
- Virgin Philosophical Earth, state of Mercurius after being separated from a greasy mineral matter, during preliminary works, called mineral sulphur;
- Virgin’s Milk, Some argue Mercurius Philosophorum from Wet Way, often agreeably smelling, others whiteness after second Putrefaction, Matter to feed Embryo, Matter which performs Washings;
- V.I.T.R.I.O.L., varied meanings: Mercurius to be extracted, Vase;
- Vitriolum Microcosmi, Mercurius Philosophorum from crystallizations and rectifications of salts rich in Secret Fire;
- Vitriolum Vegetabile, melt Mercurius Philosophorum in liquor then add some gold;
- Vinegar, see Acetum;
- Vineyard, see Phoenix;
- Volatile, in a chemical meaning, impossible to handle;
- Volatile Salt, Materia Prima, Mercurius Philosophorum with a metal dissolved;
- Volatilization, causing a substance to evaporate or disperse in vapor, opening a mass, causing to disperse [a] fixed, opposite to calcination;