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Above, some argue Mercurius from the Sky others Nature at large, Macrocosm, the upper part of a vessel;
Acetum, varied meanings: Chemical Vinegar and Mercurius Philosophorum;
Active Principle, that which moves, Sulfur to fix and Mercurius to dissolve;
Adam, Red Earth, see Red Perfect;
Adamic Earth, see Terra Adamica;
Adept, victorious, winning;
Adorn, to adorn my Sparta or our sky. “Orner notre ciel” as Rupescissa says, means to add gold. Metallic or Philosophers;
Adroph, Van Helmont Alkahest with Arcane Sameth way;
Aion, Life Time in the Homeric period, Soul, in the Alexandrian period a huge interval of time;
Air, varied meanings: first element where Sulphur is produced; Second element a little denser than Fire; the aerial part of the Secret Fire/Spiritus Mundi to be extracted from the atmospheric humidity; Chemical fumes or volatile elements inside the vessel, according to chemists. The Moon in tabula Smaragdina. What carries Secret Fire from the astronomical Moon to the Earth ;
Alcalium Rebublica, latin for Republic of Alkalis or Tartar Salt;
Alchemical Light, Secret Fire/Mercurius in whiteness;
Alchemical Body, Salt/Body resulting from alchemical works;
Alcohol, from Arabic very subtle powder;
Alcoholizer, to reduce solids in very subtle and impalpable powder (Fr);
Aleph, Jewish for character A, Aleph & Thau corresponds to latin A-Z;
Alkahest, Universal Dissolvent, Mercurius Philosophorum of the Wet way;
Altar, place where life and death and life meet;
Altar pillar-shaped, a symbol of the ancient Tradition and Fire as well;
Alum, eighteen-century alums were mixed double salts of aluminum sulfate with potassium sodium or ammonium sulfate. (Potassium salt, when pure, was most commonly called “Alum.”). (Al2(SO4)3 . K2SO4 . 24H2O); (Al2(SO4)3 . (NH4)2SO4 . 24H2O); (Al2(SO4)3 . Na2SO4 . 24H2O). But there were other types of alums, for example, the Alum of lees was Potassium Carbonate or an alkaline potassium compound.
Amalgam, varied meanings: a combination of metal and Mercurius, calcinating a metal by means of Quicksilver, fixation of volatile, Mercurius Philosophorum, Mercurius Duplicatus, Magisterium Corpi, Child, Soul-Sulphur giving shape to Spirit-Mercurius, Marriage at large;
Amalthea, the goat feeding infant Zeus or grey phase in Main Work;
Amphora, see also Womb-Grave, a place for the alchemical embryo to develop;
Ana-Anna, often used in Italian 16-17th century chemistry treatises to mean “in equal parts”;
Analysis, matter destruction in order to magnetize it, letting Secret Fire out ;
Anchor, a symbol of Fixation of volatile;
Angel, the alchemical symbol for Fire, the chemical symbol for sublimation;
Anima, latin for Soul-Sulphur;
Anima Mundi, in latin Soul of the Universe;
Antimonium, varied meanings: the metal antimony, gold marcasite ( metallic zinc), Mercurius Philosophorum at large;
Antimony, some argue being the metal others Mercurius Philosophorum;
Alpha, greek for character A, Alpha & Omega corresponds to latin A-Z;
Amor, french for Love: Some argue it is Spirit others Soul, after an intimate and never-back union;
Apeiron, according to Anaximander the indeterminate principle of giving birth and death through the opposition hot-frozen;
Apple tree among wild trees, to be, after many attempts to achieve the first Mercurius;
Aqua, Mercurius at large;
Aqua Calida, of Hollandus, Mercurius Philosophorum, Dissolvent;
Aqua Foetida, Putrefaction;
Aqua Pontica, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Aqua Pura, of Hollandus, Mercurius;
Aqua Regia, a combination of Hydrochloric Acid and Nitric Acid 3:1;
Aqua Saturni, the water of Saturn, the element Water doesn’t necessarily mean a liquid, but something flowing, Mercurius capturing the Spirit;
Aqua Viva, latin for living water, Whiteness;
Aquila, latin for Eagle, Perfect Mercurius achieving volatilizing power, raising function;
Aquila Philosophorum, Mercurius Philosophorum in raising function;
Arcana, latin plural for Arcane;
Arcane, varied meanings: basically Mercurius Philosophorum in its transmutations, Principle of Life or Spirit, First Matter or Soul, Philosophers Stone, and Tincture;
Arcane Samech, van Helmont Fragrant balm;
Archeum, Soul;
Argentum Vivum, varied meanings: latin for Quicksilver, Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum, Mercurius Universalis coming down from astronomical moon;
Arrow, Mercurius in its dissolution-penetration function;
Assation, a re-crystallization where the matter cooks in its juice;
Astral Gold, Mercurius universalis, Mercurius Sideribus;
Augmentation, Fixation;
Aura, see Evestrum;
Aurum Astrale, Mercurius Universalis coming down from the astronomical sun and gathered by the astronomical moon;
Aurum Potabile, see Gold, Potable;
Awakening, Mercurius made resonate by and with another Mercurius;
Axe, varied meanings: Secret Fire, Sulphur, Thunder;
Azoth, Salt, medium between Spirit/Hyle and Archeum/Soul, Mercurius Philosophorum, Universal Dissolvent;

B

Balm of Regulus, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Beauty, Mercurius;
Bee, if the plural is the fierce raining in the grey phase, but also a symbol of Mercurius Philosophroum at large ;
Beja, Gabricius’s sister: some argue it is the volatile part of Mercurius Philosophorum others female component of Mercurius Duplicatus;
Beard, some argue Mercurius Philosophorum in some alchemical ways, or Wool, others Terra Alba Foliata, others fixed Mercurius, other Male Mercurius;
Below, some argue Mercurius from the bodies, others Nature at large, Microcosm, the bottom part of a vessel;
Bird, Volatile, Dissolving, and Sublimating Substances, a symbol for Air;
Birth, some argue is the first appearing of Mercurius others of Sulphur;
Black Dragon covered with Scales, Primitive Mercurius;
Black Greenish, a stage between black and grey;
Blackness, Putrefaction, when the matter is finely dispersed becomes black;
Blood, sometimes Redness, sometimes the red oil to be joined with the white woman, sometimes real organic blood;
Blood droplets, last feeding drop by drop with sulfurous matter
Body, some argue mass others salts extracted from the mass;
Bole, usually Armenian, a mixture of fine, compact, earthy clay and sometimes albumen employed to prevent salts from aggregating during distillation;
Bread, a symbol for the net of Mercurius catching the Sulfur/Fish;
Breastfeeding, Mercurius feeding Sulphur;
Breathing, some argue the Sun reabsorbing itself by means of intermittence of light and shadow;
Breathing Stone, Mercurius Philosophorum as a Magnet, Philosophers Stone;
Bridge, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Bull, a symbol for the earth-sky connection, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Butterfly, Sulfur, and Soul to be extracted and guided by Mercurius.

C

Cabalistic Language, for chemical alchemists a cryptic symbolical code based on phonetic resemblances;
Caduceus, varied meanings: Solve et Coagula, Mercurius Philosophorum, Mercurius Duplicatus, Spirit and Soul, Sun and Moon;
Calces, latin for Calx;
Calcination, varied meanings: reducing of matter into chemical salts, reducing in calx and powder, fixation of volatile;
Calcinatorium, the container in which Calcination is being performed;
Calcine, chemically reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or strong heat. Alchemically Secret Fire is also considered a terrifying fire to cook or calcine;
Calidum Nativum, latin for native warmth, see Spirit of Life;
Calx, is a powdery metallic oxide formed when an ore or mineral has been heated, some argue they are chemical cinders, others fixation of Mercurius or Mercurius Philosophorum, calx, calcis in latin means also culmination, finish;
Candle, Philosophical, according to Raimondo di Sangro a mass of soft butter texture, out of fixation of Mercurius Philosophorum, that can be lighted on with an eternal flame;
Caput Corvi, Putrefaction in Main Work to be cut off;
Caput Mortuum, some argue chemical salts before the first Putrefaction in the preparatory work, other solid feces after a distillation;
Carbuncle, Red, Mercurius Philosophorum rectified with the spirit of wine until the red powder remains, then put it in a phial in athanor;
Cave, some argue it is Primitive Mercurius others Vase, others a real cave;
Celestial Body, Secret Fire/Mercurius extracted from the body;
Celestial Conditions, see External Influences;
Celestial Earth, see celestial Body;
Cellar, take me to the humid path to cause crystals to congeal;
Cementation, reducing metal in wastes;
Centaur, the vessel in which fixed and volatile are fighting;
Center, Hidden: secret fire when extracted from the raw matter;
Chaos, varied meanings: Primitive Mercurius, Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Chain, the entire series of operations linked to each other that bind the magisterium ;
Chalybs, according to Philalethes Male Mercurius Philosophorum;
Chicken, Mercurius Philosophorum came out of several metamorphoses and ready to give birth to a Vase or Egg;
Child, some argue Sulphur, others all coming out of a new metamorphosis (colors rotation);
Children, multiple metamorphosis Mercurius Philosophorum performs inside the vessel, see also Multiplication;
Chnoumis, Egyptian cock-headed serpent, or lion-headed or dragon-headed, the fluid serpent-Mercurius made fixed, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Circulatum Maius, Mercurius Philosophorum from mineral reign;
Circulatum Minus, Mercurius Philosophorum from the vegetal reign
Crab, the difficulty in handling the volatility of Mercurius;
Chrysopeia, greek for “the art of making gold”;
Cinders, balneum of, a type of heat;
Circle, varied meanings: volatilization of a substance, circulation inside a vessel, Ouroboros, Mercurius Philosophorum, Mercurius Duplicatus, Philosophical Egg;
Circle-Squaring, fixation of volatile;
Circulation, is the operation of fixing the flying spirits and evaporating the fixed salts in Circulatorium, See also Solution;
Circulatorium, appropriate closed vessels in which Circulation is performed;
Circulation, Pelican;
Circulatum, a product of a Circulation, Maius involving minerals are involved, Minus involving plants;
Citrinus, latin for yellowish-lemon color in the roman age and yellowish-orange color in the renaissance period;
Clouds, Sublimation;
Coagulation is to make soft and liquid bodies hard and solid;
Cock, perfect red Sulphur;
Cock Spur, see Rod;
Cohobation is reiterated distillation of the same thing by pouring again the distilled liquor on the matter that remains in the bottom of the distillation vessel;
Coitus, the Phase antecedent to conception, simple Mercurius Duplicatus Union;
Colomba Dianae, latin for Diana’s Dove, the first appearing of Mercurius after the first Putrefaction;
Color Rotation, metamorphosis, and transmutations from black to red in Main Work;
Column, a single column alludes to the union of the two primordial columns of Solve et Coagula and consequently to the element Earth, embodiment, also a symbol of Tradition. Masons use this symbol as a representation of the broken column of the Temple of Solomon (and, therefore, Hiram’s death), in some tarot packs – namely the arcane called “la Forza”, where the lion is replaced with the broken pillar. In Christianism that pillar actually symbolizes the broken pedestal of a “pagan god” overthrown by the Christian faith;
Column half buried, see column, element earth;
Compasses, pair of some argue external influences other weights and proportions. If drawing a circle see Circle;
Conception, putrefaction in Main Work;
Cone, Mould;
Congealment, see Calcination;
Conjuction, see Coitus, see Putrefaction;
Cooling, Calcination, Fixation;
Copper, varied meanings: chemical element, Solve in Main Work, Venus;
Coral, Red, or White Sulphur;
Cornucopia, the abundance horn belonging to goat Amalthea in the grey phase;
Corporification, a new body for Mercurius and Sulphur, Spirit and Soul, see Embodiment;
Corpus, latin for Body;
Corpus Sideribus, in latin ” glinting body of stars”, Soul;
Cosmos, solar system region according to Pythagoreans, Macrocosm according to Testamentum Fraternitatis Roseae et Aureae Crucis;
Cosmic Light, Mercurius Sideribus;
Counter Natural Fire, Dissolving Mercurius;
Counter Nature, Destructive Action of Mercurius;
Crab, volatility of Mercurius;
Crachat de la Lune, See Spit of the Moon (better Saliva of the Moon);
Cream of Tartar, Some argue being chemical cream of tartar others Mercurius Philosophorum;
Crescent Moon, some argue being the lunar phase others Mercurius out of Black;
Chrysalis, Primitive Mercurius
Crystal Dome, Philosophical Egg, Vase;
Crystallization is reducing niter, salts, vitriols, and others which are first dissolved, into crystals;
Crocum Ferri, product out of iron calcination, rust;
Cross, some argue it is Fixation others sublimating
Crow, or Raven, see Black, Putrefaction, a volatile phase;
Crown, some argue it is Mercurius appearing in vessel others the sign of Adepts;
Crucifixion, fixation, especially the ultimate fixation of Perfect Red;
Cupellation, assaying, or refinement (of a metal) in such a container, the separation between two or more metals in a liquid state — (it) all relies on the different affinity to O2 which transforms the most reactive ones into oxides. The most used cupellation example is that of separation between silver and argentiferous lead;
Cupeled Moon, cupelled metallic silver;

D

Daemon, from ancient greek entity between gods and humans. Some argue is the Spirit of Life, some others Soul;
Damned Earth, residual salts after distillation and sublimation;
Dart, see Arrow;
Daughter of Pluto, Mercurius;
Daughter of Saturn, Mercurius;
Decrepitation, to reduce to extreme dryness, a calcination typical for common salt;
Dedalus, see Phoenix;
Deficiency, it is said of salt getting deliquescent, from the latin deliquum and the french défaillance;
Density Stairs, Secret Fire/Spirit densities;
Descensus per lato, latin for sided descend, a secret distillation;
Detonation, sorting impure sulfur from minerals while retaining pure Sulphur by means of Saltpeter;
Diana’s Tears, first appearing of Mercurius inside a Circulatorium;
Diapason, resonance-like action of Mercurius;
Digestion, differently used by alchemists and chemists of the renaissance period, some argue being Putrefaction, some others all the metamorphosis/transmutations inside the vessel, others cooking things over moderate heat similar to that of our stomach, see also Solution;
Dissipation, to finely divide a body;
Dissolution, varied meanings: chemically to reduce hard and compact bodies to liquids by means of solvents, alchemically extreme pulverization of bodies, dissipation;
Dissolvent, chemical dissolvent, and Mercurius Philosophorum in its dissolving function;
Distillation, varied meanings: chemical separation of elements, alchemical washing, or grey phase between black and white;
Divine Spirit, in Alchemy phonetically from Spiritus Vini or Esprit de vin, Mercurius;
Dolphin is volatile Mercurius in operative, and the psychopomp fish in the “amplificatio” – the animal who rescued men from death to new life;
Door, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Double, varied meanings: Mercurius, Mercurius Duplicatus, Mercurius’ resonance action, Marriage, Soul;
Dragon, the strong power Alchemy can get out of raw matter;
Dragons-Two, some argue volatile and fixed in Mercurius Philosophorum others Mercurius Duplicatus;
Dry, free from volatility;
Dry Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum;
Dry Way, an alchemical way in which chemical salts are not (to be) preliminary dissolved in a liquid;
Dung, raw matter out of which Secret Fire/Mercurius is extracted;
Dye, see Tincture and Washing and Immersion;

E

Eagle, see Aquila;
Earth, varied meanings: fourth element where salt is produced, Fixation, see dry, see Calcination. The densest element in Tabula Smaragdina. The densest element containing all. Clay;
Earth-eclipse, varied meanings: black putrefaction phase, light polarization, salts out of solar beam;
Earthly Sky, Secret Fire/Mercurius embodied;
Earth Sky Connection, Mercurius, Philosophers Stone;
East, see Sun Rising;
Echeneis, some argue Mercurius moving according to External Influences, others either individual or cosmic Soul;
Ecliptic, astronomical sun position viewed from earth, Sun Path;
Edulcorate, is purifying by means of lotions;
Egg, alchemical matter during the last cooking, Vas Hermetis, a pendant construction with a remora and salt to be placed into the Vessel of Art;
Egg inside Egg, the pending matter inside the philosophical Egg;
Elements: they are five, four Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. In chemistry states of matter. In alchemy states of the density of Secret Fire. Celestial circles in the Ptolemaic system. Astronomical chain to transport the Secret Fire from Sky to Earth;
Elzarog, Elzaron, see Aqua Saturni, a gaseous Mercurius capturing the Spirit;
Embodiment Day, Mercurius/Spirit and Sulphur/Soul in a new spiritual and then the corporeal body in a specific period of time;
Embryo, Some argue Mercurius before appearing, others new Alchemical Body;
Emerald, see Flos Coeli;
Enamel, Mercurius in its way of fixation;
Epiphany, see Embodiment Day;
Eros, Mercurius/Spirit of Life;
Europe, Earth;
Exhale, see Evaporating;
Extases, Secret Operations;
External Influences, Astronomical Sun, Moon, and Stars conditions during works, Signatures;
Extinguishing is to plunge a red-hot matter into cold water to make it brittle, or to give it some virtue;
Extraction, separation of the most vulgar and earthy parts from animals and plants by means of menstruums, see also Solution;
Evaporating, reducing metals in calx;
Evestrum, some argue Spirit of Life/Mercurius other Soul/Sulphur;

F

Fabrication of Gods, fixing the Spirits drawn from the sky to earth in a material container according to precise instructions, perhaps immortality practice;
Father, varied meanings: sublimating phase in Solve et Coagula, fixation of Mercurius, Sulphur;
Father, see Father of Metals;
Father of Metals, a component of Mercurius Duplicatus, see Male Mercurius;
Feather, a symbol of the beam of light;
Female, varied meanings: Mercurius in its dissolving action, volatile, the volatile part of Mercurius Philosophorum, the component of Mercurius Duplicatus without metallic gold inside;
Female Mercurius, the component of Mercurius Duplicatus without metallic gold inside;
Female Seed, some argue it is the volatile part of Mercurius Philosophorum, others component of Mercurius Duplicatus;
Female Sperm, see Female Seed;
Ferment, alchemical Fire, the part particularly rich in Secret Fire;
Fermentation, is reducing the volatile parts of a mix stripping it of its vulgar and earthy parts; in alchemical fermentation, this is done by Secret Fire;
Fight, see War;
Firmament, body;
Fire, varied meanings: third element where all begins, Secret Fire, Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum, Mercurius Sideribus, Primitive Mercurius, White and Red Sulphur;
Fire, Degrees of, different Secret Fire densities, Density Stairs. Sun;
Fire Proof, ultimate cooking to get Perfect Sulphur;
First Matter, Primordial Matter, Spirit or Principle of Life, Secret Fire, Mercurius;
Fish, Universal and Individual Soul/Sulphur often caught by the net of Mercurius, see Bread;
Fixation, varied meanings: chemically is detaining a volatile body, alchemically is getting new earth;
Fixed Sky, fixed stars during earth rotation;
Flavus, golden reddish-yellow color;
Flos Coeli, latin for Flux of the Sky, some argue vapors rising from the middle of the earth during equinoxes, others algae substances;
Flowers, an allegory for salts sublimated and/or volatilized;
Flowers have appeared and got ripe, an allegory for Autumn;
Foliated Earth, see Terra Foliata;
Foot, a bare foot is a symbol of the link to the chronic powers;
Forty, days of Putrefaction;
Fountain, varied meanings: Primitive Mercurius, Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum, Sulphur, Philosophers Stone, Mercurius Sideribus;
Fruit sweet to one’s palate, see Lilium Artis, the whiteness out of the first putrefaction which sublimes in the dry path and congeals in crystals in the humid path;
Fulminating, see Detonation;
Fume, see Vapor;
Fumigating is receiving suspended mixed vapor of raw matter;

G

G is, the seventh letter of the latin alphabet, since Romans usually did not pronounce it, it was a symbol of our hidden First Matter;
Gabricius or Gabricus, Beja’s brother: some argue it is a fixed part of Mercurius Philosophorum others the male component of Mercurius Duplicatus;
Garden, closed, to put in seal vessels;
Glass, varied meanings: Antimony in fluid form, vessel either as container or Vase;
Glass Oil of, the extraction of viscous liquid from the Antimony Glass by means of a Dissolvent;
Glue, Sulphur/Soul to keep a salt/body unified with Mercurius/Spirit of Life;
Goats, graze them close to the shepherds’ houses (?), you should look for the element Earth, to obtain a salt;
Gold, varied meanings: metallic gold, Mercurius Philosophorum, and Red Sulphur;
Gold, Astral, Mercurius universalis, Mercurius Sideribus;
Gold, Horizontal: Mercurius Philosophorum or fixed;
Gold, Potable: see Mercurius Duplicatus, Marriage, the union of the red man and the white woman;
Granulation is molten metal freezing in grains when gradually poured into cold water;
Grapes, a symbol of Dissolution at large, (as in preparatory works alcohol and vinegar are effective dissolving means);
Grave-Tomb, see also Womb, place for the alchemical embryo to develop, some argue also the body that keeps soul and spirit;
Green, varied meanings: real color of Secret Fire, a phase during Main Work and White Sulphur, Unripe Sulphur, Vegetative Power;
Greenish Black, the stage between black and grey;
Green Lion, Mercurius Philosophorum, not as ripe as Red Lion;
Grotto, see Cave;
Guhr, grey-whitish liquid matter found in mines in ancient times thought as minerals precursor;

H

Hammer, a 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 the week of the weeks;
Helmet, a 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”, a term coined by Paracelsus meaning either Quintessence of a man or incarnation of a Spirit;
Horizon, Mercurius Philosophorum, but also the visible part compared to the invisible;
Horned Animal, Earth, Fixation, Calcination;
Horny Moon, see Horny Silver;
Horny Silver, silver chloride;
Horse, an 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 sulfide;

I

Iaspis, see Lapis Haematites;
Icosahedral, Some argue Vase is such shaped;
Idaean Dactyls alleged Orpheus Masters;
Ignis, latin for Fire;
Imbibitions, different meanings, some argue the drop-by-drop discharge of red on the last red, others the Washings-Laiton;
Immersion, of Mercurius Philosophorum and Perfect Sulphur to wash or tinge or transmute;
Immortality, some argue the preservation of the Soul or Psyche after Death (see also Longevity) others the preservation of Soul-Sulphur together with the Spirit of Life-Mercurius after metals death;
Impregnation, see Unification;
Incense, some argue common incense others Mercurius from Wet Way benzoates or acetates;
Incrudation, is the return of a metal to its original Mercurius/Secret Fire, but a single dissolution of a calcined metal into the Universal Dissolvent is not enough to call it “incrudated”;
Inferno, a glass vessel where in the middle of the body is like an ampoule, with a little hole where the mercury is put;
Iris, All Colors.

K

Kill, to: some argue dissolving, others sublimating-fixing;
King, varied meanings: Gold, Male Mercurius, Sulphur, Philosophers Stone, Male Mercurius in Double, Red Sulfur.

L

Labors of Hercules, preparatory work performed by alchemists to obtain Mercurius Philosophorum;
Lamb, some say Dry Way Mercurius, others — the whiteness or Mercurius at large;
Lapis, latin for Stone, but it is commonly referred to as a powder out of the Main (second) work as well;
Lapis Haematites, emerald-like, jasper;
Lapis Ignis, according to Basilius Valentinus is a fixed and steady antimonial Tincture;
Lapis Medicinalis, Perfect Sulphur, Sulphur out of the Main Work-second work;
Lapis Medicinalis Microcosmi, the same as Lapis Medicinalis but extracted from animal reign;
Lapis Philosophorum Universalis, Sulphur during the last cooking;
Last Cooking, Ultimate and not to be protracted metamorphosis;
Laton, varied meanings: see Washing and Tinging Property, White out of Black;
Leaching, draining away;
Lead, varied meanings: metal, Mercurius Crudus, Putrefaction, Primitive Mercurius, Mercurius, Mercurius Philosophorum, Soul to be extracted;
Levigation is making a mix in fine powder:
Light, Mercurius/Spirit/Secret Fire coming from Suns and Stars;
Light Embodiment, Mercurius/Spirit and Sulphur/Soul in a new spiritual body;
Light Stone, Philosophers Stone;
Lightning, Mercurius;
Lightning Stone, Idaean Dactyls, alleged Orpheus Masters, prescribe the purification with the “Lightning Stone”, a real stone fallen from the sky, by us moderns barely identified with a meteorite;
Liknon, see Vannus;
Lilium Artis, Mercurius-whiteness out of putrefaction;
Lilium Artis, when fades the Rose starts to open the whiteness is changing color turning to orange-red;
Lily, White Sulphur;
Lion, varied meanings: fixed, features hot and dry, Mercurius Philosophorum well fixed and ripe, Male sperm, embodiment;
Lion, Green, Mercurius Philosophorum not well ripe;
Lion, of Nemea, in the preliminary works, or labors of Hercules, represents the first embodiment as a raw matter to be opened to extract Secret Fire/Mercurius;
Lion, Red, Perfect Red Sulphur;
Lioness, see female sperm;
Liquefying is not only to transform from Element earth to water but also is unique to animal fats, such as wax, gums, and resins, which are liquified by (a) moderate heat;
Liquors of Fire, vapors caverns are fire from the sky;
Lisciva, solution of water and ash or water and powder;
Living Rock, Mercurius Philosophorum, and Philosophers Stone;
Loom Shuttle, see Rod;
Longevity, Some argue psyche immortality can last for a limited period of time;
Love, a symbol of Universal Dissolvent/Alcahest/Mercurius;
Lozenge, see Spindle;
Luna, latin for Moon;
Luna Cuppellata, metallic cupelled silver;
Lute-Lutum, a medieval meaning heads to the chemical lute to seal an alembic. Lutum, in Latin, means mud, slime, or clay in the sense of shaping, or molding. In Alchemy it is also a synonym of “seal”;
Lute of Nature, the Mercurius Philosophorum sealing the Philosophical Egg, a bituminous, yet philosophical, the matter used to seal the vessel during the last or great cooking;
Lute Philosophical, see Lute of Nature;

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