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An 1888 reproduction of a Venetian list of medieval Greek alchemical symbols from about the year 1100 but circulating since about 300 and attributed to Zosimos of Panopolis. The list starts with 🜚 for gold and has early conventions that would later change: here ☿ is tin and ♃ electrum; ☾ is silver but ☽ is mercury.
Alchemy and Hermeticism: A symbol used with many different meanings, including but not limited to, gold, citrinitas, sulfur, the divine spark of man, nobility and incorruptibility. Sun cross: Iron Age religions and later gnosticism and neo-paganism. An ancient pagan symbol of the sun, adopted by gnostics, neopagans and occultists. Supreme Polarity
Glauber's salt – sodium sulfate.Na 2 SO 4; Sal alembroth – salt composed of chlorides of ammonium and mercury.; Sal ammoniac – ammonium chloride.; Sal petrae (Med. Latin: "stone salt")/salt of petra/saltpetre/nitrate of potash – potassium nitrate, KNO 3, typically mined from covered dungheaps.
Abracadabra, an ancient word in an unknown language popularly carved onto amulets in antiquity; Abramelin oil; Acultomancy, divination by the use of needles; Adept; Aeon (Thelema) Aeromancy; Air (classical element), one of the four classical elements that play a role in alchemy; Agalmatomancy; Agartha, a land at the center of the Earth; AGLA ...
Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils, written by Fred Gettings [] in 1981, is a reference, guide, and source book, which examines variations in, developments of, and meanings of sigils and symbols, used by occultists, alchemists, astrologers, hermeticists, magicians and others, over the past millennium.
Magical alphabets have deep roots in ancient civilizations. In ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs were not only a means of communication but also an integral part of magical practices. These symbols were believed to possess protective and transformative powers, particularly when used in rituals, amulets, and tomb inscriptions. [4]
Pages in category "Alchemical symbols" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Alchemy (from the Arabic word al-kīmīā, الكیمیاء) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. [1]